Alex Otaola is a rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 and jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 musician

Musician

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 from the Mexican

Mexico

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 capital Mexico City

Mexico City

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. During his career he has been a member of bands such as Santa Sabina

Santa Sabina (band)

Santa Sabina is a Mexican rock band originally from Mexico City. The group was formed in 1989 by singer Rita Guerrero, bassist Alfonso "Poncho" Figueroa, guitarist Pablo Valero and keyboardist Jacobo Lieberman. Juan Sebastian Lach was keyboardist for a while...

 and La Barranca

La Barranca

La Barranca has been a successful ongoing outfit for over a decade. Based in Mexico City, they are led by guitarist and songwriter José Manuel Aguilera, who previously and concurrently worked with Sangre Azteka, Jaguares, Cecilia Toussaint, Steven Brown/Nine Rain , and more...

. In 2007 he started a solo career.

Santa Sabina

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:

• Concierto Acustico
• Babel
• MTV Unplugged
  MTV Unplugged
  MTV Unplugged is a TV series showcasing many popular musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show has received the George Foster Peabody Award and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations among many accolades.-Unplugged:...
  
  
• Mar Adentro En La Sangre
• Espiral
• En Vivo: XV Anniversario

La Barranca

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:

• Rueda de Los Tiempos
• Denzura
• Cielo Protector
• El Fluir
• Yendo Al Cine Solo, a solo project by Jose Manuel Aguilera.

Involvement in other projects

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

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 projects such as:

• Petroleo
• Panteon Rococo
  Panteón Rococó
  Panteón Rococó is a Mexican ska band from Mexico City. Despite flourishing black markets, they have sold thousands of records. While being stars in Mexico, they have been touring Europe for the last several years, especially Germany, where their European Label Übersee Records is located.- Musical...
  
  
• Monocordio
• Regina Orozco
• El Haragan
• Jorge "Ziggy" Fratta
• Sr. Gonzalez
• Cecilia Toussaint
• LabA (Alonso Arreola)
• Forseps (José Fors)
• Klezmerson
• El Clan
• Yokozuna
• Los Dorados
• Zoe

Solo career

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

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

songs, including contributions played by former band colleagues from Santa Sabina and La Barranca.

External links

• Official website of Alex Otaola