Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
Illya Kuryaki and The Valderrama was an Argentine band that was very popular in the 1990s. They are regarded as well-known representative of the radio in Argentina.
Career
The band was founded in 1990 by Dante Spinetta, the son of the famous rock musician Luis Alberto Spinetta, and Emanuel Horvilleur. They first made crossover with rap influences what calentar los mares can be heard on their first two albums Fabrico Cuero and Horno para. On their 1995 released album Chaco they walked to their sound, besides radio can also be found almost folkloric ballads. Her biggest hit, Abarajáme was to be found on this album. In 1997, the smoother produced successor Versus appeared with ambient and hip hop influences, which, however, did not sell so well.
A chart success landed the band on the other hand in 1999 with the album Leche. Its cover shows a female breast with sprayed- milk so it was censored by many CD retail chains. 2001 was followed by the remix album Kuryakistan, which also included some new songs.
In the same year, the band broke up. Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur began solo careers, also in the field of radio music. The successful seems to be Dante Spinetta.
Since 2011, the band officially re. On October 29, 2012 then released a new album called " Chances". Since then, the band is on tour in South America.
Discography
- Fabrico Cuero, 1991
- Horno para los mares calentar, 1993
- Chaco, 1995
- Versus 1997
- Leche, 1999
- Kuryakistan, 2001
- Chances, 2012