Music
I love music as much as I love nature, science and photography. Aside from being an obsessive CD collector I am also a mediocre albeit passionate musician. I have played guitar and drums in a few bands in Chile and Australia, but there's three of them that are quite important to me.
SABANDIJA
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Sabandija was formed in 2005 in Santiago, Chile, from the ashes of Grillos Roncos, a band I had formed with school friends when I was a teenager in 2003. Since then it has been myself on guitar and vocals and my best friend Max Reid on drums. We have played with different bassists but for the longest with Igor Barrenechea. Now we have sound engineer Fernando Leon (also my brother-in-law) performing bass duties. Because we live on different continents, this project is dormant most of the time, but quite loud when we get together. After almost 20 years, we still play live shows and record albums when we can! Sabandija takes influences from classic hard rock, doom and sludge metal and punk. Lyrics go from reptilian themes, to the doom of mankind, always with an acid sense of humour. We have recorded five albums: Contaminación Acústica (2005), Venganza Batracia (2008), Anales de la Mierda (2009), Squamata (2012-2015) and Amplexo (2023). Check us on Spotify, Youtube or your favourite streaming service.
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MIGHTY HOOPSNAKE
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This project started around 2019-2020 by myself and my mate, biologist and hyper talented musician-song writer Tom Rowell. Tom sings and plays the bass through multiple channels and pedals making it sound like several distorted guitars buzzing through the amps. I play the drums. Since we are both biologists, all lyrics are related to Australian wildlife, ecology and conservation. We have played a couple of gigs and are in the process of recording a home-baked album. I really enjoy this project! For now you can check some live footage here.
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CANCRO
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Cancro was a band with one of my best friends Marisi Sojit. I played drums and she played guitar and sang. It was pretty heavy doom metal, and great fun! It only lasted for a few years around 2008-2012, when we played a few shows and recorded two demos, which I will one day put online. I list it here because Marisi's playing and songwriting is very special and I remember those days and songs very fondly.
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