Aníbal Kerpel is an
Argentine
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producer,
engineer
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and
mixer. Member of the
progressive rock
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band
Crucis, he began a successful career as a producer after the split of the band, working with artists such as
Los Prisioneros
Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") was a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Chile, San Miguel, Santiago Province, Chile, Santiago, in 1982. Considered one of the most influential Latin-American bands of all time, they've been evaluated as pio ...
,
Café Tacvba
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,
Divididos,
Molotov,
Gustavo Santaolalla
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,
Bersuit Vergarabat
Bersuit Vergarabat (Commonly referred to as La Bersuit) is an Argentine rock band that formed formally in 1987.
History
The previous name of the band (from 1987 to May 1989) was ''Henry y la Palangana''. By the end of 1989, the band had chang ...
,
Juanes
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 1972), known professionally as Juanes, is a Colombian musician who was a member of the Rock music, rock band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. Since releasing his solo debut album ''Fíjate B ...
and Árbol, among others. During his career he has received a
Grammy Award
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and over ten
Latin Grammy Awards
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.
Career
Kerpel was one of the members of the
progressive rock
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band
Crucis, playing the keyboards. The band released two studio albums, ''Crucis'' in 1976 and ''Los Delirios del Mariscal'' in 1977, before splitting in 1977. After the end of the band, Kerpel began working as producer for various artists, many times co-producing with Argentine musician
Gustavo Santaolalla
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. In 1985, he worked as assistant producer on the album ''De Ushuaia a La Quiaca'' by
León Gieco
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. The project was produced by Santaolalla and recorded in various parts of
Argentina
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.
In 1990, he produced ''
Corazones
''Corazones'' (Hearts) is the fourth studio album by the Chilean rock band Los Prisioneros, released in 1990. Produced by the Argentine Gustavo Santaolalla, in conjunction with Aníbal Kerpel on the EMI label, it was recorded, mixed and mastered ...
'' alongside Santaolalla, the fourth studio album by Chilean band
Los Prisioneros
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. The album was recorded in
California
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and included some of the band's most famous songs like "Estrechez de Corazón" and "
Tren al Sur". In 1992, Kerpel participated as associate producer on the debut album by Mexican band
Café Tacvba
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, also known as ''
Café Tacuba
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''. This would be the first of many collaborations with the band. During the 1990s, Kerpel worked as engineer and assistant producer on many albums including ''
La Era de la Boludez'' by
Divididos, the
self-titled debut solo album by
Jorge González, ''
Re'', ''
Avalancha de Éxitos
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'' and ''
Revés/Yo Soy
''Revés/Yo Soy'' (English: Backwards/I Am) is the fourth album by the Mexican rock band Café Tacuba, released in 1999. In fact, it is two albums—''Revés'' is an instrumental album, ''Yo Soy'' a collection of songs the band had been saving up ...
'' by
Café Tacvba
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and ''
¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?
''¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?'' is the first studio album by Mexican rock band Molotov, released in 1997 by Surco Records. The album's title, literally "Where Will The Girls Play?", is a pun on Maná's '' ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?'' and i ...
'' by
Molotov. In 1997, Kerpel founded Surco Records with Santaolalla, a record label in conjunction with
Universal Music
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.
In 2000, he worked as engineer on ''
Fijate Bien'', the debut studio album by Colombian singer
Juanes
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. At the
2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for
Album of the Year while the song "
Fijate Bien" was nominated for
Record of the Year
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. In 2002, he worked again with
Juanes
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 1972), known professionally as Juanes, is a Colombian musician who was a member of the Rock music, rock band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. Since releasing his solo debut album ''Fíjate B ...
as engineer working on ''
Un Día Normal
''Un Día Normal'' ( English: ''A Normal Day'') is the second studio album recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, It was released by Surco Records on 21 May 2002. The album was remastered in 2022 for its 20th anniversary.
Album informa ...
''. At the
4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album would go on to win
Album of the Year with the song "
Es Por Ti
"Es Por Ti" (English: ''Because of You'') is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. It's the second radio single from his sophomore studio album ''Un Día Normal'' (2002). It was released on 23 September 2002 (see 200 ...
" winning
Record of the Year
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. Additionally, Kerpel received nominations for his work with
Molotov, these being for
Record of the Year
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and
Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal, for "
Frijolero" and ''
Dance and Dense Denso'' respectively.
In 2003, Kerpel participated in
Café Tacvba
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's fourth album ''
Cuatro Caminos''. The album won the
Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance at the
46th Annual Grammy Awards
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in 2004. The album also was nominated for
Album of the Year at the
5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, this being Kerpel's third nomination in the category.
After also working on ''
Mi Sangre
''Mi Sangre'' ( English: ''My Blood'') is the third studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, released on September 28, 2004.
Re-releases
In 2005, a 'Tour Edition' of the album was released. This specially packaged re-release of ''Mi ...
'' (2004), Kerpel worked once again with
Juanes
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as engineer for ''
La Vida... Es Un Ratico'' (2007), receiving for a second time the
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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.
Since then, Kerpel has received several
Latin Grammy Awards
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and nominations, including a nomination for
Producer of the Year
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with
Gustavo Santaolalla
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in
2015
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.
Kerpel has also worked as engineer and mixer on various occasions for film scores composed by
Gustavo Santaolalla
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, including ''
Amores Perros'' (2000), ''
21 Grams
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'' (2003), ''
Babel
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* Babel (20 ...
'' (2006) and ''
Biutiful
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'' (2011), all directed by
Alejandro González Iñarritu,
Walter Salles
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's ''
The Motorcycle Diaries'' (2004) and
Ang Lee
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's ''
Brokeback Mountain
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'' (2005). Plus, he has collaborated on the music for the video game ''
The Last of Us
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'', also composed by Santaolalla.
Discography
(A) Album, (S), Single
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
References
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Argentine record producers
Latin music record producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)