Personal BIO

Henrik Strater was born in Lima, Peru. From an early age, he demonstrated an interest in music and the arts. He and his family migrated to the US in 1979 where he discovered Punk, Death Rock and New Wave music by artists such as Sex Pistols, Bauhaus, The Cure, Japan, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, and David Sylvian, Visage, The Human League, among others.

At the age of 13, he became part of various local bands as a drummer and backing vocalist, performing at venues such as “The Roxy” and “The Whisky A Go-Go,” among other well-known locations on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.

Around 88’, friends from Peru sent him cassettes of artists from South America, Spain and Mexico and discovered “Rock en Español” and it really made an inpact in him being that he related it with the music he had already been listening to but “En Español”. Influenced by it, he started playing this music mixed with 80’s at parties. The crowd grew and he started the “Rock en tu Idioma” movement in The Valley, Encino, Ca. in ’91 and opened up a Club called “CLUB HOLA” which catered to the Latin American Rock en Español scene and launched himself as a DJ/Promoter gaining a highly respected reputation in the local Los Angeles scene. Also promoted upcoming acts like, LA Ley, Los Cadillacs, La Mosca Zse Zse and local acts.

In 1997, he joined the team of the famous radio station “Súper Estrella 97.5 FM,” hosting his own show, “Club Súper Estrella con DJ Henrik,” becoming one of the most prominent, innovative, and recognized DJs in the Hispanic community of Los Angeles and Pioneer of the “Rock en español scene”.

Besides being a drummer he also sings and writes his own music and formed several groups, his first one named, Electrolive around ’94, later Carmah, and participated in a Carls Jr. advertising campaign in 2002 with his group Carmah, featuring the original song “Me Fascinas.” In 2015, he created a new project initially called The Klub, which was soon renamed to LE Klub and still going releasing New music since 2025 unti present. More new material and tours coming on 2027