MARTIN: There was a recent interview in Miami New Times. So, he would say, good night, my invisible friends. And basically the announcer would introduce a program addressing the invisible people that were watching him. FIGUEREDO: Actually, a friend of ours came up with the name, but it comes from a TV show that we used to watch as kids. FIGUEREDO: I'm keyboard player Armando, to my right is Cheo, guitar player, Julio on the vocals, Catire on bass, Mamel on drums and then Mauricio on bongos. JULIO BRICENO (Vocalist, Los Amigos Invisibles): Hello. ARMANDO FIGUEREDO (Keyboardist, Los Amigos Invisibles): Hello. Armando Figueredo, the keyboardist, is going to introduce everybody. studios to perform songs from the album and tell us a little bit about themselves. And they're with us now in our Washington, D.C. They're on tour now supporting their fifth album title "Commercial," which won them a Latin Grammy for best alternative album. Since then, the group has created five studio albums, all featuring a funky mix of house, acid jazz and Latin disco. But after a move to Brooklyn in 1997, they emerged into the spotlight when they caught the ear of David Byrne, the legendary former front man for the group Talking Heads. Their first gigs were in underground dance parties throughout Caracas. When the Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles began playing music in the early '90s, they were literally invisible to most people out there.
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