La+Magra | zh

Dean Magraw is an American guitarist and composer. Magraw was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko and has also performed with Tim Sparks, John Gorka and many other artists. His musical spectrum ranges from world music band Boiled in Lead to jazz band Red Planet. .

In 1998 four teenagers, aged between 13 and 15, decided to make rock music: Agustin Amaya (keyboards, synthesizers, lead vocals), Juan Cruz Sanabria (guitars), Juan Amaya (drums, percussion and vocals), and Javier Martinez (electric bass). First they played covers from songs by THE BEATLES, PINK FLOYD and QUEEN. But then, under the name Amagrama, the band started to write their own compositions, influenced by Argentine progrock legends CRUSIS, EL RELOJ and PABLO EL ENTERRADOR, new band NEXUS and the symphonic dinosaurs GENESIS and KING CRIMSON. In 2003, Amagrama began their recordings sessions and a year later they released their debut-album...

Inspired by a large number of vampires and werewolves movies , the dark-electro-project "La Magra" was founded at the end of 2001 . Over the years they refined their style with a combination of danceable electrobeats and catchy melodies developed , for oppressive basslines paired with gentle and at the same time soft surfaces . Definately a solid debut .