ARTIST CREW


Alejandro Martinez (Sv)
Alejandro has been playing for the past 12 years at some of the most prestigious clubs and festivals in Latin America, offering club goers a taste of his fresh techy eclectic house each and every weekend. His sets include everything from groovy house and techno to minimal and electro. Constantly re-editing tracks using cd loops, effect, vynil scratching and Ableton Live, Alejandro’s ongoing desire to make every set stand out from the others is very evident. As one of the hardest working Producer and Djs in El Salvador, his rise to the top has been the result of pure talent and dedication, taking him across boundaries, playing and producing in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, Argentina, Chile among many others. ..
  Alejandro Martinez - Mystic Antique by andromo  

  • Andres Gavidia (Sv)
  • "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley


    Andres Gavidia's interest in music began late in his life when the hard-edged sounds of Metal and Rock caught his ear in his mid-teens. He began his musical career by performing in several bands as a vocalist, growing fond of interacting with audiences. In search of new musical experiences he wandered into the budding local Techno scene and was exposed for the first time to the energies and the atmospheres of Electronic Dance Music. Since that night, he was forever hooked. His infatuation with Electronic Music motivated him to learn how to Dj, familiarizing himself more with the various styles of music available.
    Andres wanted to become more involved in the scene and created the Sonarvoid concept in 2008, which has served as a platform to showcase the abilities of many like-minded music enthusiasts and to promote the unique experience of Techno music. As he continued working to expand the local scene, Andres' activities began to gain recognition from crowds and DJ's in El Salvador. With this recognition came more invitations to showcase his talents and tastes in music. As his reputation grew he struck many friendships that brought a whole new array of influences, which allowed him to diversify his style and reach a broader audience. This gave him the opportunity to share the stage with some of Latin America's most respected artists, and to further develop his unorthodox style of Techno to suit San Salvador's demanding dancefloors.
    In 2011, after three years of working to increase the presence of electronic music in his country, Andres has positioned himself as one of the freshest new DJ's of El Salvador. His willingness to delve into unusual, genre-bending sounds and to defy predictability with every set has been his trademark; and affirms his intention to pursue the no-holds-barred development of accesible yet uncompromising electronic music. He has made much headway into original music production, and several interesting tracks should start surfacing in the first months of 2012. Currently, he continues to promote forward-thinking music with the Sonarvoid crew and has been collaborating extensively with Rainforest Music to establish a thriving community of artists in the Central American region.

  • Balto Pinto (Hn)
  • At an early age he began to like rhythmic themes, playing the drums while in school for a couple of years. Then adding some electricity to the beat playing bass guitar. When he finished university in 1998 he spent time working at the Bay Islands in the Honduran Caribbean. In 2001 he enjoyed long summer months in the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean Sea, it’s there were Balto decides to change those instruments for vinyl and mixes. From then on his travels to Barcelona, Mallorca, Ibiza, Madrid, Amsterdam, Rotterdam... keeps being the mayor influence on his musical selection and mixing style. During the first years he organized a series of events in Tegucigalpa called “Session Club”, giving the city and it’s nightlife a fresh alternative. He also started participating in beach parties as “Full moon at Bando Beach”, “New Years Eve at Roatan” and earned his residency at “Sunjam”. In 2004 “Colors Promote Group” is created in association with his colleague Luis Maier. In 2007 “Modular” is created as a second agency dedicated to the promotion of techno. Since then Balto keeps organizing some of the most important electronic music events of Honduras in which he shares the decks with respected international Djs. He has been playing his trademark sets all over, focusing on music that keeps an interesting and active dance floor. Some of the main events in which he has participated feature Djs as; Tim Skinner, Oliver Klein, Austin Leeds, Rebekah Teasdale, Martin Accorsi, Preach, Kammy, Jason Jollins, Xpansul, Tim Xavier, Massi DL, Ladida, Ziggy Kinder, Paco Osuna, Alexi Delano, Dustin Zahn, Alex Under, Joseph Capriati and Pär Grindvik. 
