Jay Chris
Jay Chris | |
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Genres | Latin Rock, rock |
Occupation | producer |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Zamic Corporation SL |
Website | jaychris |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Album title |
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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
[edit]Año | Premiación | Categoría | Resultado |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Jay Chris : The producer of Salamandra". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "Salamandra on the pilsen Rock Awards". Archived from the original on December 24, 2016.
- ^ "Salamandra nominated for the awards "EL ELEGIDO 2010 y 2011"". Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.
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