Saiko is a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
an
synth-pop
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and
pop rock
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band established in the late 1990s.
Throughout their career they have achieved great notoriety in the musical Chilean scene, largely due to the charisma, image and voice of their vocalist,
Denisse Malebrán, and the musical talent and experience of Rodrigo "Coti" Aboitiz and Luciano Rojas, both former members and founders of the Chilean group
La Ley. To date they have released seven studio albums: Informe Saiko (1999), Campos finitos (2001), Todo Saiko (2003), Las horas (2004), Volar (2007), Trapecio (2013) and Lengua Muerta (2017).
History
In 1998, musician Luciano Rojas left the band La Ley and met Rodrigo Aboitiz, another former member of the band in
Mexico City
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with the intention of creating a new musical project. Both musicians returned to
Santiago, Chile
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where they joined with Iván Delgado other musician who was part of the band La Ley in its beginnings, perform a casting to hire a female singer to form a new band, the selected is the singer Denisse Malebrán, who had studies of singing, and formed Part of the emerging bands Turbomente and Polaroid.
Members
Current members
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Denisse Malebrán – frontwoman (1999–2007, 2012–present)
* Luciano Rojas – bass, guitar (1999–present)
* Mario Barrueto - drums (2019-present)
Former members
* Iván Delgado – keyboards (1999–2002)
* Javier Torres – drums, percussion (2004–2011)
* Esteban Torres – bass (2004–2011)
* Jorge Martínez – bass (2004–2005)
* Marcela Castro ''Thais'' – frontwoman (2007–2012)
* Paulo Ahumada – guitar (2012–2016)
* Rodrigo Aboitiz – synthesizer (1999–2003, 2012–2016)
* Roberto Bosch – drums, percussion (2012–2019)
* Carlos Azócar – guitar (2016–2019)
* Mauricio Claveria - drums, percussion (2019)
Chronology
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Discography
Studio albums
*''Informe Saiko'' (1999)
*''Campos Finitos'' (2001)
*''Las Horas'' (2004)
*''Volar'' (2007)
*''Trapecio'' (2013)
*''Lengua Muerta'' (2017)
*''Drama'' (2023)
Live albums
*''Saiko Blondie 2005'' (2006)
*''Sigo Quemando Infinitos'' (2017)
Compilation albums
*''Todo Saiko'' (2003)
References
External links
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Rock en español music groups
Chilean rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1998