Ricardo Villalobos

Dating back to the first ’90s, Ricardo Villalobos began building an extraordinary discography of 12″ produces about respected dance brands like Playhouse and Perlon, and about the change of the 10 years he was probably one of the most revered suppliers and DJs in dance music. In his youngsters, the Chilean-born Villalobos relocated with his family members to Germany to avoid the armed service dictatorship of Pinochet, and he ultimately fell in using the country’s fertile home community. A minimalist in mind, he trotted the world to review percussion to be able to apply his understanding to his productions, which more often than not sound amazingly expansive despite their simpleness. Furthermore to his personal solo materials, he has documented with fellow expatriate Dandy Jack port as Ric con Martin along with Luciano as Feeling Golf club; additionally, he offers taken component in Markus Nikolai’s Hombre Ojo task. Two superb mixes — 2002’s Like Family members Trax and 2003’s Taka Taka — had been released as his profile was considerably increasing, however the apex of his profession was Alcachofa, a 2003 full-length released on Playhouse. Another full-length, Thé au Harem d’Archimède, appeared on Perlon in 2004 and was almost as amazing as its forerunner. Long-form produces that followed are the dual 12″ Achso (Cadenza, 2006), the two-track/72-minute Fizheuer Zieheuer (Playhouse, 2006), the compilation Salvador (Frisbee Monitors, 2006), the Villalobos-production-centric combine Fabric 36 (Fabric, 2007), and Vasco (Perlon, 2008). In 2011, Villalobos released Re:ECM, where he and fellow digital producer Potential Loderbauer rework monitors from such performers as Arvo Pärt, Miroslav Vitous, Bennie Maupin, John Abercrombie, among others.