Ariel Rot

Born in Buenos Aires in 1960, Ariel Rot grew up in Argentina before settling in Madrid in the late 1970s, where he joined the emerging Spanish-language rock scene. With the band Tequila, formed with other Argentine musicians, he helped spread a rock’n’roll sung in Spanish that resonated with the youth of Spain’s democratic transition. After Tequila split in the early 1980s he embarked on a solo phase with the album “Debajo del puente” in 1984, while also working as a guitarist and songwriter for other artists. The early 1990s were a turning point with the creation of Los Rodríguez alongside Andrés Calamaro, a formation based between Madrid and Buenos Aires that blended rock, pop and Latin American popular music. After that collective chapter ended, Ariel Rot consolidated a long personal trajectory in Spanish-language rock with albums such as “Cenizas en el aire” (2000) and “La manada” (2016). Between rock, rhythm and blues, electric ballads and echoes of tango or milonga, his style relies on a prominent guitar, a taste for song formats and urban, melancholic lyrics, carried between Spain and Latin America through tours and numerous collaborations on record and stage.