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Lya Reis Guerrero

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Born in Venezuela in 1985, Lya started playing and studying drums at the age of 14, with the recognised teacher Jose Mato. After 4 years in the music scene, she joined the funky and disco band MAJARETE SOUND MACHINE www.majaretesm.net playing in clubs and in a few local festivals, such as Diablitos Parque Extremo and the tribute to the famous Venezuelan composer, Aldemaro Romero, founder of the Onda Nueva Style in Venezuela.

In 2007, she co-founded Elaine, opening for the UK band LOS CAMPESINOS at the festival Diablitos Experience, and having a full crowd at the festival Por el Medio de la Calle, They were being recognised as a revelation indie-punk band by many international bloggers from Germany, Colombia, Spain, Russia, Japan and Mexico. Visit the blog The Pony Republic to download the album www.ponirepublic.blogspot.com

In 2008 she joined Skin: www.soundcloud.com/skin-ve which was a renowned band that began around 1999. They have won the most important music festivals of such as Alma Mater and Nuevas Bandas. also played on local stages (Hard Rock Cafe Caracas, La Quinta Bar, Moulin Rouge, Discovery Bar, El Teatro Bar, 205 Bar etc.) and festivals such as Diablitos Parque Extremo, Por el Medio de la Calle, Union Rock Show, and Miche Rock Festival in Barranquilla, Colombia. for 2009 Tom Tom Magazine www.tomtommag.com/2010/06/c-c-s-caracas-creative-sin-city/ made a review about her work as a drummer. 

In 2010 she moved to London, attended to the Music Tech Schools where she graduated with a Certificate in Performance. She has worked playing drums & percussion as well as recording and producing for several artists in the British music scene such as: Juanita Euka, Francois Peglau, Jahcub, Ma’ Grass, Vinyl Black Stillettos, Paraclouds, SUBSET, Jamie & The Martyrs, Estrangeiros, Flowsnatcha, Los Calendarios, The Baby Factory, La Explosion, Loretta Heywood,Baldo Verdu y su Tonto Malembe, Fusion Femmes, Animanz, Hot Mama, Dave Randall (Faithless) in Slovo Sound System, Wara, Gabriela Eva, Clean Bandit (Drum-line), Sola Akinbola (Jamiroquai) in Critical Mass, Animanz, Intaya and many more.

She played in venues such as: Ronnie Scott’s, Proud, The Roof Gardens, Century Soho Club, Passing Clouds, White Lion, The Troubadour, Floripa, 93ft East, Camden Jazz Cafe, Hootananys, Charlie Wrights, Ronnie Scotts, and Festivals such as Lovebox, Boomtown, Glastonbury, Festival La Linea, Secret Garden and Bestival, recently participated with  drum-line for Clean Bandit at the MTV Europe Music awards 2017.


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