Gabriel Rios

New Gabriel Ríos album!

Check out Gabriel's latest CD, "Two Compilations", which includes a great mix of singles, new tracks, live recordings, and collaborations!

 

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Belgium's Music Industry Awards: Nominees Announced!

Gabriel Ríos is nominated for Best Solo Male. If you'd like to vote for him, please click here!

Two Upcoming Gigs @ Rockwood Music Hall!

SOLO GIG:

WHEN: Saturday, November 19, 2011

WHERE: Rockwood Music Hall, STAGE 1
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

TIME: 10:00 PM

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w/BAND:

WHEN: Thursday, December 1, 2011

WHERE: Rockwood Music Hall, STAGE 2
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

TIME: 8:00 PM

LIVE Solo Gig!

WHEN: Saturday, November 5, 2011

WHERE: Rockwood Music Hall, STAGE 1
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

TIME: 10:00 PM

Live performance as part of New York City's CMJ Music Marathon!

WHEN: Friday, October 21, 2011


WHERE: Rockwood Music Hall, STAGE 1
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

TIME: 8:00 PM

Featuring Kobe Proesmans (drums), David Freyre (percussion), Nicky Paul (piano), and Ruben Samama (bass). Please click here to tell us you're coming or to post a message.

Gabriel Ríos LIVE @ Rockwood Music Hall

When: Monday, April 11, 2011
Where:

Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

Time: 9:30 PM

Featuring David Freyre, Ruben Samama, Nicky Paul, and Peter Gall. NO COVER!

Gabriel Ríos LIVE @ El Taller Latino Americano

When: Saturday, April 2, 2011

Where:

El Taller Latino Americano
2710 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 103rd and 104th streets)
New York, NY 10025

Time: 8:00 PM

Tickets: $15

Featuring David Freyre (vocals, percussion), Nicky Paul (piano), and Peter Gall (drums).

Upcoming Performance in NYC!

When: Sunday, March 20, 2011

Where: Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

Time: 10:15 PM

Featuring David Freyre, Ruben Samama, Nicky Paul, and Peter Gall. NO COVER!

Valentine's Concert in NYC!

When: February 14, 2011, 8 PM

Where: Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

Looking for something fun to do this Valentine's Day? Come check out Gabriel's performance on February 14 at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC. Copies of the new album, "The Dangerous Return," will be on sale! Featuring David Freyre (vocals, percussion), Ruben Samama (bass, keys, vocals), Nicky Paul (piano), and Peter Gall (drums). NO COVER!

First NYC concert of 2011!

When: January 30, 2011

Where: Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
196 Allen Street (Between Houston and Stanton)
New York, NY 10002

Featuring David Freyre, Ruben Samama, Nicky Paul, and Peter Gall!

"Pictures for Life" Auction has started!

Check out Gabriel's photo on Ebay here!

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    2004

Gabriel Rios was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One morning, when he was four years old, he attempted to fly: he jumped from the couch in the living room and landed in a huge glass vase that immediately burst into pieces, cutting his left eyelid.

Puerto Rico from the skies

His grandmother, who was sitting on the same couch reading, began to scream, waking up Gabriel's parents who ran over to see what had happened. They quickly took him to the bathroom where they held him up with his back to them, facing the mirror.

Facing the mirror

At the time, he didn't understand why he was being shown his own bleeding face. Later on, they took him to the hospital where, still dressed up as Superman, he received twelve stitches and an eye patch that resembled that of a pirate, which he kind of enjoyed.

The Facts: The year was 1978. Charlie Chaplin’s coffin had been stolen from a Swiss cemetery. Shortly after, Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas died after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Good a time as any to join the human comedy, Gabriel thought. So he packed his collective unconscious baggage and headed for the "Island of Wonder."

Upon arrival, Gabriel realized that earning his chops among the ranks of the local catholic schoolboy choir, playing Extreme and Gun’s R Roses covers at local dive bars, and moonlighting as a Caribbean punk rocker merited an exciting next adventure. So, naturally, he packed his teenage angst and burgeoning neurosis, as well as a healthy love of the unknown, and headed for the Old World.

Belgium was a welcoming place. A fleeting five years earned Gabriel a Fine Arts Diploma and a unique place in the local music scene. Finding himself far from home, songs played by his father and grandfather began to visit him in dreams. In a cold attic and with a more than worthy sidekick (Jo Bogaert of Technotronic), he concocted a blend of Puerto Rican rhythms and Belgium surrealism that churned through computers and samplers and became two consecutive albums: Ghostboy and Angelhead.

The European festival scene is an enticing and powerful force. Crowds cheering, brass blowing, people knowing the words to your songs. And let’s not forget the good food. Feels like one could stay there forever, but Gabriel started to feel the pull of a smaller, organic, and more intimate set up. Flanked by Kobe Proesmans and Jeff Neve, he hit the theater circuit with a new sound and a new album. The Dangerous Return is a stripped-down collection of songs featuring piano, percussion, and guitar interwoven with whimsical tales of growing older and of the end of the world as we know it.

