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Colombia, birthplace of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many of the fables about El Dorado, has long been a land where people search for the extraordinary. So two years ago, singer-guitarist Andrea Echeverri and bassist-producer Hector Buitrago of the Colombian rock duo Aterciopelados (ah-tair-see-oh-peh-lah-dose) trekked to Colombia's Putumayo region, befriended a local shaman and joined in what Buitrago calls a healing ritual. "They make this drink, and everyone has it," says Echeverri. "You get terribly sick and get in touch with the divine part of yourself and see beautiful things...
...same sorcery--minus the stomach-upsetting side effects--is present in the duo's terrific new CD Gozo Poderoso (BMG U.S. Latin). Aterciopelados (the name means the Velvety Ones and was borrowed from the writings of Simone de Beauvoir) formed in Bogota around 1990. Echeverri's parents were dentists; Buitrago's family ran a store in a market. The two dated, but soon their bond became a purely musical one. "That relationship is in the past," says Echeverri. "But we respect each other and we love each other...
Echeverri and Buitrago, both 35, are heroes in their homeland. Their 1995 release El Dorado sold more than 200,000 copies in Latin America, which made it the best-selling album by a Colombian rock act up to that point. And Echeverri, with her tattoos, piercings and plainspoken attitude, has become a symbol of South American feminism (she plays down such talk: "I would just like to be myself"). The group began as punkish, but it has broadened its sound to include electronica and Colombian folk. "We are modern people," says Echeverri. "But we have links to the past...
...Schneider as saying that Farley "didn't love himself." I disagree. Although I did not know Farley personally, I believe the joy he brought to others is love itself. We all have good angels and bad angels. The bad angels took Farley flying off to heaven laughing. WALTER BUITRAGO Hollywood...