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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Paz Lenchantin|background = solo_singer|image = Paz.JPG|caption = Paz Lenchantin performing with A PerfectCircle .|birth_name =|birth_date = December 12, 1973 (age 38)|birth_place = Mar del Plata , Argentina |Death =|genre = Alternative rock , alternative metal |occupation = Musician|years_active =|instrument = Violin , bass guitar , piano , vocals , guitar |First_album = Yellow mY skYcaptain (2001)|Latest_album = Songs for Luci (2006)|Notable_albums =|Notable songs =|label =|associated_acts = Ana Lenchantin , A PerfectCircle , Brightblack Morning Light , Entrance (musician)|Entrance , Into the Presence , Jarboe , Jenny Lewis , Kaura , Luciano Lenchantin , Melissa Auf Der Maur , Papa M , Queens of the Stone Age , Silver Jews , Trust Company , Zwan Paz Lenchantin (born in Mar del Plata , Argentina on December 12, 1973) is an Argentina|Argentine - United States|American musician of French people|French ancestry. She came to Los Angeles , California with her family at the age of four.
Lenchantin speaks fluent Spanish language|Spanish and English language|English . She began playing piano at age five.cite web|url= http://www.bassgirls.com/album_JKL.htm |title=Paz Lenchantin interview at |publisher=Bassgirls.com |date=1974-08-21 |accessdate=2011-07-15 She then took violin lessons at age eight and taught herself how to play guitar at age twelve. Her sister, Ana Lenchantin|Ana is a musician and a frequent collaborator. She and her late brother Luciano Lenchantin also collaborated frequently.
Musical career
Lenchantin joined Billy Howerdel , Josh Freese , Troy Van Leeuwen , and Maynard James Keenan in the band A PerfectCircle . She contributed to their albums, Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step . http://suicidegirls.com/news/music/19563/ ''Paz Lenchantin: A PerfectCircle Bassist's New Band & Solo Work , SuicideGirls|SuicideGirls.com , Dec 12 2006, last retrieved April 22, 2007. Lenchantin later left the group to join with Billy Corgan , Jimmy Chamberlin , Matt Sweeney , and David Pajo in the band Zwan . In 2002, Lenchantin, Melissa Auf der Maur ( Smashing Pumpkins and Hole (band)|Hole ), Samantha Maloney , and Radio Sloan ( The Need ) created a new band called The Chelsea . The all-female Supergroup (music)|supergroup played only one show before going their separate ways. Lenchantin returned to play strings and piano with A PerfectCircle in recording their cover album eMOTIVe '', released November 2, 2004 and debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 . She also contributed a solo cover of the song "The Hollow" to A Perfect Circle's CD/DVD release, aMOTION . Since 2005, Lenchantin has been collaborating with Entrance (musician)|Entrance on their album Prayer of Death , as co- producer as well as contributing bass and violin. She also appeared on the previous Entrance album Wandering Stranger (2004). She is now a seemingly permanent member of the Entrance Band.
Other appearances
Lenchantin also played strings on a song on the Queens of the Stone Age 's album, Songs for the Deaf . She has played with David Pajo in Papa M , and contributed fiddle on the Silver Jews record, Tanglewood Numbers . She has toured with RTX / Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux . In 2002, she performed on Trust Company 's album The Lonely Position of Neutral|The Lonely Position Of Neutral . In 2005 she played violin on the Kaura (band)|Kaura track "Dividing Lines". She has also contributed to and toured with Jarboe of Swans (band)|Swans . In 2000, she appeared in A Perfect Circle's Judith music video as bassist. Lenchantin also played bass on Brightblack Morning Light 's 2006 self-titled album on Matador Records . She worked with director Michael Mann (film director)|Michael Mann on his film Miami Vice (film)|Miami Vice contributing violin on several scenes. She contributed playing strings on Melissa Auf der Maur 's first solo album Auf der Maur (album)|Auf der Maur . In 2008, Paz co-wrote the Ashes Divide song "Denial Waits", and she played violin on Jenny Lewis ' second studio album Acid Tongue . She will appear on Into The Presence 's new album to be released in 2009, playing the bass.
Lenchantin has produced two solo albums, both of which are currently available on her MySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/pazweb PAz Lenchantin official MySpace page, last retrieved April 22, 2007
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