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and piano. During the recording, he lost his voice completely and following the advice of a singer friend of the band, they called a practitioner from the
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American land." The Progressive Subway said: "They managed to create a unique and timeless sound that one could describe as Andes prog. In their warm and happy sound electric guitars and Fender rhodes go hand in hand with a plethora of traditional instruments." In 2006,
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Alquinta played guitar in "Águila Sideral". "Sube a Nacer Conmigo Hermano" was recorded on a tour of Germany with an Italian sound engineer who had been in charge of recording the voices. The main riff of the song was created from a minimoog used by
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130:Los Jaivas
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