Altocamet
Mar del Plata
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Formed in 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Altocamet fuse pop, rock and electronics with elements from shoegaze, dreampop & Post Punk. The band consists of Adrian “Canu” Valenzuela (guitars, vocals, programming), Mariana Monjeau (keyboards and vocals), Pedro Moscuzza (drums) and guest bassist Lautaro Minich.
Seven studio albums, among several EP's and remix albums, in CD, 12", LP vinyl, 1 DVD compilation 25 videoclips released in 20 years career.
In 2002 were nominated in the Carlos Gardel Awards as best pop artist for "Manzana de Metal" an ep produced by Gustavo Cerati.
In 2008 and 2009 Altocamet won two Carlos Gardel Awards in Argentina as Best Electronic New Album.
In their gigs shared stage with Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Slowdive, DIIV , Wild Nothing , Asobi Seksu, Ratatat, MGMT, Sonic Youth and Thurston Moore, Gustavo Cerati, Babasónicos, Andy Rourke , played live in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Perú, Colombia , Ecuador, México and recently in July 2017 made 2nd summer tour coast to coast in the United States including shows at New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and San Diego with new indie bands as The Stargazer Lillies, Pale Dīan, Cellars and special appareances at Ruido fest in Chicago and Part Time Punks in LA with Them Are Us Too.
Altocamet has been remixed by artists as Swayzak, Jörg Follert aka Wunder, Shed, Sven Weisemann, Caural, Alexi Delano, Casey Hogan, El Fog, Pursuit Grooves, Hernán Cattaneo, Silver City, Emisor, Flavio Etcheto, Leandro Fresco & more.
The last three studio album, "Mitad del Viento" (2007), "Dulce Calor" (2010) and "Más Allá" (2014) were produced by Graham Sutton (UK, Bark Psychosis).
Altocamet released their new album “Más Allá” with guests like Dante Spinetta (Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas), Richard Coleman (Gustavo Cerati, Soda Stereo, Fricción, Celsa Mel Gowland, (Metrópoli), Fernando Nalé (Gustavo Cerati, Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas), Flavio Etcheto (Gustavo Cerati, Ocio, Roken) and Ivi Lee (Nairobi). Mixed by Graham Sutton and mastered by Tim Young (Damon Albarn, Sex Pistols, Massive Attack, The Beatles, Madonna...) in Metropolis, London, UK.
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