AK-7, also known as "The Musical Phenomenon", is a Mexican
Duranguense
Duranguense is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. It is a hybrid of Technobanda and Tamborazo. The instruments used from Tamborazo are the saxophone, trombone, and tambora, while the instruments used from Technobanda are the electronic key ...
band formed in 2007. They released their first album with ten songs, three of them unpublished and a
bonus track
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century a ...
.
History
On May 28, 2007, 7 long-time members of the group of K-Paz De La Sierra left because of disputes with the former lead singer
Sergio Gomez, and formed a new group named AK-7. The name is derived from "Antes(Before) K-Paz" and the number of members that left. They released their first album soon after, ''El Avion de Las Tres'', following their first single of the same name "
El Avion De Las Tres".
On April 1, 2008, AK-7 announced they were recording a new album called ''
Renaciendo
''Renaciendo'' is the second album by the Mexican band AK-7.[(New Album Renaciendo)](_blank)
- www.ak7.com.mx ''. Singles from the album were "Digale" and "Hotel De Carretera".
On February 23, 2010, AK-7 released their third album, ''
Reafirmando El Vuelo'', with the singles "Loco Enamorado" and "El Diferente".
On November 10, 2010, AK-7 released their fourth album, ''
Locura Romantica
Locura, which translates to "insanity" in Spanish, is a mental disorder characterized as severe chronic psychosis. The term refers to a culture-bound syndrome, found mostly in Latin America and Latin Americans in the United States. Also referred t ...
'', with the singles "Dame Un Beso Y Dime Adios" and Locura Automatica
Members
* Jose Perez - vocals
* Luis Kpazillo -Keyboard
* Alvaro Hernandez - Keyboard
* Armando Rodríguez - tambora
* Carmelo Gamboa - drums
* Oscar Ledesma - Keyboard (Concerts Outside Of The U.S.A ONLY)
Discography
Albums
* 2007: ''
El Avion De Las Tres''
* 2008: ''
Renaciendo
''Renaciendo'' is the second album by the Mexican band AK-7.[(New Album Renaciendo)](_blank)
- www.ak7.com.mx ''
[(New Album Renaciendo)](_blank)
- www.ak7.com.mx, August 28, 2008. (Spanish)
* 2010: ''
Reafirmando El Vuelo''
* 2011: ''
Locura Romantica
Locura, which translates to "insanity" in Spanish, is a mental disorder characterized as severe chronic psychosis. The term refers to a culture-bound syndrome, found mostly in Latin America and Latin Americans in the United States. Also referred t ...
''
* 2013: ''
Arquitecto De Tu Amor''
* 2023: ''
Reservado''
Singles
* 2007: "
El Avion De Las Tres"
* 2007: "
La Llamada
"La Llamada" () is a song recorded by American recording artist Selena for her first live album '' Live!'' (1993). It was composed by Selena y Los Dinos backup singer Pete Astudillo and Selena's brother and principal record producer A.B. Quintan ...
"
* 2008: "Este Corazon Llora"
* 2008: "
Digale"
* 2009: "Hotel de Carretera"
* 2009: "Loco Enamorado"
* 2010: "El Diferente"
* 2010: "Dame un Beso Y Dime Adios"
* 2011: "Locura Automatica"
* 2015: "Insensible"
* 2021: "Hazme Creer"
* 2021: "Ya Acabo"
Awards
*
Lo Nuestro Awards
The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish language, Spanish for "Ours") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music (genre), Latin music, presented by TelevisaUnivision, and is carried by its Univision network in ...
: 2009 Breakout Artist or Group of the Year
References
External links
AK-7's Official site and history
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Duranguense music groups
Mexican musical groups