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| Background information | |
| Birth name | José Antonio Galisteo García |
| Born | (1977-02-24) February 24, 1977 (age 47) Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain |
| Genres | Pop, dance-pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, actor |
| Years active | Since 2006 |
| Labels | Label Sound Records Goal Songs |
| Website | www |
José Antonio Galisteo García (born 24 February 1977 in Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain) was a contestant in the fifth season of the Spanish reality television series Operación Triunfo, where he placed sixth in a field of 18. He has since gone on to record a 2007 best-selling disc, Remember and a follow up album in 2009 called Luces y Sombras.
Biography
Jose Galisteo, the second of three children in a working class family, a music apassionate from an early age, begins music studies at ten years old.
After completing his education in Viladecans Secondary school, Galisteo joined the military. After that he moves to Barcelona and works as a vocalist in local acts and clubs for many years, before applying in May 2006 for the succesful TV program Operación Triunfo where he finishes finalist.
In May 2007 he release his first album Remember containing 1980s and 1990s hit covers, in English. Produced by the spanish producers DaBruk and released on the record label Vale Music/Universal releases two singles, "I Promised Myself" and "Big In Japan". In 2008, he obtains the Garamond Prize for the best dance production album, in Madrid.
During the 2008 Tour Jose Galisteo sings in more of one hundred spanish cities and also some european cities like Lyon, Paris or Bern.
In November 2009, he launches his second studio album "Luces y Sombras produced again by DaBruk, Andreas Rickstrand (Sweden), Tony Sanchez-Ohlsson, and Kareem Junior (French dj and producer) including 13 electro-pop songs and 3 remixes. The first single is "Lógicamente No".
In February 2010, he takes part in a competition to represent Spain with the song "Beautiful Life" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Oslo, where he finishes finalist. In April 2010, he launches the maxisingle "Beautiful Life" with five tracks including some house remixes. The videoclip gets 30.000 downloads in Youtube in 48 hours. The maxisingle remains during some weeks at TOP 5 Itunes.
In november 2010 he launches the maxisingle "Mis Trampas" with an awesome videoclip that gets 20.000 downloads in 24 hours. During the 2011 tour Jose Galisteo sings in some european cities like Helsinki and Bern, and his music begins hearing in some South America radiostations.
The 29th April 2013 launches the single "Wish", produced by himself in all digital platforms, being TOP 5 in Itunes
The release of his new single "I Believe In You" composed and produced by himself is scheduled for July 2014
Discography
Albums
- 2007: Remember (Vale Music/Universal)
- What is Love (Haddaway cover)
- Relight My Fire (A duo with Saray)
- I Promised Myself (Nick Kamen cover)
- Big in Japan (Alphaville cover)
- Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band cover)
- Running in the Family (Level 42 cover)
- Enola Gay (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark cover)
- Torture (The Jacksons cover)
- Together Forever (Rick Astley cover)
- Don't Leave Me This Way (The Communards cover)
- 2009: Luces y Sombras (Label Sound records)
- Lógicamente No
- Luces y Sombras
- Recordándote
- No Vuelvas
- Beautiful Life
- Déjame
- Stop
- Intento de Dos
- Mis Trampas
- Ahora
- Lógicamente No (Dabruk tonic Remix)
- No Vuelvas (Tearhouse Dabruk Remix)
- Luces y Sombras (Kareem Junior Remix)
- 2013: Wish (Goal Songs)
Singles
- 2007: "I Promised Myself"
- 2007: "What Is Love"
- 2008: "Big In Japan"
- 2009: "Lógicamente No"
- 2010: "Beautiful Life"
- 2011: "Mis trampas"
- 2013: "Wish"
Videoclips
- 2007 - I Promised Myself (dir. Rita Clip!) Vale Music/Universal
- 2008 - Big in Japan (dir. Karim Benham) Vale Music/Universal
- 2009 - Lógicamente no (dir. Karim Benham) Label Sound Records
- 2010 - Beautiful Life (dir. Karim Benham) Label Sound Records
- 2011 - Mis trampas (dir. Karim Benham/Albert Salas) Label Sound Records
External links
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