Fermin Muguruza is a Basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer and… Read Full Bio ↴Fermin Muguruza is a Basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer and record label manager. He's brother of musicians Iñigo Muguruza and Jabier Muguruza and is one of the personalities interviewed for the Julio Medem's documentary film The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (2003).
Music career and socio-political views
Muguruza has taken part in more than twenty albums, and is one of the most important artists from the Basque Country.
In 1983 he founded a fussion ska hardcore band called Kortatu, with his brother Iñigo and drummer Treku Armendariz, among the first to popularise ska in Spain. In 1988 the group disbanded, but Fermin and Iñigo would meet again in 1990 to create Negu Gorriak, along with Kaki Arkarazo, who had produced Kortatu's last records.
In 1997 collaborated with Dut in a record signed by Fermin Muguruza eta DUT.
Most recently he's developed a solo career, always defending the use of euskera and the need for social justice.
His socio-political views have created problems, especially in Spain outside the Basque Country, where he is continuously accused of being an apologist of ETA, the separatist terrorist organisation. He denies such accusations, expressing a desire towards a pacific process of independence, which he considers on abeyance until both parts would left behind their prejudices. This position, which Muguruza frequently argues for during interviews, contrast with his lyrics, which don't express criticism of ETA's violence — some of them, especially from his early career in the band Kortatu, show respect and estimation for ETA members: For instance, the song "Sarri, Sarri" (a Basque cover of Toots & the Maytals' "Chatty chatty") applauds the escape of two ETA members from prison. This contrasts with his persistent denunciation of the actions of the Basque, Spanish and French governments and police corps as well as of Spanish nationalist terrorist groups. In an international level, Fermin Muguruza holds acute left-wing views that lead him to criticize U.S. government, corporations and the globalization process, all of which he denounces as imperialistic and homogenizing apparatus.
Musically, he has diffused the situation in the Basque country (i.e. the oppression that, in his opinion, Spain has over Euskadi) and, although most of his lyrics are in Basque, his compositions are a melting pot of different cultures, with a big influence of Jamaican (Sisla, Anthony Bä) and electronic music (especially drum and bass), which he commonly mixes over Basque instruments.
Discography
Kortatu
Kortatu/Cicatriz/Jotakie/Kontuz Hi! (1985)
Kortatu (1985)
El estado de las cosas (1986)
Kolpez kolpe (1988)
Azken guda dantza (1988)
Negu Gorriak
Negu Gorriak (1990)
Gure Jarrera (1991)
Gora Herria (1991)
Borreroak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi (1993)
Hipokrisiari Stop! Bilbo 93-X-30 (1994)
Ideia Zabaldu (1995)
Ustelkeria (1996)
Salam, agur (1996)
Fermin Muguruza eta Dut
Ireki ateak (1997)
Fermin Muguruza
Amodio eta gorrotzko kantak (1984-1998) (1998)
Brigadistak Sound System (1999)
erREMIXak (1999)
FM 99.00 Dub Manifest (2000)
Korrika mundu bat euskarara bildu
In-komunikazioa
Irun Meets Bristol. Komunikazioa
Sala Apolo, Barcelona 21/01/04
99-04 DVD + CD
Xomorroak (Bizitza lorontzian)
Music career and socio-political views
Muguruza has taken part in more than twenty albums, and is one of the most important artists from the Basque Country.
In 1983 he founded a fussion ska hardcore band called Kortatu, with his brother Iñigo and drummer Treku Armendariz, among the first to popularise ska in Spain. In 1988 the group disbanded, but Fermin and Iñigo would meet again in 1990 to create Negu Gorriak, along with Kaki Arkarazo, who had produced Kortatu's last records.
In 1997 collaborated with Dut in a record signed by Fermin Muguruza eta DUT.
Most recently he's developed a solo career, always defending the use of euskera and the need for social justice.
His socio-political views have created problems, especially in Spain outside the Basque Country, where he is continuously accused of being an apologist of ETA, the separatist terrorist organisation. He denies such accusations, expressing a desire towards a pacific process of independence, which he considers on abeyance until both parts would left behind their prejudices. This position, which Muguruza frequently argues for during interviews, contrast with his lyrics, which don't express criticism of ETA's violence — some of them, especially from his early career in the band Kortatu, show respect and estimation for ETA members: For instance, the song "Sarri, Sarri" (a Basque cover of Toots & the Maytals' "Chatty chatty") applauds the escape of two ETA members from prison. This contrasts with his persistent denunciation of the actions of the Basque, Spanish and French governments and police corps as well as of Spanish nationalist terrorist groups. In an international level, Fermin Muguruza holds acute left-wing views that lead him to criticize U.S. government, corporations and the globalization process, all of which he denounces as imperialistic and homogenizing apparatus.
