With imported vinyl being prohibitively expensive and a traditional predominance of 'Rock Nacional' as the preferred style of music for Buenos Aires' rebellious youth, electronic music never had it easy in Argentina's sprawling capital. Besides the more commercial clubs, like the 'Pacha' or 'El Divino', an interesting underground scene has however developed in recent years, gaining international respect with artists like Barem or Guvstavo Lamas.
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Sebastian 'Seph' Galante started to study music by playing the piano and percussion at the age of 7, discovering urban beats and electronic music at the beginning of the millennium at the tender age of 15. His characteristic production style combines sparse and glitchy minimal techno grooves with elements of modern classical music,...
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One of the major figures of Buenos Aires' young electronic music scene, Gustavo Lamas represents a style that is influenced by modern minimal techno aesthetics, but at the same time remains deep, reflective, melancholic at times, and doesn't shy away from occasionally expressing itself through beatless ambient soundscapes. His...
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Of Chilean origin and currently commuting between Buenos Aires and Paris, Matias Aguayo is a true cosmopolitan. Living in Cologne in the early years of the millennium, Aguayo became known as part of successful minimal pop duo Closer Musik alongside Dirk...
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Hailing from Buenos Aires, Mauricio Barembuem is one of the most prominent figures of minimal techno in South America, mostly due to his releases on Foundsound Records and Richie Hawtin's Minus label.
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Living high among a forest of skyscrapers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Franco Di Lorenzo works diligently in his home studio, recording minimal techno as Dilo, while his futuristic pop experiments appear under his Elephant Pixel alias. His musical tastes and influences include IDM, abstract hip-hop, indie rock, folk, minimal techno...
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