New Sounds of Chile #5
As last year ended with an intense flourish, and 2022 is just getting going with the Southern Hemisphere summer ready to go, this round-up takes a broad look at some late 2021 releases as well as the newest... Read Article
Motivado
PREMIÈRE: Syntrovert Reworks ‘Cobalto’ on New Remixes EP from Motivado
Electronic music made with analog equipment has always had a certain elegance. In the hands of Motivado it is also especially mellow, marrying cosmic disco and Balearic ambience on his first full length Cobalto, which dropped in 2017.... Read Article
El Sueño De La Casa Propia’s Latest Project Bruxista Gets The Remix Treatment
An all-star cast of Santiago’s electronic producers have gotten together to remix Human Resources, the debut album of Bruxista, the new experiment from Jose Manuel Cerda, the man behind El Sueño De La Casa Propia (ESDLCP). From Motivado to Daniel Klauser,... Read Article
Barda, Daniel Klauser And Vaskular Remix Motivado On Latest Single ‘Seres De Crau’
Motivado‘s latest album, Cobalto, was a getaway movement where he pushed forward the post-disco and balearic signature sound of his first productions, to go all-out spatial and ambient, with a live set that can hardly be described in... Read Article
El Buga’s Curiche Mixtape (Samples, Remixes & Originals From Chile)
A selection by El Buga and Sounds And Colours, covering different takes on folkloric and electronic music from Chile, featuring artists from all over the world sampling Chilean sounds, original tracks from producers of the local music scene... Read Article
REVIEW Motivado – Cobalto
With time and the knowledge gained in parallel projects, his electronic trio Estancia La Mar, and his continuous collaborations with female vocalists like Kinética or the Argentinean Violeta Castillo, Motivado has shown a deeper and broader aspect of... Read Article
Watch Violeta Castillo Dance To Motivado’s Club Rhythms In ‘Pavimento’ Video
Electronic music artist and singer songwriter crossovers always deliver interesting pop music results, even more when they’re not from the mainstream. Add to this concoction an international twist and you’ll get the Chilean producer Motivado and Argentinean performer... Read Article
S&C New Latin Music Playlist #1
Welcome to a brand new feature on the site, a regular playlist that will bring you some of the music we’ve been listening to here on the Sounds and Colours stereo. To start off we’ve got 20 tracks... Read Article
Electronic Chilean Trio Estancia La Mar Release First Vinyl Record
Is hard not to fear expectations when you create a team of virtuoso artists to play alongside each other, but when Motivado, from Discos Pegaos label; Pablo Muñoz a.k.a. Gargales, from production team De Janeiros; and classical music composer, Juan Pablo Abalo from pop... Read Article
Joining Forces As A Tool: An Interview With DJ Dementira
With the recent release of the fifth year anniversary compilation of Discos Pegaos from Chile, we feel the need to talk with one of the key players at the label. Multifaceted yet still low-key and very approachable, Ariel... Read Article
REVIEW SidiRum – Intercambio EP
When ZZK Records helped put the global spotlight on the tropical experiments being made southerner than your average electronic hubs of innovation, it opened a whole new space for independent netlabels and bedroom producers to connect and share... Read Article
Motivado Gets The Latin Treatment On His New Profiterol Remixes EP
Being known for his hypnotic and synth-heavy futuristic disco tracks, Chilean producer Motivado, from the prolific independent label Discos Pegaos, goes deep into tropical rhythms on his latest release, a remix takeover of his Profiterol EP. Starting with... Read Article