  •  Sunjam Vibe 2009 - Dj mix: Balto by balto
  • Dorian Chavez (Cl)
  • Dj and Producer Chilean, resident in the prestigious Club La Feria in Santiago of Chile, in addition with an outstanding presence at Latin American region, has appeared playing in the mains clubs and events of Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay, El Salvador, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Brazil and Argentina. Pertaining to Southbooking, it has participated in the first version of the Creamfields in Chile, Southamerican Music Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the versions of Love Parade South American in Santiago of Chile. As Producing it had participation in the compiled “Mixed Session” of Tony Mass, another one of the projects of Dorian Chavez has been Pacific Coast Project, next to the musical outstanding Francisco Allendes. Also disc of Tony Mass “In Transit” participates in the second, in which tracks co-produces one of his “Budapest Station”. Since Remixer has worked next to the Chilean Band of Lucybell Rock, remezclando next to Francisco Allendes the Track “Mataz” and next to the producing outstanding Chilean Alexander Vivanco remezclaron to the Argentineans London 909 with his track “Together Forever” and again next to his partner in musical production, Francisco Allendes, they re-mixed the track " No Puedo Estar" of the national artist Mariel Villagra.
  •  Dorian Chavez @ Club Vertigo (Costa Rica) by Dorian Chavez 
  • Erik Prestinary (Cr) 

  • Erik Prestinary es uno de los DJs más influyentes y consolidados de la escena electrónica centroamericana. Ha compartido escenario con superDJs de la talla de Alex Gaudino, Global DJs, Carl Cox, Hernán Cattáneo, Sandra Collins, John Digweed, Chris Fortier, Moshic, Paul Oakenfold, Sean Cusick, Steve Lawler y el proyecto Roken, de Gustavo Cerati, entre otros.. La atracción de Erik hacia la música dance surgió durante sus recurrentes viajes entre Florida y Costa Rica, durante su juventud temprana. A sus 2? años Prestinary comienza a aparecer regularmente en el lineup de destacados eventos y venues en Costa Rica. Poco años después sería uno de los indiscutibles protagonistas de varias de las noches más célebres para el nightlife costarricense. Erik ha trabajado de cerca con las promotoras de eventos más importantes del país: Promotion (GrooveRepublika) y Club Vértigo. En los últimos años incursionó como promotor de eventos con sus propias firmas: SalgamosJuntos y VIBR8. Desde el 2007 ha recorrido todo Centroamérica llevando un sonido limpio y vanguardista a los principales clubes de la región. Actualmente sus presentaciones en Costa Rica se han reducido, para atender las frecuentes invitaciones a eventos de alto perfil en Guatemala, Panamá, Ecuador y México. Erik Prestinary también ha destacado en su faceta como productor de música original, colocando sencillos en los más importantes portales de distribución de música electrónica en línea. En 2008 asumió como host del show de radio Electrofónico, que se transmite dos veces por semana en radio 979, líder en el segmento juvenil alternativo en Costa Rica. DJ, promotor de eventos, emprendedor y exitoso empresario, es una de las figuras más destacas y promisorias de la movida de Costa Rica.
