Fulano

Fulano was a Chilean group of progressive rock, jazz fusion and experimental music. It is one of the most important groups in the development of jazz-rock, or as described by musicologist Juan Pablo González, of "anti-hegemonic eclecticism", since with six productions of high quality and virtuosity have been confirmed as pillars of the jazz rock bands and experimental music in Latin America . It was founded in Santiago de Chile in 1984 with members of the band Santiago del Nuevo Extremo; Jorge Campos (bass), Cristián Crisosto, (saxophone and flute), Jaime Vivanco (keyboards), and Willy Valenzuela (drums), added to Arlette Jequier (voice and clarinet), and Jaime Vásquez (sax and flute). His first period lasted between 1984 and 2003. They made four studio albums Fulano (1987), En el Bunker (In the bunker) (1989), El infierno de los payasos (The hell of the clowns) (1993), and Trabajos Inútiles (Useless works) (1997), which were characterized by their creative complexity, and by the very original fusion of varied stylistic and musical elements. They also stood out for their instrumental and vocal virtuosity, and for their ironic, humorous, and especially rebellious lyrics against the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and later against the Chilean transition to democracy. The group positioned itself as one of the most influential fusion bands of Latin America, although they always kept away from the mass media. They decide to dissolve after the tragic death of Jaime Vivanco in 2003, keyboardist of the band, making a live album Vivo (Alive) (2004), with the latest performances by Jaime. His second period begun in the year 2009 when they decided to rearm the project with Raúl Aliaga on drums, who had been playing since 1996, and with Felipe Muñoz on keyboards. They made a live DVD entitled La Farsa Continúa (2011), and after multiple changes in the line up, a fifth studio album entitled Animal en Extinción (Endangered animal) (2015) , that counted only with Crisosto and Campos among the original members, and with Paquita Rivera in voice. After the release, the dissolution of the band is announced at the end of 2015. A live compilation album titled La Batuta 1993 is also released, with a previously unreleased track by Vivanco. Two other posthumous live albums were released in 2017, En vivo en Los Ángeles 2002 (Live in Los Angeles), and En directo FestivAlterNativo México 2010.