Adrián Terrazas-Gonzales

Transient, The Mars Volta, T.R.A.M

• BIO

  Born on October 17, 1975, and raised in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, Adrián Terrazas- González grew up surrounded by the traditional music of Central America from Danzón, Boleros and Rumba, to Son and Mambo. Terrazas-González began developing his musical ability starting at the age of eleven. He was inclined to play the flute and the tenor saxophone with an understanding of classical music and a distinct attraction to jazz, and five years later chose to take on the clarinet. His grandmother, a "Danzón Nut" according to Terrazas- González, urged her grandson in that direction, but the young player was adamant towards a newfound paragon for himself:

  Hubert Laws.
   

  2001 was a year that would have a profound impact on Terrazas-González’s music. While pursuing Sociology and Music Studies at The University of Texas, El Paso, he learned more about the transmission of these ideas and theories through music. In an effort to track the

  development of marked philosophical and spiritual traditions observed by ancient cultures, Terrazas-González arranged to meet, learn, and creatively collaborate with musicians involved with traditions originating from West Africa. One of his primary interests was the Yoruba tradition (predominantly out of Western Nigeria), the ancient African religion underlying Santeria (Cuba and Puerto Rico),

  Candombl (Baha, Brazil), Vodun (Haiti), and Cu Taan (México).
   

  AWARDS

  The Recording Academy THE GRAMMYs

  Grammy Award Winner - February 2008

  INDIE-O Music Award

  INDIE-O Music Award Nominee - May 2009

  INDIE-O Music Awards

  INDIE-O Music Award Winner - May 2010

  The Recording Academy THE GRAMMYs

  Grammy Award Nominee - February 2010

  The Recording Academy THE GRAMMYs

  Grammy Award Winner - February 2011

  DISCOGRAPHY

  The Adrián Terrazas-González Quartet

  "Cu Taan / El Regimen Music (2009)." - INDIE-O Music Award Nominee 2009

  T.R.A.M. (Band Leader)

  "Lingua Franca / Sumerian Records (2012)." - #2 #iTunes Jazz Charts 2012

  The Mars Volta / Universal Music Group

  "Frances The Mute (2005)."

  "Scabdates (2005)."

  "Amputechture (2006)."

  "El Bufalo de la Noche - Music Score (2007)."

  "The Bedlam in Goliath - LP (2008)." - Grammy Award Winner 2008

  Alavaz Relxib Cirdec / Cedric Bixler-Zavala

  "The Special 12 Singles Series - Single (2005)."

  BIG SIR (Juan Alderete & LISA PAPINEAU)

  "Und Die Scheiße Ändert Sich Immer (2006)."

  Track(s):

  +Cause That Shit's Too Evil (And She's Just A Gangsta Bitch)

  +I Lie Down

  Zechs Marquise

  "Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare (2008)."

  The Omar Rodríguez-López Group

  "Omar Rodriguez (2005)."

  "Please Heat This Eventually (2007)."

  "Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo (2007)."

  "Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch (2007)."

  "The Apocalypse Inside of An Orange (2007)."

  "Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (2007)."

  "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus (2008)."

  "Old Money (2008)."

  "Woman Gives Birth To Tomato (2013).”

  “Some Need It Lonely / Ipecac Recordings (2017).”

  “Solid State Mercenaries / Ipecac Recordings (2017).”

  TROKER

  "El Rey Del Camino / Discos Intolerancia. (2010)." - INDIE-O Music Award Winner 2010

  Alex Otaola Paloscuates

  "El Hombre de la Camara (2010)." - Indie-O Music Awards Winner 2010

  Trevor Hall

  "Everything Everytime Everywhere / Vanguard Records (2011)."

  Song: Different Hunger ("The Change-Up" Movie Soundtrack)

  Written by Trevor Hall, Jimmy Messer; Courtesy of Vanguard Records,

  a Welk Music Group Co.

  Under license from EMI (film) & Television Music

  TEN KENS

  "Namesake / FatCat Records (2012)."

  Song: Mousetrap

  BG5 (The Beach Girl5)

  "Rock Mafia Mix Tape Vol. 1 (2012)."

  Track(s):

  + Kids r Ok

  The Memorials

  "Delirium / Bloodthirsty Unicorn Records (2012)."

  Track(s):

  + Mr. Entitled (Arranger and performer).

  Le James Davey

  "Vol 1: Le Processus (2012)."

  Track(s):

  + Un Mouvement - La Catalyse

  + Trois Mouvement - Humilité

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  "Change My Mind / Blue Cadillac Music (2012)."

  Track(s):

  + Change My Mind

  Trey Spruance

  "Three separate releases (2013).”

  + (Flutes and Clarinet On All Tracks).

  Cecam Tlahuitoltepec Oaxaca

  “XËËW (2013).”

  Track(s):

  + Tsuxt Nëëj Con Zapateado (arrangement and performance).

  + Ëy Konk (arrangement and performance).

  Featuring: Lila Downs, Natalia Lafourcade Oficial, Susana Harp, TROKER, Aho Colectivo, Los Sonex, Marya Reyna, Belafonte

  Sensacional, Ana Díaz, Ely Guerra, Hello Seahorse!.

  JAZZTEC

  "JAZZTEC / (2013)."

  + (All Woodwinds and Minor Percussion On All Tracks).

  Estirpe (Spain)

  "Neurasia / Maldito Records (2013)."

  Track(s):

  R136a1 (Intro) + En Tus Ojos

  Mister Sparx

  "Default Jazz / 800-Pound Records (2014).”

  Track(s):

  (Woodwinds On All Tracks).

  Los Random (Argentina)

  "Pidanoma / Las Tias Records (2014)."

  Track(s):

  + Mee Changó

  Troy Baker

  “Sitting in the Fire (2014).”

  Track(s):

  Apparition (horn arrangement and performance).

  Breaking Fuel (France)

  “More More More (2015).”

  Candiria (New York)

  “MKT Records / Rising Pulse Records (2015)., (7 inch Single Release).”

  Track(s):

  + Invaders by Iron Maiden

  W I R E S

  “Lithopedion (2015).”

  Track(s):

  + Ichabod

  Pop Cautious

  “Tyler Porterfield / Pop Cautious Records (2015).”

  Track(s):

  + Willow

  + Unexistence

  Candiria (New York)

  “While They Were Sleeping / Metal Blade Records (2016).”

  Track(s):

  Mereya

  While They Were Sleeping (Remix).

  HALO ORBIT

  “Alpha Pup Records (2017).”

  Juan Alderete de La Peña

  suGar Yoshinaga

  Mark Guiliana

  Track(s):

  Brothers and Sisters

  PARAZIT (Guadalajara, Mex.)

  “Paradigm Paralysis (2017).”

  Track(s):

  Polikeynesis

  Adrián Terrazas-González and Juan Alderete de La Peña

  (Alpha Pup Records *Release Fall 2017 Los Angeles).

  Adrián Terrazas-González TRANSIENT (Los Angeles, CA)

  (El Regimen Music BMI *Up Coming Release January 2018).

  Featuring -

  Agustín Ayala

  Tim "Figg" Newton

  Juan Alderete De La Peña

  Zephyr Avalon

   

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