  • Juan Porras aka Mickey Franco (Gt)
  • Mickey Franco was no stranger to music growing up. At the tender age of 10 he learned to play the cello in his school orchestra. He later traded in that instrument for a bass and a guitar and started playing in various hard core, emo and punk bands. In 2000, at the age of 20, he was inspired by electronic music for the very first time as he listened to many records by a long list of artists that would influence his years to come. Two years later, Mickey would land a residency at a famous local night club in Guatemala called Zeo. He quickly perfected his skills on the decks and started scoring various gigs locally and abroad, sharing the turntables with dj..s and artists such as Loco Dice, Richie Hawtin, Christian Smith, Lee Burridge, Marcelo Castelli, Josh Wink, Misstress Barbara, Martin Accorsi, Austin Leeds, Troy Pierce, Skazi, Infected Mushroom and Xpansul along the way. As a producer, Mickey has had his tracks signed to many up and coming record labels such as Minimatracx, Supernova Blue, NOSI music, Physical Gravity and Dub Tech. His growing success as a producer has been shown through his various features in compilations and many top 30 appearances in Beatport. In his 8 years of being involved in electronic music, he has managed to become one of Central America’s most influential Dj..s and producer’s, earning spots in most of the major local festivals and venues such as Sunjam (Utila, Honduras) and Rave del Castillo (Guatemala). His unique technique and his force-driven techno and minimal sets have captured the ears and hearts of many crowds, with many more to come.
  • Luis Maier (Hn)
  • Luis Maier- born in 1972 in Honduras. 17 years ago while living in Toronto-Canada he realized his place was around music as well as people. He was a member of his high school band for 4 years, dedicated to percussion. In 1990 he is offered a second hand pair of turntables, mixer and a crate of house music records. Frankie Knuckles, Fingers Inc., Fast Eddie, Inner City and Todd Terry had a great influence on the style on music he chose to play then… His early days as a Dj were full of long nights in the fast growing club scene of the great Metropolis. Holding residencies in clubs such as The Tasmanian Ballroom, The Go-Go and RPM(now called the Guvernment). In 1995 he returns to Honduras with professional dj gear and several crates of records, he finds his place for the next 9 years in the Bay Islands of Honduras. Organizing and playing at Full Moon parties and Beach parties’ throughout the year. In 1996 together with a group of friends SUNJAM is created . SUNJAM : The annual festival now recognized as the biggest and most expected electronic music event of Central America is held on Water Cay .On the island of Utila , off the coast of Honduras. www.sunjamutila.com In 2003 he travels to Santiago Chile, he quickly filters into the scene there and is called to play at one of the top 5 clubs in America at the time , Club La Feria. www.clublaferia.cl In 2004 back in Honduras and dance music is nearly obsolete ….. Together with Balto they create "Colors Promote Group", promoting dance music events in the country. This agency has allowed him to take part in events alongside names like Tim Skinner, Dave Preston , Habersham , Erik Prestinary , Aaron Wells , Melissa O , Ofo Nuñez , Francis Davila , Oliver Klein , Chaser , Phillip Charles , Austin Leeds , Lexx , Martin Accorsi , Kammy , Preach , Jason Jollins,XPANSUL,Karlos Elizondo,Chris Fortier. Playing opening sets for international Djs as well as headlining for national shows his sets are known as trips of exiting scales ranging from deep-tech to groovy tecno . Now holding a monthly Club Night @ ULTRA in Tegucigalpa. Updates visit www.sunjamutila.com 
  • Martin Huergo (Arg)

