Culto oculto

Culto ocultO
Culto ocultO
Origin	Caracas, Venezuela; Spain
Genres	Post-rock
Years active	1989–present
Labels	;
Website	CultoocultO Official website
Members	José Henriquez; Sydney GATO Reyes; Jose Juan Sanguinetti; Paulo M. De Oliveira
Past members	Rafael Monsalve (a.k.a. "Tato"); Guiomar Marquez; Andres Rangel; Rafael Martínez (a.k.a. "Rafucho")

Culto ocultO (often called CultoocultO) is an experimental music band from Venezuela and Spain.

History[]

Culto ocultO is a Venezuelan rock band, founded in 1989 by guitarist José Henriquez, bass player Sydney "Gato" Reyes and keyboard player Ricardo Da Silva Typically categorised as a foundational an experimental, dark and progressive rock group. The band has in fact incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during its long history, drawing from jazz, classical to psychedelic rock, new wave, hard rock, gamelan, folk music, electronica and drum and bass.

Its first album was released in 1996. The second album was released in 2000. Both albums were published by . The third album Blanco was released by in 2002 and re-released by in 2006. In 2003, the band toured in Spain and Portugal as part of Blanco Tour 2003. After the European tour, band members ceased its activities beginning new musical projects.

In 2007, Culto Oculto performed a special show at15th Sziget Festival 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.

The band made a special presentation in January, 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela announcing they are working in a new album.

Band members[]

José Henriquez, guitar, first vocal, computers
Sydney Reyes (a.k.a. "Gato"), bass, vocal, computers
José Juan Sanguinetti, drums
Paulo M. De Oliveira, keyboards and computers

Additional/guest musicians[]

Rafael Martinez, Percussion
Angela Gugliotta, Percussion
José "Pinguino" Echezuria, guitar and producer
Jorge Ramirez, guitar and producer

former members[]

Rafael "tato" Monsalve, drums
Andres Rangel, drums
Ricardo Da Silva, keyboards and vocal
Guiomar Márquez, vocal

Discography[]

(1996)
(2000)
Blanco (2002)