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Illapu

Illapu are a folk act drawing on the traditions of Chilean and Andean music. The group came together in the northern Chilean town of Antofagasta in 1971, formed by brothers José Miguel, Jaime, Andrés and Roberto Márquez Bugueño and Osvaldo Torres with a name that means 'flash of lightning'. After playing locally for a year the group moved to Chile's capital, Santiago, where they recorded their first album, 'Música Andina' (1972), and started attracting attention at a national level. In 1973 they took to the stage at the well-regarded Festival Internacional de la Canción d...