  • Martín Huergo es un Dj Argentino con mas de 350 presentaciones internacionales, con 8 giras Europeas realizadas y a meses de su noveno tour por el viejo continente. Llevo su música por puntos claves del mundo como Berlín, Estocolmo, El Cairo, Vaxjo, Khlmar, Munich, Hamburgo, Paris, Le Mans, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Mallorca, Lugano, Zurich, Luzerna, Basilea, Affoltern, Boston, Mérida, Playa del Carmen, Cancún, México DF, Guadalajara, Mazatlán, Cabo San Lucas, Lima, Cuzco, Bogota, Cali, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Santiago de Chile, Punta del Este, Montevideo y es de loas mas buscados en territorio nacional. Se destaca en discotecas de altísimo nivel mundial como Arena Club Berlín, Bullit Club Munich, Pacha Madrid, Pacha Palma de Mallorca, City Hall Barcelona, Mac Arena Mar Barcelona, Kiez Internat Hamburgo, La Santanera Playa del Carmen, Rioma México DF, La Morocha Punta del Este, Kimik Porto Alegre, como por mencionar algunos. Con mas de 20 años de experiencia llevando su música por casi todos los clubes electrónicos de Argentina. Le hizo el closing a artistas internacionales como Tiesto, Sander Kleinenberg, Markus Schulz, Lee Burridge, Paul Ritch, Oxia, Anthony Pappa, Jimmy Van M, Mistress Barbara y le ha hecho el warm up a otros artistas como Sebastian Leger, Mark Henning, Micheal Meyer, Omid 16B, John Creamer y muchos mas. Su estilo como Dj siempre tiene intensidad, sutileza, sorpresa, clima y euphoria. Según Martín, su estilo es “atinada”, y le gusta usar el erotismo del tech house, la potencia del Techno, la elegancia del house, la limpieza del minimal, el timbre del electro, el clima del progressive y la delicadeza del deep house. Todos su estilos bien fundamentados se expresan de un dj set bastante particular y original que distingue a Martín dentro de la escena mundial.Como productor edito por sellos como Dilek (Suiza), Darek (Suiza), Rubberband (Japon), Deepclass (España), Acktivism (España), 4Lines (España). Es el mentor y socio del festival música en el desierto que congrega a gente de todo el país a Córdoba, ciudad en la que mantiene las residencias de La Estación en verano, Gala y Sushiclub en invierno cuando los viajes se lo permiten. 
  • Ojo de Buey (Cr)
  • Ojo de Buey nace en el año 2007 como un proyecto de amigos. Desde el inicio, tocar en vivo fue la razón de ser de la banda. El nombre proviene de la semilla conocida en Costa Rica como “Ojo de Buey”, muy familiar en nuestra infancia, la cual tiene una forma muy singular y es símbolo de la buena suerte. Utilizando el reggae como raíz, la fusión es un componente importante de la esencia del grupo. Ritmos afro-caribeños, elementos latinos, tintes de rock’n roll y un mensaje positivo en sus letras, le dan un aire fresco a sus composiciones y un sabor que invita al movimiento. En agosto del 2010, la banda empieza a grabar su primer disco en una casa en Playa Herradura, Costa Rica, en un lugar donde se logró reflejar el verdadero sentimiento de la banda. Después de 10 días de grabación y convivencia, el proceso continuó en Los Angeles, donde se retocaron varios detalles y se grabó la sección de vientos. La mezcla y masterización también se realizaron en Los Angeles, alcanzando un sonido muy profesional sin perder la esencia de nuestra interpretación. Doce temas son el resultado de un un viaje que apenas comienza.
  • Rafa Verdial (Hn)
  • Rafa Verdial got involved in music early at an early age . Learning to play electric organ & keyboards. Always showing interest for music in general he was very much influenced by 80’s New Wave Bands and 90’s Grunge and Alternative Rock Bands. As a DJ he got started in 2004 playing at small clubs in his home town, shortly thereafter in other cities and clubs in Honduras and Central America. He’s now considered by many as one of the top DJs in Centralamerica, this has earned him a place as a SUNJAM resident DJ, event which is considered to be the hottest party in Centralamerica. (www.sunjamutila.com) Being a part of these events has given him the chance to share decks with national and international DJs such as: Luis Maier, Balto Pinto, Erik Prestinary, Paco Osuna , Xpansul, Tim Xavier, Lee Burridge, Jason Jollins, Gil K, Chris Fortier, Alexi Delano, Ladida, Ziggy Kinder, Pär Grindvik, Alex Under, Joseph Capriati, Marco Carola and others. His sets are driven with high energy, inviting crowds to the dance floor. 
