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Jay Chris

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Jay Chris
GenresLatin Rock, rock
Occupationproducer
Years active1999–present
LabelsZamic Corporation SL
Websitejaychris.com

John Christian Contreras known as Jay Chris is a Costa Rican singer and producer of the Paraguayan band Salamandra born on March 8, 1982.

Career

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Jay Chris is the producer of the Paraguayan band Salamandra[1] from the beginnings of the musical group in 1999 although his first demo released it in 2009 and to date they have 6 albums of studies published in the musical market.

Salamandra began in late 1999, early 2000, it all started as they prepared to play at a festival, what they did not know was that Salamandra would outlast that festival that year at Ypacarai: "we were getting ready to play at a festival Annual school of Don Bosco Ypacarai and then continued the frequency with which we were playing the songs and we all consolidated and never finished the group. "From the beginning of the band, they dedicated themselves to produce their own songs, with which they appeared To small festivals of the city of Ypacarai and surroundings. In 2004, they recorded for the first time a handful of songs in a demo called "Cianuro", which included songs that continue to appear in their repertoire The first media appearance of the band comes in 2005 when they arrive at the final stages of the contest "I want to play in Pilsen Rock" (whose prize was to participate in the Festival " Pilsen Rock " the biggest rock event in the country.)[2]

Discography

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Year Album title
2009 El taco picoso
2009 Reflejo
2010 Todo en tu cabeza
2013 Vamos de gira
2013 Salamandra Acustico
2015 Alma en peña

Awards and nominations

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Año Premiación Categoría Resultado
2014 Premios 40 América Buenos Aires 2014 Best Artist or Band from Paraguay Nominado

El elegido Rock & Pop (Paraguay):[3]

  • 2010:Best national rock theme (Todo en tu Cabeza) – 2.º Puesto.
  • 2011: Theme of the Year – 1.er Puesto (Finito)

Venus Awards (Paraguay):[4]

  • 2010: Best National Artist: Nominated.
  • 2011: Best National Group – for the song Disomnilán: Winner

50 Personalities of the Year 2011 According to Amnesty International (Paraguay) Amnesty International's 50th anniversary commemorative campaign.

References

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  1. ^ "Jay Chris : The producer of Salamandra". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ^ "Salamandra on the pilsen Rock Awards". Archived from the original on December 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "Salamandra nominated for the awards "EL ELEGIDO 2010 y 2011"". Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Salamandra nominated for the Venus awards". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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