Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark (born in
Buenos Aires on
August 11,
1959) is an
Argentinian artist and
songwriter. During the
1980s and
90s he was a member of the
Rock en Español group
Soda Stereo along with
Charly Alberti and
Zeta Bosio. In the early 90s, with
Amor Amarillo, he pursued a solo career. Many have described his music as Electro-Rock.
Cerati has five new albums since
Bocanada in 1999. The albums are:
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+ Bien (2001) Soundtracks of the movie of the same name, directed by Eduardo Capilla, in which he also stars and makes his acting debut! Another soundtrack he produced was for the movie "Solo Por Hoy".
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11 Episodios Sinfonicos (2001) A live recording of a classic orchestra playing some of Cerati and Soda Stereo's most popular songs
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Siempre es Hoy (2002) The third non-instrumental album of his solo career. A new perpesctive of his music and sound.
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Siempre es Hoy / Reversiones (2003) A compilation of remixes from the album "Siempre es hoy" performed by several artist of the
electronica ambient around the world. He has several electronic music alter egos as well, namely Plan V, Ocio and Roken. He has also produced albums for other artists, most notably Sueños en Transito for Nicole and Mar for
Leo Garcia. Also, he is a contributing artist on several albums for artists such as
Caifanes,
Los Calzones,
Shakira, etc
Cerati is also widely praised for his lead and rhythm guitar talents and also his hability to play lead solos on guitar while singing in key. He released his latest album,
Ahi Vamos in April 2006, in which his guitar playing features prominently as oppossed to the heavy use of electronic samplers as in Bocanada. Ahi Vamos was certified platinum in Argentina in only one day.
He was married to
Chilean model
Cecilia Amenábar from 1992 till 2002. They have two children: Lisa and Benito.
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Amor Amarillo (
1994)
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Bocanada (
1999)
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Siempre es Hoy (
2002)
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Ahí vamos (
2006)
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+Bien (Movie Soundtrack) (
2001)
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11 Episodios Sinfónicos (Live with Symphonic Orchestra) (
2001)
* Canciones Elegidas 93-04 (
2004) (Compilation, European edition)
* Canciones Elegidas 93-04 (
2004) (Compilation, American edition)
(CD + DVD)* Siempre es Hoy: Reversiones (
2003)
(Double CD- Remixes Compilations)* Colores Santos (with Daniel Melero) (
1992)
* Colores Santos, The Remixes (
1995)
* Plan V (with Hugo Chávez) (
1996)
* Plan Black V Dog (with Black Dog) (
1998)
* Ocio - Medida Universal (with Flavius E.) (
1999)
* Ocio - Insular (
2000)
* Roken (with Flavius E., Leandro Fresco) (
2004)
* Outlandos D'Americas - Tribute to
The Police, with
Andy Summers, song "Tráeme la noche" ("Bring on the Night")
* Tribute to
Queen (Soda Stereo, song "Someday, One day")
* Los Durabeat (Beatles Tribute)
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Shakira - Fijacíon Oral Vol.1 + 2 ("Día Especial" respectively "The Day And The Time", "No")
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Gustavo Cerati's Official Web Site*
Soda Stereo's Official Web Site
