The band hails from La Plata, a district of Buenos Aires, the capital province/city of Argentina and features Santiago Motorizado on bass/vox, Doctora Muerte on drums, Pantro Puto and Niño Elefante on guitars, and Chatrán Chatrán on keys. Él Mató, who got its name from a line in Die Hard, released its self-titled debut album in 2004 followed by a trilogy of EPs focused on the themes of birth (Navidad De Reserva, 2005), life (Un Millón De Euros, 2006) and death (Dia de los Muertos, 2008).
The group’s sound is similar to that of alternative/indie rock groups of the 1980s-1990s such as Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, and Sonic Youth. The characteristic lo-fi sound of the genre is more prevalent in the earlier releases probably due to the fact that it was the best they could afford at the time.
They started a tour named "El Nuevo Magnetismo" which took the band to tour for entire Argentina, Brazil, Urugua...
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The band hails from La Plata, a district of Buenos Aires, the capital province/city of Argentina and features Santiago Motorizado on bass/vox, Doctora Muerte on drums, Pantro Puto and Niño Elefante on guitars, and Chatrán Chatrán on keys. Él Mató, who got its name from a line in Die Hard, released its self-titled debut album in 2004 followed by a trilogy of EPs focused on the themes of birth (Navidad De Reserva, 2005), life (Un Millón De Euros, 2006) and death (Dia de los Muertos, 2008).
The group’s sound is similar to that of alternative/indie rock groups of the 1980s-1990s such as Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, and Sonic Youth. The characteristic lo-fi sound of the genre is more prevalent in the earlier releases probably due to the fact that it was the best they could afford at the time.
They started a tour named "El Nuevo Magnetismo" which took the band to tour for entire Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Spain, France and Germany, playing in big festivals like Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Porão do Rock in Brasilia, Indie Fest in Rio de Janeiro, Personal Fest in Buenos Aires, Contrapedal Fest 2013 in Uruguay, SXSW 2013 in Austin and Vive Latino 2013 in México. They released a compilation with tracks from their 1st album and their EPs, "El Nuevo Magnetismo" in Brazil, México and Spain.
The last album "Dinastia Scorpio" was released in November of 2012, with excellent reviews in all mags of South America. The Rolling Stone Magazine in Mexico / Colombia and Argentina named the band into the list of the best ten albums of 2012: http://www.rollingstone.com.mx/g_r_cds/los-mejores-discos-latinos-de-2012/
"Dinastia Scorpio" was released in Argentina, Spain, México and in US by Nacional Records (in CD and vinil). The band was touring by Europe, US and Latin America during 2013 and 2014 and plans to release the new album in 2015.
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