Jose Manuel "Anel" Paz is an Argentinian guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and recording and mix engineer. He has been a member of Los Violadores, and Los Politicos.
He has been awarded prizes such as Lápiz de Oro (fifteen times), Lápiz de Platino (five times), a Disco de Oro (Gold Record), Premios Jerry Goldenberg a la Excelencia en las Comunicaciones (three times), among other awards.
Anel Paz was born in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina as the son of José Manuel Paz and Norma Isabel Bernardez, the eldest of four brothers.
Since his childhood, he was fascinated by music and musical instruments. His parents supported his vocation, and when he was six years old he was sent to study music and flute to Collegium Musicum.
At 13 years old, now living in Caballito, he was attracted by the sound and soul of the electric guitar. He discovered artists who influenced him deeply: Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Rush, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Jeff Beck, Queen, and African-American blues. When he was 15 he received as a Christmas gift his first electric guitar, and from that moment he founded several garage bands and played with them in shows, school and neighborhood festivals. Some of these garage bands were: Los Espasmódicos, Dr. Rock, Océano, Cognac.
Back in Argentina in 1989 he created, with Ricardo Saul, his own music production company: "Raya Diseño de Música y Sonido”. In these years he received several national and international awards, including four times Lápiz de Oro.
He contributed to the creation of the I.T.M.C. (Instituto Tecnológico de Música Contemporánea, certified in Argentina by Musicians Institute), founded by his friend and classmate of G.I.T., Diego Temprano. Anel was instructor and director of Studies of the Institute.
In the following years, he participated in albums as a guitarist, producer, and arranger, including Enrique Pinti, and Nacha Guevara among other artists.
In the following years, they performed shows, music videos, and tours.
In 1997 he recorded a guitar solo version of Hymn to San Martín for electric guitar and orchestra, which was widely broadcast by Mario Pergolini in Radio Rock & Pop
SuperGaucho
In 1998 he created, with Fernando Buriasco, SuperGaucho Records, his own indie label and recording studios, where several artists recorded albums, including Cacho Tirao.
He produced, composed and recorded "Conversacional", Romina Vitale’s first album, and participated in videos and shows as guitar player and music director.
In those years he conducted seminars and workshops about improvisation and production, including the Ibanez Guitar Explosion 2003 with Marty Friedman.[4]
Supercharango
In 2003, with Fernando Buriasco, Gianni Dusio and Nicolas Diaz, he created Supercharango,[5] music production company, where he produced and recorded albums for various artists including 12 Monos, "Generacion Pulgar" of Nerdkids, and "Autoayuda" of Sergio Pángaro y Baccarat.
He participated in the music production for films such as "Luisa," "El Dedo", "El Ultimo Elvis" (directed by Armando Bo) in which Anel was the producer of the Elvis Presley songs’ re-creation).
In 2007, 2009 and 2011 Supercharango was awarded Mejor Productora de Música (Best Music Production Company) with a Premio Jerry Goldenberg a la Excelencia en la Comunicaciones.[6]
Also, Supercharango received eleven Lápiz de Oro, five Lápiz de Platino, a Gold Record, and a Gold FIAP, among other awards.
In 2007 Anel founded his new band El General Paz & La Triple Frontera (GP3F), a multicultural group integrating musicians from several countries, where they fuse rock, funk, jazz, Latin American song and folklore, creating an original and contemporary style.[7]
Since then, GP3F has been performing shows at many venues in several countries.
Currently, the band is recording their 3rd studio album.
Rey Momo, Timmy O´Tool, Andiscos, Ritual, Asesino Serial Hawaiano, Pichi, Los Pie, Il Phantasmo, Los Políticos, La Ira de Jaqke, Maldición de Pensarlo Todo, Ribo, Poompiwom & DJ Batti, Monos en la Nuca
Ajiputapario, Tributo a Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Ranavieja Records
Mastering -
(in "The Greeting Song" by Los Políticos: Guitar - Backing Vocals - Recording Engineer - Mixing Engineer
Several of these albums were certified with Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum sales. [8]
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