Source : Resident Advisor
Description
Published / 24 May 2010
Filesize / 107.68 MB
Length / 01:29:42
The Argentinean producer showcases his varied 4/4 stylings on this week’s RA podcast.
Buenos Aires-born Leonel Castillo is one of the many local heroes that don’t get their proper due. He was one of the early adopters of electronic dance music in his home country of Argentina, becoming fascinated by the then-alien strains of house, acid and ambient techno that he’d managed to get hold of during the late ’80s and early ’90s. And before long he was delving into the production sphere himself: Fellow Argentinean DJ and producer Diego Cid brought him in to help out with the recording sessions of his Universal-signed Urban Groove outfit.
It took just a few years after that point for Leonel to get his first real taste of success with the deep tech-house of his Boeing moniker, with cult cable TV animation channel Locomotion also making sure that his music was reaching other parts of Latin America. In Europe, his name has bubbled up as well: He’s had releases on the UK’s Sushitech and Munich’s Ilian Tape.
For the most part, though, Castillo is committed to his local scene. He regularly spins at Buenos Aires’ famed Cocoliche. In 2008, he joined up with four other local producers as Tangent at the venue for an improvised laptop performance celebrating both the power of technology and the quality of music that is emerging from this South American electronic capital. As a proof of the latter, Castillo has cooked up an RA podcast that sees him mixing together a set comprised entirely of his own material, much of it unreleased and untitled, that encompasses dubby techno, bumping tech house, tribal minimalism and plenty of curveballs along the way.
Elsewhere on the web
- http://www.groovear.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/leonelcastillo
- http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/leonelcastillo
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/leonel+castillo
