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{{Short description|Guatemalan rock band}}
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| name = Alux Nahual
| caption = Alux Nahual from left to right: [[Ranferi Aguilar]] [[Oscar Conde]] [[Lenin Fernandez]] [[Paulo Alvarado]].
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| origin = [[Guatemala]], [[Guatemala City]]
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| genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[rock music|rock]]
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| years_active = 1979–1999, 2006–present
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| genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[rock music|rock]]
| years_active = 1979–1999, 2006–present
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| current_members = [[Álvaro Aguilar]]<br/>[[Vinicio Molina]]<br/>[[Óscar Conde]]<br/>[[Paulo Alvarado]]<br/>[[Plubio Aguilar]]<br/>[[Ranferi Aguilar]]
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| past_members = [[Jack Shuster]] <br/>[[Pablo Mayorga]] <br/>[[Orlando Aguilar]] <br/>[[Lenín Fernández]] <br/>[[Geraldo Estrada]]
| past_members = [[Jack Shuster]] <br />[[Pablo Mayorga]] <br />[[Orlando Aguilar]] <br />[[Lenín Fernandez]]
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'''Alux Nahual''' is a Guatemalan rock band formed in 1979 by brothers Plubio and Alvaro Aguilar, and their cousin Ranferí Aguilar. This band was born in the context of the confrontation between the guerrillas and the army. Alux Nahual (Espíritu del Duende in Spanish or Spirit of the Goblin in English) is a maya-quiche phrase naming a goblin similar to a leprechaun or elf. The band's climax came in 1995 while performing in a sold-out show at Los Angeles Palace.
'''Alux Nahual''' is a Guatemalan rock band formed in 1979 by brothers Plubio and Álvaro Aguilar, and their cousin Ranferi Aguilar. This band was born in the context of the confrontation between the guerrillas and the army. [[Alux]] Nahual (Espíritu del Duende in Spanish or Spirit of the Goblin in English) is a maya-quiche phrase naming a goblin similar to a [[leprechaun]] or elf. The band's climax came in 1995 while performing in a sold-out show at Los Angeles Palace.


Other members before 1990 included Pablo Mayorga, Orlando Aguilar and Javier Flores, all drummers.
Other members before 1990 included Pablo Mayorga, Orlando Aguilar and Javier Flores, all drummers.
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Band members are well versed musicians and often switch instruments in live performances from piano to guitar and so on.
Band members are well versed musicians and often switch instruments in live performances from piano to guitar and so on.


They also blend into their music elements of progressive rock. Case in point: the bridge of their classic song “Como un Duende” where they switch time signature and melody.
They also blend into their music elements of progressive rock. Case in point: the bridge of their classic song "Como un Duende" where they switch time signature and melody.


In their early days, they often rehearsed at the home of their grandmother, Guatemalan poet [[Magdalena Spínola]].<ref name="Gold (1998)">{{cite book|last1=Gold|first1=Janet N.|title=Volver a imaginarlas : retratos de escritoras centroamericanas|date=1998|publisher=Guaymuras|location=Tegucigalpa|isbn=978-9-992-61509-6| pages=72–73|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=O8lZM4mPtY4C&lpg=PA52|accessdate=30 June 2015|language=Spanish}}</ref>
In their early days, they often rehearsed at the home of their grandmother, Guatemalan poet [[Magdalena Spínola]].<ref name="Gold (1998)">{{cite book|last1=Gold|first1=Janet N.|title=Volver a imaginarlas : retratos de escritoras centroamericanas|date=1998|publisher=Guaymuras|location=Tegucigalpa|isbn=978-99926-15-09-6| pages=72–73|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8lZM4mPtY4C&pg=PA52|accessdate=June 30, 2015|language=Spanish}}</ref>


