Argentinean DJ El Remolón takes Latinamerican sounds into electronic music. The incredible mixing result has a variety of instruments and a strong dance floor appeal.
Made-Up Disease talked to Andres Schteingart, the brain and hands behind El Remolón.
Could you tell us your first memory music-related…
Wow, I was so young…maybe taking some piano lessons when I was a child. And after that, listening to the Beatles, rock, glam, 80s, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, the brit-pop scene and then lots of electronic music, starting with house going to german techno, minimal, all the kompakt scene, postrock, dub, reggae and cumbia. Then I discovered other Latinamerican sounds as reggaeton or dancehall.
How did you start doing electronic music?
I began djing in the late 2000’s. But have played in some rock bands in the 90s, playing keyboards and programming. So then I started making my own music only with my computer. At the begining I made some idm-pop-post rock music, and later some minimal-pop-techno music as the “Nick of Drole”.
And when did you realize you could bring Latin America’s tunes to your work?
When I realized that I was born and lived in Argentina and that the music I was making wasn’t much different from the music of european countries.
What is El Remolón all about?
El Remolón is electronic music with some hypnothic cumbia vibes and grooves, some energy and powerful reggaeton riddims, some pop lyrics with a bit of big bass, glitch and dub.
What’s the track that best describes what you want to pass on to the public with the project?
Cumbia Bichera is the begining of all. Cumbia is a traditional rhythm in Latin America, Bichera means “bug” that is the name we use to talk about ecstasy. Is kind of cumbia villera (the traditional cumbia for the slums of Buenos Aires), but for people who used to be clubbers, or for cumbia people who want to be on the electronic music scene.
What do you envision for El Remolón in short and long terms?
I want to make some crossmatch between people from other parts of the world and collaborate with different singers. I am talking to women from Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Brazil, Chile, Venezuela or Berlin to make something together, as well as improving the live show and playing in new places.
Do you plan on taking over any new styles?
Yes! Mixing roots with modern music is always openminded. I am interested in discovering music from other parts of Latin America and specifically from Argentina. But I really don’t know what’s going to come next.
Listen to some of his mixes on his Myspace.
Images © Giorgio Ronna
