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WHERE TO GO & WHO TO SEE IN
SOUTH AMERICA
COLOMBIA
Artists
DJ Sebass -
www.myspace.com/sebassdj
The Unreal Project (DJ / producer) -
www.myspace.com/proyectoirreal
SOUTH AMERICAN
DJ Decca -
www.myspace.com/dkprofile
DJ Dopecore -
www.myspace.com/dopecore
Rockman (DJ/ producer / promoter) -
www.myspace.com/rockmanlab
D&B
Events/info
www.myspace.com/partypixel
www.bogotaelectronica.com
www.ravinglacapital.net
www.bogotrax.org
www.myspace.com/bogotaproject
CHILE
Artists
DJ Fat Pablo – hosts weekly show on Radio Zero
Words Ed Aarons called Caja de Ritmos (Drum Machine)
P-Basic (producer) - produces more tech step
The Ego (DJ/ producer / promoter) -
With vast differences between each country artists to his night +160 in Buenos Aires over the
www.myspace.com/theegodnb
in social and cultural terms, it’s perhaps past six years. “The best thing we have are the long
unsurprising that the evolution of the drum & sets, everybody plays at least two hours, like house Events / info
bass scene has developed at a separate pace. Some club DJs,” he says. There are two dedicated sites in Chile, the biggest
Chilean artists have started producing tracks in one is
www.drumandbass.cl and the oldest one
their native tongue, with others even bringing “The producers come and play only the stuff they is
www.naciondnb.com - on both sites there’s
local instruments into the mix. produce and represent the local sound. We don’t info on the parties and some info on the DJs. On
have a specific style or sound maybe some tango-
drumandbass.cl there are now plans for an internet
“Some people tried to make drum & bass using influenced tunes - we don’t have MCs, just the video channel.
a ‘trutruca’, which is a circular instrument made music and also the warm-ups of the nights include
from a cow’s horn,” explains The Ego. “It’s other styles, like dubstep, hip hop, breakbeat and
favoured by the Mapuche Indians but has yet to experimental electronica stuff.” ARGENTINA
really take off. This country was really influenced
by the Brazilian boom in the early 2000s so you The legendary Fabio is among the artists already Artists
still see a lot of that in production and DJing. planning trips to South America in the next few Badboy Orange (DJ / producer / promoter) -
We also have some female singers called Damada months, with regular nights also well established
www.myspace.com/orangebadboy
and Maka Melendez who have mixed up Chilean in Venezuela and Costa Rica. DJ Buey (DJ)
www.djbuey.com/
hip hop and drum & bass to produce a new Bass Reflex (producers)
sound which is growing steadily both here and “The scene has become massive and I feel really
www.myspace.com/bassreflexpy
in Venezuela.” proud because I was involved at the start,” Giorgiolive (Producer)
admits Suv. “I am into creating a future so we
www.myspace.com/giorgiolive
Suv is currently working on a new album with a can come together tomorrow and not just for DJ Felipee (DJ / producer)
Chilean band called Huaika after they featured the moment.”
www.myspace.com/djfelipee
heavily on his ‘Follow the Sun’ long-player and is DJ Loder (DJ / producer)
planning several visits to the rest of the continent “It reminds me of when I first started out,” agrees
www.myspace.com/djloder
before heading off to Belize to work with Big Silver. “There’s a hype and energy about everyone DJ Maga-Lee (DJ)
www.myspace.com/djmagalee
Bud. And with parties that don’t even get started when they go out and that’s great to see. It’s just DJ Sick-Boy
http://mas160.com/nudjs/
until 1am and often last until the time when most like the old days – that kind of love you get when
people are on their way to work, you can see why. you’re on the decks and it’s wicked to get that kind Events
of feedback. Everyone’s starting to produce music +160 Buenos Aires -
www.mas160.com/agenda
“In Chile everybody drinks at home and goes to so it’s an exciting time to be involved.”
the club really late,” confirms The Ego. “One VENEZUELA
thing you notice immediately is that there are lots Want some advice? Get out there and find out
of girls in the parties and that’s very unusual in for yourself. Artists
this style across the world. We usually start with
some other style for the warm-up and this year DJ Omik (DJ / promoter) -
we’ve been putting a lot of dubstep, but when
www.myspace.com/djomik
the first drum & bass beat comes on the speakers, Oxxo (DJ / producer) -
www.south-embassy.com
you can always hear a big scream and everybody
gets crazy! The DJs that play here can really feel COSTA RICA
that energy - people in Chile get so crazy in the
parties, it’s wonderful!” Artists
It’s a similar story in Argentina, where Badboy Cr beats (DJ / promoter) -
Orange has welcomed many of the world’s leading
www.myspace.com/crjunglistcrew
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