Sexy Sadie’s Time Machine Ensemble

A trip back to the 90s

Toeverybody knows who Sexy Sadie are. Not their names, the title of their albums, what they did before or what they did after, who is right-handed and who is left-handed, if they like pineapple pizza or if they were addicted to Burmar Flax as kids. Everyone, whether they are Sexy Sadie fans or not, knows who they are. They place them, they place them in a decade, they know what musical wave they were on and what language their repertoire is in. Anyone knows that they meant something, and even if intuitively, they know it was something important. Everyone knows that Sexy Sadie are important. The 90s are an important decade in the history of music. And important times bring important things. It is simply because of this that bands like Sexy Sadie exist. All the musicians who passed through the band are Sexy Sadie, and are therefore an important part of its history, of its musical, creative and generational journey. Of everything that this band and this music meant. And if someone has had the brilliant (and important!) idea of revisiting those years, they must all be there. And if they’ve also come up with the imp… fantastic! idea of playing not only their own songs but also iconic or imp… super-mega-hyper-famous songs from The League of Extraordinary Indies, even better. You know the saying: “The more the merrier, the more we play”. In fact, between the Sexy Sadie songs that someone would like to hear – or that they would like to play – and the ones that influenced them, there are a lot of songs. There’s three loads of songs. It’s lucky that the band has so many good friends, from those years and today. More than anything else, just in case you have to go through that list, because you know that thirty-two eyes see more than two. And because a lot of important friends should come to an important date for an important group. It would be nice. How important is music.

Els anys 90 constitueixen una dècada important per a la història de la música. I en les èpoques importants sorgeixen coses importants. Es deu a això, senzillament, que existeixen bandes com Sexy Sadie. Tots els músics que passaren pel grup són Sexy Sadie, i per tant són una peça rellevant de la seva història, del recorregut musical, creatiu i generacional. De tot allò que va significar aquesta banda i aquella música. I si algú ha tingut la idea genial (important!) de revisitar aquells anys, hi ha de ser tots. I si a més també se’ls ha ocorregut la idea imp… fantàstica! de tocar no només temes propis sinó també icònics o imp… súpermegahiperfamosos de La Lliga dels Indies Extraordinaris, idò millor encara. Ja se coneix la dita: “Quants més serem, més tocarem”.

De fet, entre les cançons de Sexy Sadie que a algú li agradaria escoltar -o que a ells els agradaria tocar- i les que els van influenciar, hi ha un bon munt de temes. Hi ha tres muntanyes de temes. Quina sort que el grup tengui tants i tan bons amics, d’aquells anys i d’avui. Més que res per si s’ha de posar a revisar aquella llista, per què ja se sap que trenta-dos ulls veuen més que dos. I per que davant una data important de grup important hauríen de venir un bon munt d’amics importants. Estaria bé.

Què important és la música.

Sexy Sadie formedin 1992, and disbanded in 2006. Jaime García Soriano (singer, guitar and main composer) and Toni Toledo (drums) are the two members who have continued all the years of the band’s career. Other members were Miki Serra (1992-97, guitar), José Luis Sampol (1992-2000, bass), Pablo García Soriano (summer 1999, guitar), Miquel Martínez ‘Pinti’ (1998-99, guitar), Carlos Pilán (1999-2006, guitar), Jaume Gost (2000-06, bass), Michael Mesquida (2006, guitar) and Sergio Molina (2006, keyboard). The current line-up is made up of, in addition to García Soriano and Toledo, Gost, Sampol, Pilán and the new addition Jaume Torres (guitar, has been in the band since the It’s Beautiful, It’s Love 20th anniversary concerts of 2018). Their first single was Johnny ‘The Good’ (Elefante Records, 1994). Subsequently, all their official albums, both studio and compilation (singles, rarities, demos, covers, etc.) or live, were released by the historic Madrid label Subterfuge: Draining Your Brain (1994) Onion Soup (1996) It’s Beautiful, It’s Love (1998) Butterflies (2000) Lost & Found (2003) Translate (2006) Other albums released by Subterfuge were Onion Soup triturated by Big Toxic (remixes, 1997), Odd Tracks Out! (rarities, b-sides, covers, direct, 2000), Dream Covers (covers, 2002), What Have You Done? 10 Years of Singles (compilation, 2004) and 27.03.04 (live at the Sala Arena in Madrid, 2004). The band’s first comeback was in 2011, five years after their dissolution. They started in May and four concerts were planned, but in the end there were more than thirty, including the one in Palma’s Cultura Club on 17 June. In 2014 they returned to the stage for the 25th anniversary of their record label. Finally, in 2018 they returned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of It’s Beautiful, It’s Love with a mini-tour throughout Spain, which began on 12 May on the main stage of the Mallorca Live Festival. In 2019 they performed by surprise on the second day of the Cangrejo Festival in Menorca. They were the “Secreto Band” that announced the line-up. In 2017 the surprising intergenerational meeting between the legendary Santiago Auserón of Radio Futura and Sexy Sadie took place. Initially the idea was to play songs by both bands on a single date at the Sonorama Ribera festival (Aranda de Duero, Burgos), to celebrate its 20th anniversary. They ended up playing several more concerts and repeating in 2018.

El seu primer single va ser Johnny ‘The Good’ (Elefant Records, 1994). Posteriorment, tots els seus àlbums oficials, tant d’estudi com recopilatoris (singles, rareses, demos, versions, etc.) o directes, van ser editats per l’històric segell

madrileny Subterfuge:

Draining Your Brain (1994)

Onion Soup (1996)

It’s Beautiful, It’s Love (1998)

Butterflies (2000)

Lost & Found (2003)

Translate (2006)

Altres discos editats per Subterfuge van ser Onion Soup triturated by Big Toxic (remixes, 1997), Odd Tracks Out! (rareses, cares b, versions, directes, 2000), Dream Covers (versions, 2002), What Have You Done? 10 Years of Singles (recopilatori, 2004) i 27.03.04 (directe a la Sala Arena de Madrid, 2004).

El primer retorn de la banda va ser en el 2011, cinc anys després de la seva dissolució. Van arrancar en el mes de maig i estàven prevists quatre concerts,i foren al final més de trenta, inclós el de la sala palmesana Cultura Club el 17 de juny. Al 2014 tornaren als escenaris pel 25 aniversari de la seva discogràfica. Finalment, en el 2018 tornaren per celebrar el 20 aniversari de It’s Beautiful, It’s Love amb una minigira per tota Espanya, que va començar el 12 de maig a l’escenari principal del Mallorca Live Festival. En el 2019 actuaren per sorpresa a la segona jornada del Cranc Festival en Menorca. Ells eren la “Secret Band” que anunciava el cartell.

En 2017 va tenir lloc la sorprenent trobada intergeneracional entre el mític Santiago Auserón de Radio Futura i Sexy Sadie. Inicialment la idea era tocar cançons de totes dues formacions en una única data i pel festival Sonorama Ribera (Aranda de Duero, Burgos), amb motiu de celebrar el seu 20 aniversari. Van acabar donant diversos concerts més i repetint en 2018.

The career of vocalist García Soriano continued as a producer. Among others, he recorded at the Maryland