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2 La Barranca  





3 Involvement in other projects  





4 Solo career  





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Alex Otaola
Background information
Birth nameAlejandro Otaola
GenresRock, Jazz, Pop
Instrument(s)keyboards, guitars
Years active1995-present
LabelsIntolerancia
Websitealexotaola.com

Alex Otaola (Alejandro Otaola) is a rock and jazz musician from the Mexican capital, Mexico City. During his career he has been a member of numerous bands such as Santa Sabina,[1] La Barranca[2] San Pascualito Rey and Cuca. In 2007 he started a solo career with the audiovisual CD/DVD 'Fractales'. In 2010 he released a live (at Mexico's Cineteca Nacional) cd of music for Dziga Vertov's 'Hombre de la Cámara'. 2013 saw the release of the 'iNFiNiTO' app (a never-the-same-twice album) with Mexico's top jazz singer Iraida Noriega.

Santa Sabina[edit]

Otaola joined Santa Sabina as a replacement for their original guitarist Pablo Valero in 1995. During his time with the band he contributed to the following albums:[1]

La Barranca[edit]

In 1999, while still working with Santa Sabina, Alex Otaola joined La Barranca. He became 2nd guitarist and keyboardist behind Jose Manuel Aguilera. When La Barranca was dissolved in 2006, Otaola had been involved in writing and performing for four albums:[2]

Involvement in other projects[edit]

Over the years Alex Otaola has performed as a guest musician on a number of rock, jazz and pop projects such as:

Solo career[edit]

In 2007, Alex Otaola released a solo project titled Fractales published by the Mexican independent label Intolerancia. The album combines improvised music on guitar and guitar synthesizer with fully composed instrumental songs, including contributions played by former band colleagues from Santa Sabina and La Barranca.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Santa Sabina Página Oficial, retrieved 2007-09-10
  • ^ a b Página noOficial de La Barranca, archived from the original on 2007-08-25, retrieved 2007-09-10
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