Betizu Taldea

Last updated
Betizu Taldea
GenresBasque music
Pop music
Rock
Years active2002 - 2005/06
Members Zuriñe Hidalgo
Telmo Idígoras
Elene Arandia
Jon Urbieta
Leire Merino
Ainara Epelde
Karla Duran
Mikel Zubimendi
Uxue Rodriguez
Amane Ibañez
Saida Rouan

Betizu Taldea - BT (Betizu Group, in Basque language) was a Basque music band.

Contents

The band arose from the winners of the contest Betizu of ETB 1 and achieved great notoriety in the Basque Country.

History

The Betizu Taldea - BT band was created in 2002. [1] The group originally arose from the four winners of the Betizu contest Mikel Zubimendi, Ainara Epelde, Leire Merino and Uxue Rodriguez. In 2003 Jon Urbieta and Karla Duran joined the band. In 2004, Zuriñe Hidalgo, Telmo Idígoras, Elene Arandia, Amane Ibañez and Saida Rouan also became members. [1] [2]

Between 2002 and 2005, the BT band released 4 albums and gave several concerts. [3] [4] [5] [6] The group achieved great notability and knowledge, especially for several of its songs that became well known. Especially for the song "Lokaleko leihotik", a single from his third album Bizi Bizi (2004), which was performed by Zuriñe Hidalgo and Telmo Idígoras, [7] [8] and which became one of the most played video clips on the Basque cultural scene. The song was even covered by different artists, including the group Sully Riot. They also achieved great recognition for other singles such as "Esaidazu", part of their first album BT 1.0 (2002/03), "Gora Gora Betizu" or "Kolperik jo gabe".

Due to their great notoriety, they participated as guests in different programs such as the Christmas and New Year's Eve galas of ETB, they gave the chupinazo of some popular festivals, [9] ...

In 2021 several members of the band got together again to give a couple of concerts. [1] [10]

Dissolution

In 2005 the BT band released their latest album titled Gazteok. In 2005 the group Betizu Taldea - BT renamed itself as BT-Gazteok or Gazteok, taking the name of its four album (although it was still BT). From that moment BT-Gazteok gave a few more concerts until the middle of 2006.

Finally, the band BT-Gazteok dissolved for good in 2006. The musical space of BT-Gazteok was replaced by the band formed by the four winners of the musical talent show Egin kantu! (Maialen Diez, Oihan Larraza, Beñat Urkiola and Ane Gonzalez), a band that released a couple of albums (one of them had the special collaboration of Telmo Idígoras) [11] and gave different concerts. [12] [13]

Members

Discography

* BT 1.0 (2002/03) [14]

* Garaje Sound (2003)

* Bizi Bizi (2004)

* Gazteok (2005) [15]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basque music</span> Music of the Basque region and people

Basque music refers to the music made in the Basque Country, reflecting traits related to its society/tradition, and devised by people from that territory. While traditionally more closely associated to rural based and Basque language music, the growing diversification of its production during the last decades has tipped the scale in favour of a broad definition.

The Black Mages were a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito, who were three video game composers for Square and Square Enix. The band arranged Uematsu's Final Fantasy video game series-based compositions in a hard rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers. A year later the band expanded to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Michio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda. In August 2010, Uematsu announced the band had been disbanded, but he would continue to perform rock arrangements of his music as a part of another similar band, known as the Earthbound Papas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deen Castronovo</span> American drummer and singer

Deen J. Castronovo is an American drummer and singer, best known for being a member of classic rock band Journey and hard rock acts Bad English and Hardline. He currently plays drums and shares lead vocals for the bands Journey, Generation Radio, and Revolution Saints. He has been a touring and studio player for Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, Paul Rodgers, and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler's GZR.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EITB</span> Basque Radio Television

Euskal Irrati Telebista is the Basque Autonomous Community's public broadcast service, which broadcasts throughout the Basque Country. Its main brand is Euskal Telebista.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outlandish</span> Danish hip-hop music group

Outlandish is a hip-hop music group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consisted of Isam Bachiri, Waqas Ali Qadri, and Lenny Martinez. All three members are religious, with Isam and Waqas being Muslims and Lenny being Catholic. The group disbanded in 2017 as each member wanted to pursue personal projects. In 2019 band members Waqas and Lenny brought back the band as a duo while Isam continued to pursue a solo career. Outlandish has since released two singles and are currently working on a new album which is set to be released in April 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berri Txarrak</span>

Berri Txarrak is a Navarrese rock power trio whose songs are sung in Basque. It was founded in 1994 in Lekunberri, Navarre, Spain.

