AUSTRIA
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Austria nace cuando se conocen Martín Rougier (voz, piano) y Lautaro Gonzalez de Cap (voz, guitarras) en el 2006. Después de escribir “Sobre el Sur” y “I’ll Be Gone” que luego estarían en el lanzamiento debut de la banda la banda empezó a atraer músicos para conformar el grupo. Siendo un trío, conocieron al guitarrista y productor Franco Mascotti en su primer show. Más tarde, Emiliana Arias reemplazaría al baterista original (Federico Toscano).
La música de Austria expandió sus fronteras cuando, en el 2007, la banda fue invitada al Lamc, Latin alternative music conference, en Nueva York, por Tomás Cookman, dueño del sello Nacional Records. La audiencia quedó alucinada con los shows del grupo. Cookman quedó encantado y le ofreció a la banda un contrato discográfico en Los Angeles. Luego de analizar la oferta, la banda decide desestimar el contrato y buscar nuevas propuestas y conocen al escritor y productor Cisco DeLuna y al escritor y cantante Steve Reynolds. DeLuna, quien ha trabajado con artistas desde Tierra y The Dickes y participado en el documental nominado al Emmy The Judge and the General, se enamora de las canciones de Austria. Él, alerta a Cadium Music Publishing acerca de la banda. Mientras, Nic Harcourt pasa las canciones en su programa Morning becomes eclectic, en KCRW. De vuelta a Rosario, su ciudad natal, la banda continuó tocando en vivo y expandiendo su audiencia eincluso llegó a tocar en el Festival Quilmes Rock frente a 10.000 personas.
Nada acaba de ser lanzado en la Argentina. El álbum será lanzado en los EE.UU. a principios de 2011.
La banda: Martín Rougier (voces, piano), Lautaro Gonzalez de Cap (voces, guitarras), Franco Mascotti (guitarra), Emanuel Hernández (guitarra), Cristian Villafañe (bajo) y Emiliana Arias (batería)
By the time Martin Rogier and Lautaro de Cap decided to form Austria, the idea for what the band would sound like, was all ready in their heads.
The Rosario, Argentina natives, Rougier (piano, vocals) and Gonzalez de Cap (guitar and vocals) recognized the musical potential as a creative duo and quickly wrote songs “Fabula” and “Sobre el Sur.”
Happy that the project was moving forward, but not satisfied with the recordings, Rougier and Gonzalez de Cap refined their sound until they were confident that they had something to present to the world. When the two felt they had enough quality material, the two formed Austria in 2006. The group moniker is named after the country, based on the duo’s view that the homeland of Mozart and Freud has an innocence and neatness akin to Lautaro and Martin’s newly created sound. After several line-up changes, they finally settled on Franco Mascotti (guitar and lap steel, and also producer of their first album), Emanuel Hernández (acoustic guitar), Cristian Villafañe (bass) and Emiliana Arias (drums).
Armed with a complete album in 2007, the band circulated the recordings to various people in the industry, which led to an invitation by Nacional Records to perform at the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in New York City. There, the band played a handful of impressive shows, which led to some brief airplay on Nic Harcourt’s influential radio show, KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. While Austria was offered a record deal by Nacional, they ultimately turned it down; however, while showcasing in Los Angeles, writer/producer Cisco DeLuna and artist Steve Reynolds caught one of their shows that led to their publishing and label deals. Returning to Rosario (they had a limited visa), the band entered a tournament and won, which led to playing the Quilmes Rock Festival, which is Argentina’s biggest annual rock show; Austria got its first taste of performing for thousands of people. From there, Austria steadily has become a fixture on the Rosario scene and continues to play more and more throughout the country.
Nada is out now.
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The band: Martín Rougier (vocals, piano), Lautaro Gonzalez de Cap (vocals, guitars), Franco Mascotti (guitar), Emanuel Hernández (guitar), Cristian Villafañe (bass), Damian Barrera (drums).