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Astrud (Manolo Martínez and Genís Segarra, from Barcelona) is considered one of the most influential spanish indie-pop bands. After its start in 1997 with Astrud EP, three albums (Mi fracaso personal, Gran fuerza and Performance), one b-sides album (Algo cambió: Caras B y rarezas 1996–2005) and many collaborations with other artists, Astrud has been continuously evolving in its sound, whether they want to sound techno-pop, orchestral, rock or whatsoever. Daily living scenes and intelligence are always present in their lyrics. On top of that, their attitude and image have turn them into some kind of pop icons in the spanish...

Astrud Gilberto (b. 1940) is a Brazilian-born singer best known for her jazz style samba and bossa nova music. Gilberto was born Astrud Winert in the state of Bahia in the north-east of Brazil, on 29th March 1940. Her mother was Brazilian her father German. She grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to the USA in the early 1960s, where she still lives. In her mid-teens, she became part of (her own words) a "musical clan" when she met João Gilberto, whom she described as the clan's musical "guru". She married him a few months later, in 1959....