And so it was that the need to fly proved irresistible… once again. It was only after his arrival in Brooklyn, New York, that he realized with a strange grin on his face that he had forgotten to pack.

angela kluivert

Hi Gabriel! Glad you're back. I've missed you! Listend to the snippets of your album and they're great. Will you visit the netherlands any time soon? Love Angela p.s love your childhood photo! :)

Jessie

Thanks for the wonderful show last night in Mechelen. Even with a little voice-problem you are a great performer... Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year !

Coral Pagan

Hola Gabriel! Habemos tres boricuas en Amberes. Estaremos en Bélgica por un año estudiando Derecho. Venimos directo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. En Puerto Rico nunca habíamos escuchado de ti y llegamos aquí, escuchamos tu música y quedamos encantados. Cuando estarás por aquí cerca, que te podamos ver tocar en vivo? Mucho éxito y estamos sumamente orgullosos de que un puertorriqueño como tú, nos esté representando!

Anders

Lovely music! Hope to see you at Rockwood tonight!

Fredrik

You have made very nice songs. I am impressed that real music like this still exists, thank you for making me realise that!

D

A few months ago, I visited one of your gigs, where you blew the audience away with a beautiful, nameless song. What struck me most where the lyrics: "... dust off my impurities, molten my disgrace ... ". Can we expect this song to be named anytime soon? And is it coming out in Itunes? Thanx

Lucie

Beste Gabriel Rios! Ik hoop dat ik u langs deze weg kan bereiken, want ik heb een vraagje voor u. Ik vertrek morgen naar New York voor een weekje, samen met mijn vriendje. Wij zijn zeker en vast een fan van uw werk, dus schoten een gat in de lucht toen ik de melding van uw liveshow in NY op 5 november zag staan! :) Helaas kwamen we even later te weten dat de Rockwood Music Hall waar u die avond speelt, slechts toegelaten is voor 21-plussers... Wij zijn 19 en 20 jaar, weet u of er een mogelijkheid zou zijn dat wij toch binnen zouden kunnen geraken die avond? Sowieso zullen we daar staan!!! Vele groetjes, Matthias en Lucie

Thierry

Hallo, Volgende week vlieg ik naar new york. Mijn vriendin is een enorme fan en ik vroeg me af of u ergens optreedt in new york tussen 4 en 8 november? Tot binnenkort, misschien! Thierry

Hector " Atabal" Rodriguez

Saludos Gabriel . Solo para decirte que tenemos un nuevo cd que quiero compartir contigo.

Paulina toledo

Would you please come to Mexico? Ven a México!! Sil vous plait :)

Mario destoop

are there any gigs scheduled yet in New York for next year ?

Leen

Super performance at OLT Rivierenhof Deurne. Great music & atmosphere. Thanks !!

Mayra Rios benitez

Conozco poco de tu música y me enteré de tu existencia a través de tus tías paternales. Mi papa y tu papa eran hermanos. Me gustaría enterarme la próxima vez que vengas a NYC para ver si hago planes para verte. Te deseo que continúes con tu éxito y siempre recordando de donde viene tu cimiento y defendiendo con orgullo tu esencia como puertorriqueño. Dios te bendiga, primo. Un abrazo fuerte.

Free Dewaele

You were amazing yesterday in Oudenaarde!! Het was super :) Verlang al naar het volgende optreden!!

Lies

Fantastic performance at Lokerse Feesten last Friday...kippevel, I was really inspired and touched by your music, great musicians, great feeling... you have a new fan!! PS: Jef Neve rules :-) !

Lies

Fantastic performance at Lokerse Feesten last Friday...kippevel, I was really inspired and touched by your music, great musicians, great feeling... you have a new fan!!

A

Admittedly, the audience wasn't too great last friday in that strage place called Lokeren, but you were quite amazing.

a.

Great performance at M-IDZOMER Leuven

A3ana

Let's take Gabriel Rios to Brazil ! https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/235205063176633

Tessa

Hi Gabriel, loved your performance @ Zebrastraat yesterday... Made me wonder whether you will perform in New York somewhere between the 11th and the 14th of September? Could you please answer so I can adjust my agenda? Would love to see you perform again! Greets, Tessa

kate

Zebrastraat zal toch wel een beetje nostagie brengen denk ik. Kijk er heel erg naar uit om je weer aan het werk te zien en te horen.

ALE

you need TWITTER!

Pauliena

Hola Gabriel! Thanks a lot for the picture yesterday on the ferry-boat from Terschelling! Was really nice to talk to you shortly. Hope to see you at another festival or concert. Saludos Pauliena!

Pauliena

Hola Gabriel! Thanks a lot for the picture on the ferry-boat yesterday! Was really nice to talk to you shortly. Hope to see you at another festival or concert. Saludos Pauliena

Sien

Hello Gabriel, with my girlfriends we checked out today, how long it was, since we are going to the little festival in Menen, Grensrock. The date we uses to check that, was the year that you were performing there and where we get to know you and your beautiful music. Internet told us, it was 2004, that means, 8 years ago. We're getting older, now we're already 23, then we were really young. But we still like your music very very much. See you soon in Belgium somewhere, this summer!

