Vinila from Bismark

Vinila from Bismark (2019).

Vinila of Bismark , born in 1986 in Granada as Irene López Mañas, is a Spanish Neoburlesque -Performerin, DJ and rock - singer . She was known for her appearances in the Underground - musical revue The Hole 2, cooperation with various musicians and a different performance types be mixed presence as a show Auftrittsact and singer.

life and career

Irene López Mañas spent her childhood in Andalusia . The father worked - according to her label biography - as a bodybuilder . The mother was a cabaret artist, on whose tours she became acquainted with show business at an early age. At the age of fourteen she already performed as a DJ in Industrial Copera, one of the biggest clubs in Granada in the early 1990s . Another experience - according to the artist biography on their label's website - was contact with the punk collective Freak Factory. In the mid-nineties, Irene López Mañas moved to Madrid with the intention of building a musical career in the field of retro pop and burlesque. There she worked with artists such as Alberto García-Alix, Jaume de la Iguana and the performance - group Poison Dolls together.

Active at that time under the pseudonym Iranella, Irene López Mañas decided in 2005 to operate under the stage name Vinila von Bismark. The idea came up at a party. According to Vinila von Bismark, the new name should underline her “aristocratic attitude” as well as her preference for German cabaret . Musically, she preferred old vinyl records from her time as a DJ and the associated vintage music styles for her burlesque shows : jazz , swing and classic rock 'n' roll . She made her first vocal appearances with the punk rock formation Krakovia, which she joined in 2008 after the death of the singer Petra Flurr. In 2010 there was a stylistic reorientation towards rock 'n' roll, rockabilly and retro swing . In 2010 she released her first CD, The Secret Carnival, with the rockabilly trio The Lucky Dados .

Even after the debut album, Vinila von Bismark pursued a multi-track career - on the one hand as a burlesque performer , on the other hand as a musician and singer with various formations and guest musicians. Since 2013 she has been part of the underground music revue The Hole 2 . In 2014 the full length album A Place With No Name followed . The tracks Ali Baba and Snake were released as single releases . Other singles were Pena, Penita, Pena! (2015) and Corazon de Goma (2016). Pena, Penita, Pena! was a reinterpretation of the same name Lola Flores - Schlager from 1964, Corazon de Goma a co-production with the Flamenco - Pop -Formation estricnina and single release from the album Hemos Visto Cosas Que Harian vomitar A Un Murcielago . The production Motel Llamado Mentira followed as a third long album in 2017 . In contrast to the previous releases, the third album offered a style palette that was more influenced by traditional sounds - with texts that were partly written in the local Andalusian language Granaíno. The single was the piece Sólo Para Mí - a flamenco song with reggae rhythms that Vinila von Bismark recorded together with the singer La Mari.

Media coverage

As a burlesque performer, revue act and singer, Vinila von Bismark has been a regular topic in the cultural sections of the Spanish media since the late 2000s. The website heraldo.es called her the "new sex symbol in Spanish rock music". Heraldo.es author Matías Uribe located her stylistic and vocal performance somewhere between Madonna , Rita Hayworth and Debbie Harry . Von Bismark himself mentioned Lola Flores as the ideal partner for a duet in an interview; She also loves the music of the trance formation Dead Can Dance . She lists retro and vintage as important musical reference points - that is, the orientation towards classic burlesque styles of the 1950s and 1960s. In addition, she does sports , tries to eat healthily and has the right to physically meet the requirements of a circus artist .

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Secret Carnival (with The Lucky Dados)   IT 40 05/16/2010 (3 weeks)

Albums

• The Secret Carnival (with The Lucky Dados; 2010; Subterfuge Records)
• A Place With No Name (2014; Subterfuge Records)
• Motel Llamado Mentira (2017; Cachucha Records)

Singles

• Snake (2013; Subterfuge Records)
• Ali Baba (2013; Subterfuge Records)
• Electrify (2014; Subterfuge Records)
• Mon Amour (with Legendary Tiger Man; 2014; Subterfuge Records)
• Pena, Penita, Pena! (2015; Subterfuge Records)
• Corazon de Goma (with Estricnina; 2016; Satélite K - KZoo Music)
• Luna Lunera (with Dellafuente; 2017; Cachucha Records)
• Solo para mí (with La Mari; 2017; Cachucha Records)

Samplers and Compilations

• Vinila Remixes (2016; Subterfuge Records)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Vinila von Bismark ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Artist biography on the website of Subterfuge Records; accessed on December 20, 2017 (Span.) 
2. ↑ Vinila Von Bismarck y sus pasiones prohibidas . europapress.es, November 12, 2009 (Span.)
3. ↑ Vinila von Bismark: "El nombre me lo pusieron en una noche de locura" . Lucía Gil Griado, Diario Sur , August 25, 2008 (Span.)
4. ↑ ^{a b c} "Las malas lenguas dicen que soy la reencarnación de vampira" Vinila by Bismark . Sofia Soler, Kluid Magazine - Arte y Moda, November 20, 2017 (Span.)
5. ↑ Vinila Von Bismark, la nueva 'sex symbol' del rock español . Matías Uribe, heraldo.es, May 9, 2010 (Span.)
6. ↑ Vinila von Bismark: “A mi madre le encanta ave en las revistas” . Dani Cabezas, 20 minutos , April 19, 2010 (Span.)
7. ↑ Chart sources: ES

Web links

• Official website of Vinila von Bismark (Span.)
• Vinila von Bismark at discogs.com (Engl.)
• Vinila from Bismark . Artist biography on the website of Subterfuge Records; accessed on December 20, 2017 (Span.)