==Band members==
==Band members==
* [[Álvaro Aguilar]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitar
* [[Álvaro Aguilar]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitar
* [[Rodolfo Lenin Fernández Paz]]&nbsp;– drums, percussion
* [[Rodolfo Lenin Fernández Paz]]&nbsp;– drums, percussion
* [[Oscar Conde]]&nbsp;– flute, keyboard, saxophone
* Óscar Conde&nbsp;– flute, keyboard, saxophone
* [[Paulo Alvarado]]&nbsp;– cello
* [[Paulo Alvarado]]&nbsp;– cello
* [[Plubio Eugenio]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
* [[Plubio Eugenio]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
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*''[[La Trampa (Alux Nahual album)|La Trampa]]'' (1989)
*''[[La Trampa (Alux Nahual album)|La Trampa]]'' (1989)
*''[[Americamorfósis]]'' (1993)
*''[[Americamorfósis]]'' (1993)
*''[[Se Cantan Retratos]]'' (1996)
*''[[Se Cantan Retratos]]'' (1997)
*''[[Murciélago Danzante]]'' (2012)
*''[[Murciélago Danzante]]'' (2012)


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==Tribute albums==
==Tribute albums==
# ''Espíritu del Duende I'' (1998)
*''Espíritu Del Duende I'' (1998)
# ''Espíritu del Duende II'' (1999)
*''Espíritu Del Duende II'' (1999)


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 01:26, 18 April 2024

Alux Nahual
Alux Nahual from left to right: Ranferi Aguilar, Óscar Conde, Lenin Fernández, Paulo Alvarado.
Alux Nahual from left to right: Ranferi Aguilar, Óscar Conde, Lenin Fernández, Paulo Alvarado.
Background information
OriginGuatemala, Guatemala City
GenresProgressive rock, rock
Years active1979–1999, 2006–present
MembersÁlvaro Aguilar
Vinicio Molina
Óscar Conde
Paulo Alvarado
Plubio Aguilar
Ranferi Aguilar
Past membersJack Shuster
Pablo Mayorga
Orlando Aguilar
Lenín Fernández
Geraldo Estrada

Alux Nahual is a Guatemalan rock band formed in 1979 by brothers Plubio and Álvaro Aguilar, and their cousin Ranferi Aguilar. This band was born in the context of the confrontation between the guerrillas and the army. Alux Nahual (Espíritu del Duende in Spanish or Spirit of the Goblin in English) is a maya-quiche phrase naming a goblin similar to a leprechaun or elf. The band's climax came in 1995 while performing in a sold-out show at Los Angeles Palace.

Other members before 1990 included Pablo Mayorga, Orlando Aguilar and Javier Flores, all drummers. In the year 2006 they had a reunion tour, to raise funds to help the victims of Hurricane Stan, that affected certain regions of Guatemala in year 2005. The band still remains active and has played unplugged concerts in 2007 as well as 2 other shows in the Trovajazz venue in Guatemala the 14th and 15 December 2007. They were billed by the band as the last shows for 2007 perhaps as an indicator of more activity in 2008.

The band could very well be the best rock band Guatemala has produced. Their style is characterized by the incorporation of classic instruments like the cello and the flute to rock tunes, ballads and folk songs.

Band members are well versed musicians and often switch instruments in live performances from piano to guitar and so on.

They also blend into their music elements of progressive rock. Case in point: the bridge of their classic song "Como un Duende" where they switch time signature and melody.

In their early days, they often rehearsed at the home of their grandmother, Guatemalan poet Magdalena Spínola.[1]

Band members

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Discography

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Compilations and Anthologies

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  • Leyenda I (1992)
  • Leyenda II (1996)
  • Antología I (2001)
  • Antología II (2002)
  • La Historia del Duende (2002)

Tribute albums

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  • Espíritu Del Duende I (1998)
  • Espíritu Del Duende II (1999)

References

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  1. ^ Gold, Janet N. (1998). Volver a imaginarlas : retratos de escritoras centroamericanas (in Spanish) (1 ed.). Tegucigalpa: Guaymuras. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-99926-15-09-6. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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