Laiza

25de junio: Gabriel Rios junto c/ Calle13........??!

KRooms

Zalig goede cd, zoveel invloeden en toch 1 geheel. Wereldklasse! Was g een grote fan, nu wel!

Shebnem

Hi! When are you going to play in Portugal or in Germany?

Andrea

I saw en heard you tonight for the first time. And I can´t wait to see and heare moore. Juist 3 people making such a great sound!!!

Josta

Hola Gabriel, Jef y Kobe, Gracias por el concierto magnífico ayer en Amsterdam. Fue muy especial, cómo ustedes "se fusionaron" con sus instrumentos, con cada uno y con nosotros. Me encantó muchísimo la música y el ambiente. Increíble. Bravo!! :)

Jane

Thank you for the music, thank you for the atmosphere, thank you for your spirit.! Really thank you for everything, it was wonderful! P.S: Loved the Puerto Rican songs!

Sandra en Jan

Weergaloos concert in de Melkweg vanavond! Erg van genoten, zwaar onder de indruk. Het was prachtig. Woorden schieten te kort.

Hannah

Your performance at the "Melange Continental 3" was fantastic! I had so much fun, it's a pity that the crowd was a bit dull! I was screaming really loud but I'm sure you didn't hear me... What was the name of your new song? The last one you sang was so beautiful, I hope it gets out soon! Greetz, Hannah

lian

Hi, Sorry I made a mistake, three times the same mesage is a bit much Lian

Lian

Hi, I've been to your concert yesterday in de Mezz in Breda. It was the second time that I've seen you, Jeff and Kobe over there. The three of you were great, even though you said that your voice was not okee. The duet you did with Jef "Diamond" made me cry, not only because of the lyrics, but also the way Jeff played the piano, so small, so fragile.. It's great to see three man and there love and passion for music! I really hope you will be back in Breda, or somewhere in the neighbourhood, and I'll be there again. groetjes, Lian

Els

Dear Gabriel, Jef, Kobe, First time I saw you live on stage in Trix, Antwerp. You guys were AMAZING! Thank you for a great night out!! Hope to see you all again real soon! x

kate

Superbe!!! Deze avond in Antwerpen. Groote artiest , kijk al uit naar het volgende concert en naar nieuw materiaal. Thanks xxx

Nicolas

Hola Gabriel, estoy desde mucho tiempo un gran fan de su musica, por la primera vez voy a tu concerto con mi novia, estoy re emotionado de poder escuchar y cantar tus canciones que simepre me han animado en todos lados, espero seguir a disfrutar de tus obras, que sean en espanol, ingles o frances ;) Nicolas, 20, Belgium

Mieke

Fan van Gabriel Rios, laatst gezien in Roeselare. Ben in New York van 27 april tem 2 mei. Het zou leuk zijn hem daar ook eens te horen en te zien. Zijn er optredens dan gepland?

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Win een Meet & Greet met Gabriel Rios op 2 maart in de Muziekodroom in Hasselt! http://www.telenet.be/allforone

Barbara

Hey Gabriel, I've seen you some time ago in 'The Handelsbeurs, Ghent', during the Ghent Festivities. I liked your performance quite a lot and became a fan since then. It was such an intimate, vulnerable, but at the same time powerful performance... I'm wondering when you'll give a performance again in Ghent. I don't seem to find any dates in the near future... Thank you for your wonderful music, xxx, Barbara

tine

Ik luister graag naar je nieuwe CD. Volgende week zal ik in de buurt van New York zijn, jammer dat er dan geen concert gepland staat op de agenda...of wel? Groeten uit Gent

Miss ann

just loved your show & can't stop listening to your new album. Orion is my number one, it makes my day, day after day ;-)

Peter

Excellent show in the rockwood music hall in NY last sunday!! Really enjoyed it.

Koen

Will you be doing a concert in New York between the 6th and 14th of February? I would like to attend if so! Greets from Belgium

Annika

hi , like the new website , loved you're new show. btw thank u for signing my new cd for my birthday !!

Loes

Aaaaaaaawesome dude! Luv it! Worth the wait. Love the new sounds/style.

Els

De laatste twee weken twee maal Rios - Neve - Proesmans aan het werk gezien, in Aalst en in de Roma...en, met een understatement, 'het verveelt maar niet'. Echt boeiend van begin tot einde, alles heel fris en modern, intelligente, vernieuwende muziek, met schitterende inbreng van elk van de drie topmuzikanten…Nice!

Didier

Knap concert gisteren!! Genoten van begin to eind inclusief voorprogramma!!

Liesje

Geweldig, super tof concert gisteren in Hamont!!! We hebben er enorm van genoten!!! Bedankt en tot een volgende keer!!!
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