Musically, he has diffused the situation in the Basque country (i.e. the oppression that, in his opinion, Spain has over Euskadi) and, although most of his lyrics are in Basque, his compositions are a melting pot of different cultures, with a big influence of Jamaican (Sisla, Anthony Bä) and electronic music (especially drum and bass), which he commonly mixes over Basque instruments.
Discography
Kortatu
Kortatu/Cicatriz/Jotakie/Kontuz Hi! (1985)
Kortatu (1985)
El estado de las cosas (1986)
Kolpez kolpe (1988)
Azken guda dantza (1988)
Negu Gorriak
Negu Gorriak (1990)
Gure Jarrera (1991)
Gora Herria (1991)
Borreroak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi (1993)
Hipokrisiari Stop! Bilbo 93-X-30 (1994)
Ideia Zabaldu (1995)
Ustelkeria (1996)
Salam, agur (1996)
Fermin Muguruza eta Dut
Ireki ateak (1997)
Fermin Muguruza
Amodio eta gorrotzko kantak (1984-1998) (1998)
Brigadistak Sound System (1999)
erREMIXak (1999)
FM 99.00 Dub Manifest (2000)
Korrika mundu bat euskarara bildu
In-komunikazioa
Irun Meets Bristol. Komunikazioa
Sala Apolo, Barcelona 21/01/04
99-04 DVD + CD
Xomorroak (Bizitza lorontzian)
Urrun
Fermin Muguruza Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Fermin Muguruza:
54-46 Nik diot yeah! Entzun nik diodana Nik diot: Bai zera! Entzun…
Beti izango dugu Bilbao 2 amorante izandakoen Aurkitze kasuala Erresistentzia anti-f…
Big Beñat Korrika badator Yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah! Badator Korrik…
Brigadistak "Compañeros del mundo, Por favor Sigan viniendo a las comuni…
Eguraldi Lainotsua Hiriburuan Neska bat telefono kabina Hertsi baten barrutik Une jeune fi…
FM 99.00 Dub Manifest Eh laguna! Sintonizatu zeure burua Frekuentzia honetan: FM 9…
Hitza Har Dezagun [Chorus] Hartu hitza Hitza har dezagun Iritzia Eman deza…
In-Komunikazioa Jai zen, jaiegun handia omen Aurpegi alaiak ikusi ahal nitue…
Leonard Peltier Free! Leonard Peltier free! Ez dago gartzelarik Leonard Peltier …
Newroz Zuentzat urte berria Hemen udaberria Martxoaren hogeitabat B…
Yalah Yalah Ramallah Haizea dator Jordan ibaitik Soinua Mediterraneo itsasotik Mo…
Zubizuria Sortu genuen Mundu perfektu bat, geurea Hiri ikustezinetik…
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Bastien
21 ans que j'écoute cet album, je découvre seulement le clip
Carlos Sorroche
Aúpa Fermin. Gora negu Gorriak eta KORTATU.
jak
This is some top notch cinematography!!
Gontzal Nieto Rey
Eres un Fenómeno Fermín, Pionero y
Siempre con algo K decir, muxu bat ta
Besarkada BAT, AguR!!!! ☯️🇵🇲⭐💀⭐🇵🇲!! !
Tyfafa C
un de mes heros j'ai eu la chance de le rencontrer chez lui a Irun
David Lugo
Uno de los temas de mi vida
Ego Glez
Mila esker Fermin, ze nolako oroitzapenak.
Libera Anti Anti
✊💪💪👏👏
Andoni Maldonado
Fermin muguruza = a cultura del pueblo obrero sozialista independentistas y feministas un ejemplo a seguir!!! Toda la vida escuchando su música y nunca me deja de sorprender por su capacidad para reinventarse!!!!!
Xanti Garijo mikeliz
Kaapitalismoaren aurka! Baina Gora anarkia komandantea!