Genres Pop, Name Alba Maculet | Years active 2006–present | |
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Birth name Alba Sara Garate Maculet Born December 18, 1980 (age 43)
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ( 1980-12-18 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, performance artist, musician, producer, actress Instruments Vocals, piano, Synthesizer, guitars, bass Labels EMI/Virgin, Rubie Music | ||
Alba Gárate (born December 18, 1980), better known by her stage name, Lantalba, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actress, previously known as Lantana. She was born in Barcelona and raised in Fuengirola, Málaga. She moved to Madrid when she was 19 years old to study acting and pursue her musical career. She was signed with EMI/Virgin by 2006 and Rubie Music in 2010. She was nominated to several important Spanish awards, including The 21st Goya Awards, MTV Spain Awards, Televisión Española Awards Album of the Year and The Spanish Music Awards. She currently lives in Berlin, Germany.
Contents
- Biography
- Music career
- El Encanto EP 2013
- Ex Corazn LP 2007
- Desorden y Amor LP 2007
- Lantana EP 2006
- Present
- Discography
- Nominations
- Collaborations
- Charity work
- References
Biography
Lantana was born in Barcelona and raised in the southern city of Fuengirola, Málaga. It was here where she started to feel her passion for music. She remembers «I started writing on the school bus. I would sit by the window on rainy days and I would just make songs up». Her family had a pub and by the time she was 14, she started singing in rock bands and working in a local kareoke bar. Later on she would move into the jazz scene, starting and directing several groups. She then moved to Madrid by the time she was 19 years old to pursue an acting career. Here she studied acting in ECAM and NIC of Madrid. She also studied with teachers such as Fernando Sansegundo, Fernando Piernas and Marta Alvarez. It was here where she began to sing standards and jazz in different clubs.
Music career
In Madrid she started to write her own songs again. She quickly began playing in singer-songwriter clubs and was soon noticed by then EMI/Virgin A&R, Javier Liñán, who offered her a record deal. At the same time, she acts in several short films and gets to be better known by her small role in the movie Azuloscurocasinegro by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, where she also wrote the original song "Imaginarte", which was nominated for "Best Original Song" at the Goya Awards.
In 2006 Lantana signs with EMI/Virgin and releases a self-titled EP, "Lantana". She releases her first LP, "Desorden y Amor", the next year with Cadiz native Suso Saiz as producer. This latter album was nominated by MTV Spain's spectators as "Best Artist Revelation" 2007. The same year, the electronic band Hotel Persona releases a remix of her first single, "Siempre". She also films the video of the unreleased song "Sally's Song" from The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton.
In 2010, no longer with EMI, Lantana goes to London to record her third album "Ex-Corazón", produced by Dimitri Tikovoi and releases it independently with her own label, Rubie Music. She spends the rest of the year and great part of the next one touring in Spain.
She also released 2 videoclips, "Ex-Corazón", which aired in most of Spain's TV channels and "Perfecto", filmed in Granada.
She relocated to Berlin in 2011 where she started working on her next album.
El Encanto (EP - 2013)
En EP recorded between Berlin and London, was produced by Stefan Olsdal (Placebo (band), who also played synthesizers in "Aquello del Querer" and "Desde que te fuiste".
Ex-Corazón (LP - 2007)
Album recorded entirely in London and produced by Dimitri Tikovoi (Placebo (band), The Raveonettes, The Horrors o Goldfrapp).
Desorden y Amor (LP - 2007)
Album mostly produced by Suso Saíz, filled with lots of string arrangements.
Lantana (EP - 2006)
Lantana's debut album, Lantana, was released in 2006. It is composed of 5 songs, including "Imaginarte", song included in the original soundtrack of the movie Azuloscurocasinegro, and nominated to the Goya awards. Mostly produced by Lantana.
Present
She is currently working on a new LP, produced, played entirely, and mixed by Stefan Olsdal (Placebo (band).