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Amarok (wolf in Eskimo) came into being at the beginning of 1990 as a product of the creative efforts of Robert Santamaría and Lídia Cerón. Robert, who holds a PhD in Paleontology and who is the main composer of the group, has a long history of multimedia compositions on electronic keyboards and piano, centred on themes involving nature and scientific subjects. Lídia, the vocalist, had a classical background and training in singing, and was a member of the Independent Univesity of Barcelona Chorus, among others.

In the summer of 2002, the group's fifth album "Mujer Luna" (Moon Woman) was released on the Tecnosaga label in Spain and the Luna Negra label in Latin America. "Moon Woman" is a work in which progressive rock and Mediterranean influences are more readily apparent than in previous albums. Between autumn of 2002 and spring 2003, the band has presented the music of "Mujer Luna" on tour. As of now they have performed in Barcelona, Madrid (Suristán and Lamala), and at the well-known international rock festival BajaProg in Mexicali, Baja California, México.

Now in 2007 the band is back with a brand new album, "Sol de Medianoche" that is once again breaking new ground.

Sol de Medianoche (Midnight sun) is the seventh Amarok album. In it the band continues advancing and maturing in its blending of progressive rock with the Mediterranean music and a few touches of Celtic music. The songs are sung principally in Spanish, but there are some songs in Catalan and even in English, for the first time in the history of the group. The variety of instruments used on this release exceeds anything attempted before by the band, however the arrangements are very precise so there is no sense of overkill. The lyrics speak about the Kábala (Sephiroth), the hermits (Hermits), the book of 1001 nights (Ishak the fisherman), the creatures of the myth of Chulthu (Wendigo) and, in the song that gives name to the disc, about the history of an imprisoned poet through the fault of his ideas. As a treat, an ethnic version of ELP's theme Abaddon's Bolero.