Santo Tabú

Santo Tabú is an Argentine Pop trio format/Dark/Rock, composed by Leo Cortes, Pablo Peinado and Iván Procheret. Formalizing their formation on September 5 of 2008 in the Abasto of Chacras de Coria, Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Beginnings

This presentation was given to more than 400 people. The band worked hard for the show, creating an imposing stage and devising a set of lights and sound, rarely seen in local bands. At that time they gave an EP consisting of three songs that were distributed for free on the night of the show.

The impact of the show was so positive, that a month later the group provided a show case on the local radio 100.9 FM, the largest audience of the province, sharing the series with bands like Chancho Va, Gondwana, Massacre, among others.

Following this, the band is presented in Peatonal Mendoza, in the Vendimia Rock (Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia) and San Rafael, thereby closing stage of promotion in the Province.

Projects

With the advent of 2009 the idea of capturing the first album, which finally began recording in April of that year. Hand in hand as producer Pablo Cafici (Abenader, Don Torres, collaborations with Chancho Va, Dimi Bass and Felipe Staiti) and recording engineer Carlos Beguerie the LP takes shape. During 3 months of recording sessions, editing and mixing is sought to achieve a concept album with which both the producer and the engineer and the same band were more than satisfied.

In August with the album completed but not yet edited, introduced himself in the Soul Café to a full, this show was the kickoff of a marathon tour that took place and included: Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, San Luis, San Juan, San Rafael and the neighboring country of Chile (Valparaíso and Santiago de Chile). Achieving that throughout 2009 it gave over 30 shows, among which are: Santo Tabú + Gran Martell (Jorge Araujo ex Divididos), Santo Tabú at Club el Huevo, Teatro Independencia, Mendoza, Teatro Roma, San Rafael, Club de espectáculos La Castorera (first time of Santo Tabú in Buenos Aires).

Radio Success

2010 brought Santo Tabú the possibility of achieving high aspirations. In principle, the album reached the "Bombing demo" (radio program), more precisely to the first program, it was chosen as the best of the month.

In April, two months later, the band was invited to stage the awards grants annually: UNO Journal of Mendoza as "best offer of young art" in this same month, the radio 100.9 FM del Sol summons to develop a jingle on the show called "long and hard" which can be heard every Saturday from 9:00am to 1:00pm. August was harvest time for Santo, on the occasion of the celebration of the first year since the creation of self-titled album "Santo Tabú" come back to Fader Records with the same team (Cafici, Beguerie, Santo Tabú) and manage two cover versions confirming that the group is with down to earth, confident and constantly evolving,this is nothing less than '"Imágenes Paganas"from Virus (Argentine band) in a format of dark, full of power, and"Rezo por vos"''''' (Charly García/Luis Alberto Spinetta) that is printed with an electric power that serves Contrast and realization for the name Santo Tabú.

These days the group makes a commitment in which measures the Band as solid, with none other than Chancho Va (formation that has spent a decade playing and garnering praise) in the theater Tajamar to 200 people. The result was convincing the audience enjoyed a trio released, relaxed and an amazing ability to fire hits.

That day, the cultural magazine of Mendoza "Manzana Latente" attends the concert to cover the show. The chroniclers of the night were amazed with the deployment of this group and the next day, issued a statement which said that Santo Tabú sounded on par with any group that has been twenty years playing together.

A month later, the magazine "Manzana Latente" organizes the exhibition "Arte Late" where art meets the best of Mendoza in the areas of photography, painting and music, for this occasion, they called Santo Tabú for the end of that cycle.

2011 came with the self-titled album "Santo Tabú" and the first broadcast video "En mis Sueños". For the remainder of the year, they continue the tour presentation in Argentina and Chile.

Currently the band is presenting their second album which will be named Cristal Ambar, and it plans to be finished in 2012, while still touring thru different provinces in Argentina, Chile and plans to visit the United States.

Discography

  • Santo Tabú (Santo Tabú album) (2011)
  • Cristal Ambar (2012)