Diamante Eléctrico is a Colombian rock band formed in 2012. The band consists of Juan Galeano (vocals and bass), Daniel Álvarez (guitar) and Andrés Kenguan (guitar and synths). The band has released six studio albums and has received four Latin Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album twice.
Career
The band was formed in 2012, with the three members, Juan Galeano, Daniel Álvarez and Andee Zeta, having previous experiences with music, Galeano studied jazz in Rotterdam, Álvarez studied sound engineering in New York and Zeta had many years of background as a drummer, they met in one of Galeano's musical projects and then formed the band in 2012 in Bogotá, Colombia. Their first album Diamante Eléctrico was released in 2013 and was funded through crowdfunding in Kickstarter reaching over 5,000 dollars for the production of the album. The band won Best Rock Group at the SHOCK Awards in 2013 and received the award for Breakthrough Iberoamerican Artist by POTQ Magazine in 2014.
On March 17, 2015, the band released their second album B, it was recorded by Daniel Bustos in Bogotá and mastered by Gavin Lurssen in Los Angeles. The album won Best Rock Album at the 16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards while the song "Todo Va a Arder" was nominated for Best Rock Song.
