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K I R O P T E R A

"We are guided only for what light has shown us "

BIOGRAPHY

"From the latin word for bat Chiroptera, Kiroptera is a musical experience that tries to take its listeners to the hidden places of their minds. A personal journey for everyone who seeks to see the hidden light in the dark."

The band was born in 2016 in Santiago, Chile. Formed by Benjamín Villaseca (Guitar), Felipe Melo (Drums), Hendrik Reiher (Guitar) and Álvaro Cortés (Bass guitar). Since the very beginning they started to create experimental music in order to BREAK their own limitations and to be a response to a system that lures people into a made up reality that only benefits the system itself.

BIOGRAPHY

THE BAND

FELIPE MELO

DRUMS

ÁLVARO CORTÉS

BASS

HENDRIK REIHER

GUITAR

BENJAMÍN VILLASECA

GUITAR

BAND

HIGHLIGHTS

  • London Tour (May, 2019)

  • Live session at Pirates Studios (May, 2019)

  • Live session recording at KAOS Berlin (March, 2019)

  • Album release show in Chile (December, 2018, La Batuta, Santiago, Chile)

  • "Fender Day 2018" Show - Teatro Teletón (October, 2018, Santiago, Chile)

  • Casa Amarilla's (Musical Instruments shop) artists (September, 2018, Chile)

  • First prize on VitaJoven band festival (August, 2018, Santiago, Chile)

  • Recording, mixing and mastering of the Debut Album "Refracción". All made by Benjamín Villaseca and Kiroptera (January, 2018)

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HIGHLIGHTS

P R E S S

PRESS

T H E  A L B U M : R E F R A C C I Ó N

As a light beam refracts and transforms, the album creates a sonic journey with a mix of changing textures, among the extreme, mysterious, subtle, complex and simple. Always expressing deep feelings, not beeing limited by the pre established rules of music.

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A Raw and ethereal sound, a journey to the very questioning of reality.

ALBUM

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EXPERIMENTAL PROGRESSIVE ROCK

The band mixes several styles, that includes Rock, Funk, Reggae and  Latin rythms. All of this in a Psychedelic context that incites to move, to dance, to let go.

STYLE
LISTEN TO US!

"Refracción" was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered in In-Vitro Studio by Benjamín Villaseca, Nowis (TheReaktion) and Kiroptera.

Santiago, Chile 2018

LISTEN OUR ALBUM!

Live session Pirates Studios (2019)

Kiroptera [Official Music Video]

Live Session Santiago 2018

MANIFESTO

EVERYTHING CHANGES, NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Kiroptera is a response of a system that infects the perception of the world with definitions that boycotts the protagonist role that creativity has in relation with spirituality and psychological balance. Kiroptera ventures to roam the limbs between the definitions of the world and the uncertain nature of the things we perceive, trying to create a breaking point between what we really see and what we were thought to see, some sort of gap among the learned reality and the subjective reality concerning other plains of existence, the relation between normal and paranormal phenomena, the hidden archetypes of our everydayness and the recognizable archetypes such as the learned ideals and behaviors that keeps us docile, living in an automated society.

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