GUACO, conocida dentro y fuera del país como La Súper Banda de Venezuela; es el producto de su singular sonido, que distingue en su andar por la música durante más de cinco décadas.

La Súper Banda de Venezuela nació en el año 1961, cuando un grupo de adolescentes se reunieron en Maracaibo, para conformar un grupo de gaitas y se transformó poco a poco en un sólido grupo musical hasta la actualidad.

La creatividad sin límite de sus pioneros, encabezada por los hermanos Aguado, apuntó a nuevos horizontes musicales y por la fusión de ritmos como Latin, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Funk, y Salsa, hasta llegar a consolidar lo que hoy se conoce como "El sonido Guaco", género con sello propio, cuya principal característica es el constante vanguardismo.

En su haber, GUACO cuenta con más de cincuenta discos, lo cual lo convierte en el grupo con mayor producción del país.

Los Chicos Altos are Maxey Blaze and T-Bird. We have released music on Wonderwheel & Fort Knox (USA,) Katakana (DE,) Warner (ES,) UrbanWorld (DK) and more. Official remixes and collaborations include artists New Mastersounds, Ojos de Brujo, NovaLima and Cut Chemist. We have been featured on blogs like Generation Bass, Tropical Bass, SoundNomaden, Radio Canalh, OrganikFunk and Eclectikstudio amongst others.
If you enjoy our music, go to any of the major online shops and grab your favourite Los Chicos Altos tunes!

Started studying piano at the age of 8, simultaneously  got interested in percussion and, self taught, learned the basics of the primary instruments of this genre. At 11 started learning Classical Guitar at Zulia's Music Conservatory, and by a natural association with this instrument  began to play Electric Bass in his first Rock 'n roll Band. At 16 He played in Gaita Groups (Gaita is a typical rhythm of west Venezuela) and also in dance Orchestras, and at 17 received a call from GUACO, Latin America´s most avant garde latin/fusion band . Begins with them a musical career of 21 years, that allowed him to develop his skills not only as a multi-instrumentalist and Drummer but also as a Musical Producer. Fernando Valladares has Composed and Arranged music for Filmworks, Multi Media events, Theathrical Plays, Short films and about more than a hundred commercial Jingles. He is also a certified member of PEER MUSIC INTERNATIONAL one of the most established music publishing companies worldwide, and a member of the Artistic Staff of YAMAHA (Venezuela) since 2002. 
 After a 39 year period of professional career, the name of FERNANDO VALLADARES has been related to artists like: RICARDO ARJONA, HUASCAR BARRADAS, FRANK QUINTERO, LA BARBERIA DEL SUR, ATERCIOPELADOS, PEDRO CASTILLO, RUBEN BLADES, LUIS ENRIQUE, MARICRUZ QUINTERO, GUILLERMO CARRASCO, TRINA MEDINA, YORDANO, BERTIN OSBORNE, RAUL VALE, ALDEMARO ROMERO, GERRY WEIL, GILBERTO SANTA ROSA, MARIA RIVAS, LEO QUINTERO, CECILIA TODD, MARK GRUMMICH, MIKE STERN, MIGUEL BOSE, ADRIANA LORENZI, ANGELA, ILAN CHESTER , DON GRUSIN, EUGENIA MENDEZ and MIGUEL SISO among others

Gssu & Pete Lamotta se unen desde el año 2010 para investigar sobre músicas del mundo. Gssu se traslada a vivir a Africa y desde su vuelta se centraron en ritmos latinos y africanos bajo bases electrónicas sin perder la identidad de las canciones ni el ritmo. 
Las sesiones pasan desde los temas más orgánicos del Latin y Afro hasta llegar el Afro & Tropical house más club.
Compartiendo cabina con MO´Horizons, Nikodemus, Bosq Q, Nappy G,  Carlos Jean, Marcos Boricua, y más locos de los ritmos afrolatinos.
Su habitat natural son las playas de Cádiz en España aunque les encanta viajar y expandir el ritmo!

