La Trampa

La Trampa is a Uruguayan rock band. It is conformed by Garo Arakelián (guitar), Alejandro Spuntone (vocals), Irvin Carballo (drums) and Carlos Ráfols (bass).

The early years

La Trampa appeared in scene in 1991 being conformed since winter 1990 by the first two members, architecture students Garo Arakelián and Sergio Schellemberg. In those times the band was formed only by classmates of Garo and Sergio (Martín Rosas ´vocalist´, Nicolás Rodríguez ´drums´ and Gabriel Francia ´bass´).

After a year of work (with Garo and Sergio composing almost every song and all the band rehearsing), La Trampa appeared for the first time on stage, that was on May 3 of 1991, in El Tinglado theater (in companion of Cadáveres Ilustres, another Uruguayan band), in those times, the band’s manager was Aldo Silva.

Reaching a Uruguayan identity was, since the beginning, one of the goals the band had. “We planned on reaching a well recognizable Uruguayan sound, provided by some urban music aspects with folk features… The sound was fundamental, along with the lyrics that should generate our own ´cosmogony´… build our own world, formed by some fantasy and some of our experiences from life, that was, basically, the intention”, said, some years ago, Garo. “Since the beginning, we didn’t want to take ourselves apart from the fact of being Uruguayan, (…) but assume it, with courage and proud, as something that was far enough to generate a good artistic product” he added.

La Trampa (album)

La Trampa is the second studio album by Mexican singer Ana Bárbara, released in 1995.

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