35 Anniversario

35 Anniversario

Grupo Niche was founded in 1980,<br>the creation of Jairo Varela Martinez.<br>Years before, he dreamed of putting<br>together a band and in 1979 did his<br>first recording, not having a band<br>formed. In 1980 he put together an<br>orchestra and began playing at several<br>venues in Bogota. At the beginning their music was limited<br>to very close circles.<br>Having their first hit song Buenaventura and Caney , soon after<br>they did their first tour to the United States. Jairo Varela<br>understood in that first touring experiences that the group<br>was bringing a new sound and began to have more confidence<br>that they were destined to great things. With that in mind<br>in 1984 he decided to compose a song to the city that had<br>hosted him and "Cali Pachanguero was born, which became<br>the song that launched him to worldwide success and fame<br>of which the fans still request and enjoy today. Once this<br>was acomplished Jairo Varela, and Grupo Niche had the<br>challenge of upholding their successes and despite some<br>constant chalenges they were able to overcome always in<br>a very positive way thus giving the group a positive thrust<br>and a continuous musical progress. Jairo Varela and Grupo<br>Niche launch defining works as Tapando el Hueco (Plugging<br>the gap) or Cielo de Tambores (Heaven of Drums) containing<br>songs that are now considered classics araound the world.<br>After those defining moments, Grupo Niche has continued<br>to record songs of a definitive quality that have kept them<br>on the top of their genre of music and the musical charts<br>around the world. Songs the likes of Gotas de Luvia (Rain<br>Drops), Un alto en el camino (A stop along the way),<br> La Magia de tus besos (The Magic of your kisses) and<br> Un día después (A day after) among many others.<br>The death of musical genius Jairo Varela in 2012 did not<br>determine the end of Grupo Niche because its founder<br>always hoped that the orchestra would continue under the<br>style he created and introduced in tropical music called<br> Salsa . This is how his posthumous production, Tocando<br>el Cielo con Las manos (Touching the sky with your hands)<br>was completed in 2013 and was launched with great<br>success in the international market. In 2015, Grupo Niche<br>launches there new musical proposal that has been done<br>with the same standards and excellence that have always<br>characterized its founder and creater Jairo Varela.