Carlos Alberto Mestre

Carlos Alberto Mestre known with his stage name Nito Mestre was born on the 3^rd August 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a musician. He is a founding member together with Charly Garcia of Sui Generis. He is a member of the PorSuiGieco. He is the band leader of Nito Mestre y los Desconocidos de Siempre and a solo recording artist.

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Sui Generis was initially formed in the year 1969 by Charly Garcia who is a player of the keyboard and vocals, Nito Mestre, who is a player of the guitar , the flute and the vocals, Ronaldo Fortich, a bass guitar player, Juan Belia a player of the guitar, Alberto Rodrigues, the drummer and Carlos Piagari on the vocals. The group later became a duo, as everybody left the group except the two. After the division of the group in the year 1975, Nito Mestre founded a new group called Nito Mestrey los Desconocidos de Siempre, having Maria Rosa Yorio on the vocals, Rodolfo Gorositoplaying the guitar, Alfredo Toth on the bass, CiroFogliatta playing the keyboards and Juan Carlos "Mono" Fontana as the drummer. In the 1980s, Nito Mestre went after his solo career

 Biography

All through the five-year existence of Sui Genesis, they sold the total of 600,000 albums, a statistic that in those days of early rock and roll in the country, showed clearly the relevance and the impact that the duo had in the local music scene of the country. In the origin of the band in the year 1969, the band was formerly formed by Charly Garcia who is a player of the keyboard and vocals, Nito Mestre, who is a player of the guitar, the flute and the vocals, Ronaldo Fortich, a bass guitar player, Juan Belia a player of the guitar, Alberto Rodrigues, the drummer and Carlos Piagari on the vocals.

Charly and Nito met at their time in the high school and they both had their own bands at that time. Charly alongside Rodriguez and Correa formed ‘To Walk A Spanish’ and Nito along with Piegari formed and were the lead singers in their group called ‘The Century Indignation’.

As a sextet, the band came on stage for the first time at the stage of the Santa Rosa School in Buenos Aires in the year 1969, though the group passed through several changes till they finally became an acoustic duet. In the year 1970, the group performed at some little venues and that year, they showed up on the TV for the first time of Channel 7, and it was signed by a known artist called Eduardo Falu. After that, they soon travelled to Mar del Plata and that was where they co-started with the songwriter called LittoNebbia.

In May of the year 1971, they participated at a series of concerts and that was the turning point in the profession. For the next two months, they played together with the bigger tickets like RoqueNarvajaand Pedro y Pablo with guest artists like, Luis Alberto Spinetta, HéctorStarc and Emilio Del Guercio, among others.

They first album they did was called Vida and they had musicians like Jorge Pinchevsky, who is a player of the violin, Alejandro Medina, who is a player of the bass guitar and Claudio Gabis, who is a player of the electric guitar. They completed their recording in the year 1972.

As a preview to the album, the recording company dropped a single with both Canciónpara mi Muerte and Amigo Vuelve a Casa Pronto. The official release of the album was done at the conspicuous opera theatre of Buenos Aires in April of the year 1973. Francisco PacoPratti, a drummer and Alejandro Correa a bassist joined Nito and Charly in the band. A month after that they went to the studio to record Aprendizaje and Bienvenidos al Tren, which are the first two tracks in the second album called Confession de Invierno that was finished in August. The album consisted of the recordings by David Lebon on the guitar and Leon Gieco and was dropped in October of that year.

In the summer of the year 1974, they travelled to Cordiba, Mal del Plata, Plunta del Este and Santa Fe and their tour was successful. After several months of rehearsal, theys started recording their third album that was called PequeñasAnécdotassobrelasInstituciones". The album was faced with the problem of censorship that in those days was not glad with the young and old artist’s political persecution in the country, and because of that, some music were substituted by other music.  Juan Represión was replaced by Tango en Segunda and El Tuerto y Los Ciegos replaced BotasLocas (Crazy Boots). On other songs, lyrics were rewritten: Instituciones, Las IncreíblesAventuras del Sr. Tijeras and Para Quién Canto YoEntonces. David Lebon and Pinchevsky Jorge as well as Leon Gieco were all given invitation to participate in the recording.

From then, Charly started working and experimenting on new musical instruments that had been imported from the United States; a moog, an ARP string synthesizer and a Fender Rhodes keyboard.

The new songs were formed on the 13^th December at the Theatre Coliseo to 1800 audiences. The album was dropped three days after and before then had sold 30,000 copies. At the time of the winter of the year 1975, Nito Mestre and Charlywent on the PorSuiGieco travel with Maria Rosa Yorio, Raul Porchetto and Leon Gieco. After the travel, they were not comfortable with the problems of censorship that is being faced by the group and they decided to dissolve the group so as not to allow it from falling. Together with Nito Mestre they made up their minds to try luck abroad, but two months later, Nito Mestre made an agreement with Charly that the time had arrived for them to split.

They started a rehearsal for a huge goodbye concert. The show is still remembered till this date. On the 5^th September 1975, at the Luna Park Stadium, in two consecutive shows before the total of 30,000 audiences, Sui Generis said goodbye to their fans and it was a memorable night.

Solo Career

Nito Mestre and Los DESCONOCIDOS de SIEMPRE were formed in the early part of the year 1976 after Sui Generis had split. At the early stage of their starting, the band was formed by Maria Rosa Yorio, Alfredo Toth, Rodolfo Gorosito, Francisco Pratti, Osvaldo Calo and Nito Mestre.

