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recent appearance:
Open Cultural Evening at Latin American House, Kingsgate Place NW6.
Lukax Santana music improvisation, Alfredo Cordal, poetry.
Saturday 22 November 2003 In support of projects in Nicaragua.
music+dance+drama+poetry/drinks+food+raffle

Lukax Santana

born in Viña del Mar, Chile

email: lukaxsantana@hotmail.com

website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/onyourstreet/mslukas1.shtml

Recordings:

Los Jaivas: "El Volantín"

Alquimia: "Wings of Perception"; "The Night of The Alebrijes"

Quimantu: (several but I don't remember the titles)

Maria Danu: (several but I don't remember the titles)

for television: "The Plague & The Moonlight" Richard Harvey

"Nature Boy" Simon Fisher Turner

Theatre as composer & actor:

Yorick Theatre Co:

"Theatre of The Heart"

"Clanjanfrie"

Matchbox:

"The World"

"The House of the Spirits"

Theatre:

London Bubble Theatre:

"The Lion"

"Arabian Nights"

Machitun

music for "Anaconda" (Quilombo Expontáneo)

Hugo Medina Puppet Theatre:

music for film on Chilean theatre under the dictatorship;

founder member of: The London School of Samba

also played with: The Grand Union Orchestra (link)

Alquimia & César Isella; Happy End

Mauricio Redolés: La Linterna

Vladimir Miller & The Brick Lane Film Ensemble

Simon Fisher Turner: (solo) music for multimedia performance by Acting Up: "Living Room";

musician in residence at South Hill Park Arts Centre

music for "The Fall" (short film)

Quilombo Expontáneo has toured twice for the Arts Council,
they have played in UK, Holland, Morocco & Chile in different guises.
The band was founded by Miguel Campusano and Lukax Santana in 1986.
Paul Moss joined few months later at a gig at The White Horse, Brixton 19.11.1987.
The rest is history.