  • Santos & Zurdo (Cr)
  • Santos&Zurdo es un proyecto de fusión electrónica con influencia de la música de India, el funk, house, drum and bass y otros. Activo desde el 2003. Go Deeper into S&Z Santos Gassiebayle was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1978. He picked up the Sitar at age 16, and studied with a Sitar Ensamble for 3 years, before moving to Costa Rica’s pacific coast, in 1998. After a few years studying guitar and working in different parts of the country, he started the Amounsulu World Music Ensamble, which was formed casually by a group of friends who were interested in african rhythms and traditional instruments from different parts of the world. The success of Amounsulu was instant, and quickly took them all around Costa Rica and gave them the chance of travelling to Mexico and Europe. It was at this time, around april of 2003, that Zurdo approached Amounsulu with the intent of collaborating electronics to the organic sounds of the Ensamble. Fernán Castro, known as Zurdo (means “lefty”) was born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1977. At age 18 he left the country and worked a year on a kibbutz in Israel. That experience led him to combine backpacking and studying International Relations over the next few years, all the time developing his self taught music style mainly through busking in Israel and Europe. In 2000 he started the band Parque en el Espacio (www.myspace.com/parqueinspace) and began to study electronic music based on secuencer and sampler production. At the time Santos and Zurdo met, they were both young musicians from an up and coming generation taking the local scene by storm. Zurdo’s original intent to collaborate beats and beeps to Amounsulu didn’t come through, but the idea of a side project focusing on the Sitar and Drum’n’Bass was quickly embraced by both, and as a duo began working on what became their first album, “Souvenir”, which came out with the local Label DDM, the strongest costarrican label at the time. This catapulted them out of the underground, as they won ACAM’s 2006 Album of the Year award for best electronic production. Gaining a reputation of intense live performing, the duo was able to generate a network of small venues all around the country, playing in San Jose for the local crowd and going outside to play for travellers, tourists and “recent locals”. The experience of constant live performing shaped the development of the duo, as they incorporated the electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, and other rhythms and styles, to keep up with what they felt the crowd appreciated. This is how their music became so diverse and increasingly danceable, keeping at the core a mystical feel of soulfelt music and interpretation. Currently the duo works on preproduction of their second album, which will compile the development of these two musicians, augmented by big collaborations from the country’s top musicians, many of which are in constant contact with Santos&Zurdo, as guest performers or alternating in festivals and venues...
  • Tamara Montenegro (Ni)
  • Tamara Montenegro is the leading lady in Nicaragua's electronic music scene. Born in this tropical gem, she is a modern-day nomad in both the planet and the world of sound.  Tamara's passion for the auditory arts and the unique way she tweaks them has been taking her to Dj booths and recording studios across the globe, making her truly international artist with a fan base across the world, from Europe to the Americas.
    Signed with Nosi Music from NYC, Incense Records from Spain and most recently to the 'new edge' Belgian label AoA. As a live electronic musician, working alongside many talented artists in cities like Barcelona, Sofia, Amsterdam, Montreal and New York, Tamara has developed a distinctive approach to treating the dance floor to a refined, tailor-made auditory experience. It is this kind of approach to music production that will make you ask yourself where the dance music scene will be taking us during the next years. 
  •  Silk Skins & Tangerine Dreams by Tamara Montenegro  
  • Volta (Sv)
  • Djs, productores y musicos basados en El Salvador, VOLTA nace como un nuevo proyecto inspirado por la energia que transmite la musica.  Compuesto por Alejandro Martinez  y Peter Müschenborn, VOLTA logra ser de los percusores de el live act electronico en el pais. Ambos integraban el grupo LIVE 3, compartinedo escenario con Infected Mushroom. La nueva propuesta incluye instrumentos musicales como:  las tornamesas de vinil, cd players, sintetisadores, cajas de efectos, guitarras, instrumentos autoctonos, voces y computadores con programadores especiales. Su presentacion es un viaje por los diferentes generos y sonidos creados por ellos, llevandonos desde el ambient, jazz, house, minimal y techno. Este ano sera muy importante para ellos ya que emprenderan un gira Nacional y regional centroamericana presentando sus nuevos sencillos.

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