The first album from the group was formed and recorded at the ION Studios in Buenos Aires in the year 1976 and was dropped on the 6^th September in a performance at the Estrella Theatre with some shows that lasted for two months. The band was given the prize for the best folk group of the year and Nito Mestre became the winner of the Best Rock Singer of the year for the 3^rd consecutive time. The departure of Calo Osvaldo from the group made way for players of the piano like Alejandro Lerner, Eduardo Zvetelman and finally CiroFogliata.

The second album of the group was recorded between the country and Brazil in the year 1978 and was followed by two month travel in Brazil along with Leon Gieco and Crucis, on their return to the country; they performed at the Luna Park in the year 1979.

Nito Mestre embarked on a solo career in the year 1981 and showed up again on the music scene with a new band and a new album called 20/10. In the year 1982, Nito Mestre recorded Nito Mestre en Vivo in Montevideo, Uruguay and got another gold record for the album. Between the year 1983 and the year 1985, Nito Mestre toured outside the country to Peru and some other countries around Argentina and was performing as a solo artist for the first time.

When Nito Mestre completed his third album as a soloist, EscondoMis Ojos Al Sol and finished a series of national and international travels in the year 1984, he joined Juan CarlosBeglietto, OvejaNegra and Celeste Carballo on a travel that was made to describe “PorQueCantamos”. The show contributed in giving meaning to the rock and roll music in the country.

In October of the year 1986, NITo, the 4^th album was dropped. The worked reunited some artists like Mercedes Sosa, the renowned folklore singer, Charly Garcia, Andres Calamaro, FitoPaez and Celeste Carballo. The album was dropped in the following countries; Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Bolivia. In the year 1989, Nito Mestre set himself up in Chile to travel all over the country with crucial local artists of the country like Los Jaivas, Congreso and his friend Eduardo Gatti, whom he recorded Entrada de Locos with.

In the year 1990, Nito Mestre went back to his country, and started working on his album called Tocando El Cielo, which he produced. Nito Mestre experimented in the making of his own videos together with the celebrated artist called Alfredo Lois. In the year 1993, Nito Mestre recorded the techno and dance versions of the Rasguña Las Piedras with David Lebon.  Later that year, he started working on NitoCanta Sui in Miami and Los Angeles along with a cast of music player with excellent talent and international quality and they included Julian Navarro, who is also the producer, John Robinson the drummer, Larry Coryel, the guitarist, Abraham Laboriel the bassist, Alex Acuna percussionist, Tom Scott the Saxophonist, the Los Angeles String Ensemble and other virtuosos in the music world.

In the year 1997, Nito Mestre played in a series of international ceremonies in Chile and Peru. In the year 2000, and after 25 years of music career, he reunited and made an album with Charly Garcia. They decided to get together for a series of concerts to impress both their old fans and the new born fans. The album was called “SinfoniasparaAdolescentes”, a great record that was followed by Si, which was another evidence of the bond between the two artists.

Recently, Sony Argentina dropped a doble album that honored Nito Mestre 30^th anniversary with music, the album was called Anos and the record was showed at the Billboard on the Miami’s Ocean Drive in the year 2002.

Nito Mestre has just finished working on his 22^nd album in Miami, United States. He completed his most recent album that is yet to be given a name. he is currently touring South, Central and Northern America bestowing his latest CD and DVD called "Nito MestreCompleto: En Vivo" which was recorded in Buenos Aires and dropped in the year 2007.

Discography

Sui Generis

Ø  "Vida" (1972)

Ø  "Confesiones de invierno" (1973)

Ø  "Pequeñasanécdotassobrelasinstituciones" (1974)

Ø  "Adiós Sui Géneris, Parte I &Parte II" (1975)

Ø  AdiósSui GénerisVolumen III" (1995)

Ø  "Antología de Sui Generis" (1992)

Ø  "Sinfoníasparaadolescentes" (2000)

Ø  "Si - Detrás de lasparedes" (2001)

Nito Mestre y Los Desconocidos de Siempre

Ø  "Nito Mestre y Los Desconocidos de Siempre" (1977)

Ø  "Nito Mestre y los Desconocidos de Siempre II" (1978)

Ø  "Saltabasobrelasnubes" (1979)

Solo career

Ø  "20/10" (1981)

Ø  "Nito Mestre En Vivo" (1982)

Ø  "Escondomisojos al sol" (1983)

Ø  "Nito" (1986)

Ø  "Tocando el cielo" (1991)

Ø  "Canta a Sui Generis" (1993)

Ø  "ColoresPuros" (1999)

Ø  "Mestre." (2005)

Ø  "Nito MestreCompleto: En Vivo" (DVD) (2007)

Ø   "Flores en Nashville " CD y DVD con la orquestasinfonica de San Juan, Argentina.(2010)

With other artists

Ø  "Música del Alma" (with CharlyGarcía, León Gieco, RaúlPorchetto& David Lebón) (1980)

Ø  "PorqueCantamos" (with Juan Carlos Baglietto, Celeste Carballo and OvejaNegra) (1985)

Ø  "Entrada de Locos" (with Eduardo Gatti) (1989)

Ø  " ANDRES CEPEDA-2009