Gustavo Lamas
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Biografía
- Gustavo Lamas is a producer from Argentina since a decade. He released material for several labels as Kompakt, Traum, Onitor, Fragil, Casa del Puente, Affin, Modelisme, Hidden Recordings and others. With his productions he has a personal point o view..Gustavo Lamas Gustavo Lamas is part of the electronic scene in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Between 1994-97 he developed his first musical experiences. A self-made debut cd called "Disperso" came out in 1998. This cd is based on collage work done with a sampler as only instrument. He began playing in the local underground scene in small clubs, museums or cultural centers. In 1999 he released “Plural” with Frágil Discos, in which he continues the sampler aesthetic, concentrating mainly on textures and dub swing with pop dynamics. During the same year, two tracks from “Plural” were included in the "Elektronische Musik aus Buenos Aires" compilation by the german label Traum. In the end of 1999, his first european full cd “Celeste” came out in the same label. In 2000, he collaborates with argentinean musician Leo Garcia in a project called Rascacielos and they release an ep called “Camote Galáctico”. This work is based mainly on samples of argentinean rock of all the times. Rascacielos played in the Sónar festival at Barcelona (Spain) in June 2000. Afterwards, he traveled to Germany, together with other Frágil label artists- and played both in Cologne and Düsseldorf. At the end of 2000, “Mañana” came out by German label Kompakt. A 12” with three tracks that show different aspects of his work: no beat ambient, down tempo dub and a personal vision of house. The ambient track of this vinyl is also included in the “Pop Ambient 2001” Kompakt compilation. Since 1998 he is member of the djs-musicians-designers argentine collective called “Agencia de Viajes” (Travel agency) that promotes "deep concentration" events in post-Chill out rooms installations in museums and after hour discos. During 2001 he was invited to participate in the second edition of Mutek Festival in Montreal, Canada. He was one of the 13 artist of the event to be asked for a track to be included in the Mutek compilation. He also played in neighbour countries like Uruguay and Chile. Without forgetting his more experimental and ambient material, he started developing more dance oriented music playing in several local events. In 2002, after Argentina’s political and economic crisis, local’s musicians found their work even harder. Because of the difficulty of finding his foreign material in his own country, he released an cd called Sacachispas in a crafty independent local label. He continued playing both dance oriented music and experimental sets (specially with Agencia de Viajes). Some of his more experimental music was released in the canadian label Oral as a cd called “Desatanudos”. Meanwhile, in Germany a 12” called “Presente” was released by the label Onitor. He also took part of the “45 seconds of…” compilation in Simballrec from Los Angeles, USA. On june his first 12” was released in USA in Stewart Walker’s label Persona Records. He has also prepared the music for an artistic installation to be presented in Barcelona’s art gallery Doque during the month of june. In September he released another 12” “Lejos” in the german label Onitor, together with a full cd called “Brotes”. It had very good reviews in different magazines like de:Bug or The Wire. After That He made a tour for Europe and continued releasing material for the same label wit the 12” “Seguimos” in 2004. While he produced some remixes for local artists like for the pop ones Gustavo Cerati or Rosario Blefari to the electronic duo Microesfera. At the same year he participated one more time in Creamfiled in Buenos Aires. During 2005 he made a new 12” for the label Safari electronique and select the material for a new album to release in Casa del Puente. Starts witrh a residence as dj in the Faena Hotel and Universe. He presents his live set in Mutek México and alson in the “Encuentro Electronico” in Bogotá. In this opportunities he share stage with people like Vladislav Delay, Sieg Uber Die Sonne, Luciano and Deadbeat. His last full album appeared in 2006 under the name “Mareo” in the local label Casa del Puente. In the last four years he released several e.p´s published trough the labels Affin, Modelisme and Hidden Recordings.̸• “Disperso”- independent cd released- Argentina (1998) • “Plural”- cd- Frágil Discos- Argentina (1999) • “Celeste”- cd / 12”- Traum- Germany (1999) • “Mañana”- 12”- Kompakt- Germany (2000) • “Sacachispas ” cd- Discos-Discos -Argentina (2002) • “Desatanudos” cd Oral – Canada (2002) • “Presente” 12” Onitor – Germany (2002) • “Radiantes” - 12" – Persona Records – USA (2003) • “Lejos” – 12” Onitor – (Germany) (2003) • “Brotes” – cd Onitor – (Germany) (2003) • “Seguimos” – 12” Onitor (Germany) (2004) • “Salidas” 12” Safari Electronique (England) (2005) • “Mareo” Cd Casa Del Puente (Argentina) (2006) • “Recorre” 12” Hidden Recordings (2008) • “Mares” E.P Modelisme (2009) • “Locro” E.P. Affin (2009)
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