Bárbara Recanati

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Barbi Recanati
Recanati performing live in 2019.
Recanati performing live in 2019.
Background information
Birth nameBárbara Recanati
Born (1986-11-27) November 27, 1986 (age 37)
OriginArgentina
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Years active2005–present

Bárbara Recanati (born November 27, 1986), better known as Barbi Recanati is an

Argentine
performing musician and songwriter. She gained recognition as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Utopians from 2005 to 2017 and later as a solo artist.

Career

Recanati began her career as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Utopians alongside Larry Fus (drums), Mario Romero (bass) and Gustavo Fiocchi (guitar). She met Fus when they were attending the same school and formed the band later in 2005.[1] After releasing the EPs Factory and Factory II, the band released their debut studio album Inhuman in 2007. The band would go on to release four more studio albums, Freak (2010), Trastornados (2012), Vándalo (2014) and Todos Nuestros Átomos (2016), the latter received a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.[2] In 2017, the band officially disbanded after the allegations of sexual abuse made by two women against Gustavo Fiocchi, the guitarist of the band.[3]

Recanati performing with Utopians.

After performing her last show with Utopians at the Personal Fest on November 12, 2017, Recanati made her debut performing as a solo artist as a guest in a show from the band Eruca Sativa.[4] In August 2018, she released the EP Teoría Espacial, the project was produced by Juan Manuel Segovia and Tomás Molina Lera at Estudio Átomo and was mastered by Hernán Agrasar at Estudio Revolver.[5] Also in 2018, Recanati founded the record label Goza Records in association with the virtual radio station Futurock. Since then, the label has released a project monthly with an emphasis on upcoming and independent female artists and minorities.[6]

In 2019, Recanati performed at

23rd Annual Gardel Awards she won Best Alternative Rock Album.[11][12]

Discography

With Utopians

  • Inhuman (2007)
  • Freak (2010)
  • Trastornados (2012)
  • Vándalo (2014)
  • Todos Nuestros Átomos (2016)

As a solo artist

  • Teoría Espacial (EP, 2018)
  • Ubicación en Tiempo Real (LP, 2020)

Awards and nominations

Gardel Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019
 Best New Artist Teoría Espacial Nominated [9]
2021
 Song of the Year "Que No" Nominated [12]
Best Alternative Rock Album Ubicación en Tiempo Real Won

Latin Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Best Alternative Music Album Ubicación en Tiempo Real Nominated [11]

References

  1. ^ "Personajes 2012: Utopians". Rolling Stone (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Todos los argentinos nominados al Grammy Latino". La Nación (in Spanish). September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Tras echar a su guitarrista por acoso sexual a menores, Utopians se separa". Diario Popular (in Spanish). October 20, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Mileo, Julián. "BARBI RECANATI DEBUTA COMO SOLISTA". Soy Rock (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "BARBI RECANATI PRESENTA TEORÍA ESPACIAL". Incont (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "La idea detrás de Goza Records, el sello que impulsa el rock argentino hecho por mujeres". La Nación (in Spanish). December 18, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Rivarola, Maximiliano (March 23, 2019). "Lollapalooza Argentina 2019: Este es el line-up día por día". Indiehoy (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Ramos, Sebastián (September 24, 2018). "Festival Ahora: las músicas pidieron más presencia sobre el escenario". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Premios Gardel 2019: La lista completa de nominados". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  10. ^ "Escuchá el primer disco solista de Barbi Recanati: "Ubicación en tiempo real"". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). March 25, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "21st Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards – Final Nominations" (PDF). Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. September 29, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Premios Gardel 2021: Conocé la lista completa de ganadores". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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