Gssu & Pete Lamotta have joined together since 2010 to research about world music. Gssu moves to live in Africa and since his return they focused on Latin and African rhythms under electronic bases without losing the identity of songs or rhythm.
Sessions go from the most organic Latin and Afro songs to the Afro & Tropical house plus club.
Their natural habitat is the beaches of Cadiz in Spain but they love to travel and expand the beat!

loswachimanesdelritmo@gmail.com

Oxana Voytenko is an amazing jazz vocalist and composer. She first became interested in music at the age of 9, taking vocal lessons, which resulted in the development of her startling 3,5 octave range. She also received classical guitar training at an early age and by the time she was a teenager, had started taking part in various local and international concerts, festivals and competitions.
In 2010 she enrolled in the Academy of Music in Hanover, Germany, where she has been sharpening her musical abilities in singing, improvising, composing and arranging under the guidance of Romy Camerun with heavy influence from Klaus Heidenreich, Herbert Hellhund and Steve Sinkovics and Efrat Alony.
During this period of time Oxana took part in master classes and workshops with great musicians such as John Taylor, Ack van Rooyen, Jiggs Whigham, Florian Weber, Diana Torto, Peter Eldridge, Theo Bleckmann, Fred Hersch, Efrat Alony, Michael Schiefel, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Lee Konitz and Dave Liebman.
In 2011 she founded the Oxana Voytenko Jazzquartett, for which she composes and makes arrangements of jazz-standarts and modern compositions. Her unique take on standards like "Love for sale", "Autumn leaves" and "My funny Valentine" continues to capture the hearts and souls of audiences across the globe.

At the age of 12 his career initiates in the local group Folklórico Experimental Naza, performing at ‘El Nazareno’ in Casalta 2. Traditional rhythms like Parranda, Golpe Tocuyano and Fulia lead him to Gaitas, music typical from the region of Zulia. At the University ‘Central de Venezuela’ he stages the musical ‘History of Salsa’. Appearances with various groups and artists help to tap new musical horizons: Grupo Madera, Catatumbo, Diveana, Alicia Plaza, Hely Orsini/Los Cañoneros. With Criollo y Sabroso starts a new area of performances and recordings in his home country, surfacing his real vocation: multi-percussion

From here he samples new experiences with innumerable 
native musicians and orchestras like
Shakira, Batik, Edy Martinez, Yambao, Colombia All Stars, 
Cheo Feliciano, Marcelo Cezán, Charlie Zaa
Carolina Sabino, José Gaviria, Alfredo de la Fé, Magenta, Pacho Galán.
Based in Bogotá he carries out percussion workshops in 20 schools around the country. He gives lectures at the Universities ‘Central de Bogotá’, ‘Barranqilla y Manizales’ and ‘Uninnca’. He realizes two theatre performances ‘La Casita del Placer’ and ‘Crecencio’. Invitations follow from the Foundation Batuta of Bogotá to participate in concert and from Richie Gajate for a Lp percussion workshop

More than 2 world tours follow with Aterciopelados
Nominated best rock band of Colombia and Latin America.
Nominated twice of the Grammy 1997
Nominated twice and winner of the Grammy Latino 2001.
Appearance in Unplugged MTV in Miami and singled out by The Rolling Stones magazine as one of the best 10 live bands in the world.
While touring in Argentina he records a CD with Cachorro López. 
He formes his own latin-jazz band Casalta 2

You find him live on stage with
Caballeros de la Quema, Illya Kuryaky, Desorden Público, Mata Rica, King Chango, Fabulosos Cadillac, Guaco, Todos estrellas, Gran Coquivacoa, Los Pericos and many more..

AWARDED BEST PERCUSSIONIST AND BEST MUSICIAN ABROAD POP & ROCK OF VENEZUELA 

With ‘Watcha Tour’ he complemented bands like
Molotov, Enanitos Verdes and Aterciopelados.
Multiple festivals and recordings take him to Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Germany, Spain 
and the United States of America. 

MOVING TO EUROPE

Based in Germany he records his first album titled ‘Abriéndome los Caminos’
In Europe new perspectives open up. 

APPEARANCES

Cheo Feliciano – guest appearance in Rome
Celia Cruz – private concert for the Royalties in Monte Carlo
Sebastian Schunke – progressive Euro-Latin music performed on tour in Colombia, Venezuela, Laos, Turkey, Africa and Germany
Brazilectro – Sound system :tours in Italy, Spain, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Slovenia, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and Portugal .
Kimbiza – concerts in Germany and Netherlands
Freak Experience – electronic music 
‘A Florida Enchantment’ – Movie shot with live music around Germany
Hanover Big Band – Germany
Tango trifft klezmer – concerts conducted by violinist Anton Sjarov
The Screenclub Concert in Germany
Mo Horizons – Sound system: tour Russia, Pollen, Ukraine Azerbayen, Spain, Italy , Bulgarian, Turkye
Sonora 51 - Jazz band Hamburg
Marquess – Tour Germany
Ritmo del Mundo – Live percussion tour Germany
HR Big Band - Germany
Tania Maria in Germany
Luigi Texidor and Frankie Vazquez in Athenas

With the band of Sebastian Schunke he is invited to accompany 
the German President Mr. Helmut Köhler 
to Cotonu-Africa for private concerts.

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