Gustavo Laureano is a Puerto Rican guitarist and composer. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band

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Career

As a songwriter and solo artist

Laureano began his career as a songwriter, together with friend Mark Kilpatrick. In the 1990s, Laureano and Kilpatrick started writing and playing at clubs in Florida and

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. At some point, they were discovered by Puerto Rican singer

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, who recorded the song " Bombón de Azúcar", written by Laureano, on his 1995 album ''

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''. The following year, Puerto Rican singer

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recorded the song "Ultima Vez", also written by Laureano, on her 1996 album '' Espíritu Libre''. After achieving success, Laureano has continued to contribute his songwriting to several artists like

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and Wilkins, among others. Laureano has also collaborated with artists like

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and Fonseca. In 2007, Laureano released his first solo album titled '' Kingcallero del Amor''.

La Secta AllStar

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'' Laureano founded La Secta in the early 90s with Mark Kilpatrick. After playing around Orlando and Puerto Rico, they recorded their first album, ''Aniquila'', in 1998. Since then, the band has released four additional studio albums and has won several awards like

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,Premio Lo Nuestro 2010 – Nominees and Winners
on About.com as well as nominations to the

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Solo discography

''Kingcallero del Amor''

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sound reminiscent of

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Track listing

All tracks written by Laureano and Marteen, except where noted. # "Intro" (Afont, Laureano) – 0:29 # "La Novela" (Afont, Laureano) – 5:54 # "Si Me Hablaras" (Laureano, Restrepo) – 5:31 # "Enamorado" – 4:18 # "Es Así" (Gocho, Laureano, Marteen, Santana) – 3:46 # "Intro" (Figueroa, Illisastigui, Laureano) – 0:15 # "Kingcallero" (Figueroa, Illisastigui, Laureano) – 4:06 # "Nadie Te Va a Salvar" – 2:59 # "Suavecito" (Avila, Laureano, Marteen) – 4:36 # "Puede Más" – 5:15 # "Intro" (Laureano) – 0:19 # "Amantes del Amor" (Laureano) – 5:17 # "Porque a Veces Sí" – 4:18 # "Intro" – 0:11 # "Star Shine" – 4:40 # "Suavecito" (Avila, Laureano, Marteen) – 4:40

References

External links

La Secta Official Website
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