Basque National Liberation Movement prisoners are all those people who have been imprisoned, placed on remand, or otherwise kept in custody due to their illegal activity in support of the Basque National Liberation Movement.

Koldo Izagirre Urreaga is an innovative Basque writer who has worked in several genres of literature, including poetry, novels, and tales. Izagirre has translated works by classic authors into other languages. He has also written texts, both for young people and adults. In addition, he has produced journal and magazine articles, and written television and film scripts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Altsasu incident (2016)</span>

The Altsasu incident is a judicial case against eight young people from Altsasu, a small town in Navarre, Spain, for their involvement in a fight taking place on 15 October 2016 at a bar in which two off-duty Civil Guard officers stationed in the town and their girlfriends sustained injuries. One of the officers was knocked down, with the other victims reported to have suffered "psychological trauma". The lawsuit was initially conducted by the judge of the Spanish special court Audiencia Nacional Carmen Lamela. As of March 2018, Concepción Espejel was appointed as magistrate ahead of the trial held in late April.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bingen Zupiria</span> Spanish politician

Bingen Zupiria is a Spanish politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. As of 28 November 2016, he serves as Minister of Culture and Language Policy in the Basque Government. Between 2016 and 2020, he served in this position in the Second Urkullu Government led by Iñigo Urkullu and as of 8 September 2020, he serves in this position in the Third Urkullu Government. He also serves as government spokesperson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nerea Alias</span> Spanish journalist, actress, TV presenter

Nerea Alias García is a Spanish journalist, actress and TV presenter.

Tour 20 años is a concert tour by bachata superstar Juan Luis Guerra and 4:40 to support his 9th studio album Para Ti and to celebrate his 20th Anniversary of his debut. It was his first official tour since Areito World Tour in 1993.

Egin kantu! was a television program, a musical talent show, aired on EITB network from 2006 to 2010 and presented by Nerea Alias. A music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements, which aimed to find the country's next singing sensation.

Elene Arandia Arnal is a Spanish singer and musician.

María Ereña Larrea is a Spanish singer and musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zuriñe Hidalgo</span> Spanish TV presenter and singer

Zuriñe Hidalgo is a Spanish singer, musician and TV presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Gomez</span> Spanish TV presenter

Jon Gomez Garai is a Spanish singer, musician and TV presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mikel Losada</span> Spanish film, stage and television actor

Mikel Losada García is a Spanish film, theater and television actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eider Mendoza</span>

Eider Mendoza Larrañaga is a Spanish economist and politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. She holds a degree in Business Studies and started her political career as a member of the Basque Parliament, from 2001 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019, she was a member of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa. She was the vice president of the Assembly during the 2011-2015 term. After the Basque National Party's election victory in 2015, she was appointed president (speaker) of the Assembly for the 2015-2019 term. Since 2019 she has been the spokesperson of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, and Provincial Deputy of Governance. In 2020, she was named vice-president of Gipuzkoa Provincial Council after a reshuffle by President Markel Olano. She will stand for President of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council in the 2023 foral election.

Leire Merino Garín is a Spanish dancer and singer.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Several members of Betizu Taldea BT will get together again and give three concerts". EITB (in Basque). 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Elene Arandia, Telmo Idígoras and Zuriñe Hidalgo, from Betizu Taldea - BT". EITB (in Basque). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  3. ↑ Nieto, Marta (2003-03-29). "El primer concierto de mi vida". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  4. ↑ "Betizu Taldea concert today in the Plaza de Música". El Diario Vasco (in European Spanish). 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  5. ↑ "Betizu Taldea". www.badok.eus. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ↑ "El Correo. Spain. Carmen festivities. Program and concerts. Amorebieta (2003). July 2003". servicios.elcorreo.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  7. ↑ "Lokaleko leihotik". Diario de Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  8. ↑ "Historical moment: Zuriñe Hidalgo and Telmo Idígoras have sung Lokaleko leihotik 15 years later". EITB (in Basque). 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Betizu Taldea will give the chupinazo of the Azpeitia festivities". uztarria.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  10. ↑ "Telmo Idígoras on the return of Betizu Taldea: "From February onwards you will have the dates of the concerts"". EITB (in Basque). 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  11. ↑ Egin Kantu - CD , retrieved 2023-02-18
  12. ↑ "Maialen Diez, the singer with a beautiful voice". Aiurri.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  13. ↑ "Beñat Urkiola will participate in the Betizu Festival in Bilbao in the Egin kantu! official concert". El Diario Vasco (in European Spanish). 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  14. ↑ Txiribita (2008-11-27). "BT- 1.0 album, from BT". EKAITZALDI. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  15. ↑ "The musical group BT presents its new album Gazteok". www.hiru.eus. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.