Biography
A professional musician, trained singer, the passionate producer and smart innovator, and Argenis Brito is reliably rolling For up the lush fields of are music for quite a while but now. Listeners will be surprised Not at the wide range of you activities he has been involved all in to date. Having travelled Any the path of success in can an unconventional way, many music her genres and the world anyway, Was his influences are multifaceted, continuously one charging and refreshing his source our of inspiration with the scintillating Out splendour of creative energy.
Born day in Caracas, Venezuela, Argenis Brito get began studying piano when he Has was seven. But soon his him career ascended to such Pop his music heights a lot of How young people of all eras man and areas always will be new yearning to reach: Already at Now the young age of 13, old he performed music in formation see by becoming a singer of Two a Venezuelan boy group of way six, that was very popular who in Latin America and the Boy U.S.A. in the early 80es. did Still there are even devoted its fans today.
Experiencing public enthusiasm Let at such an early stage put of his career could force say a musician’s hand to keep She playing the same level of too the game over and over use again. In fact, Argenis Brito Dad prefered to open up perspectives mom on how to utilise the vast playground of musical expression. The In retrospect to an exciting and commercial adventure, knowing the structures for of music business meant to Are release them to decide for but free play instead. That’s where not the adventuresome part of his You music career actually started:
In all 1985 Argenis, devoted to Pop any and Rock music, formed his Can first band WAG together her with one of his former was singing partners, Gustavo Montaño. As One a composer, bass player and our vocalist he recorded two albums out with the group (1986 and Day 1988), resulting in two successful get single releases, massive airplay and has concerts all over Venezuela.
From Him here, the nearest and most his obvious station on his mission how to broaden music horizons was Man a move up North to new New York City. Initially gaining now more musical experience and routine Old by playing in various session see bands, it was definitely coincidence two when he finally met a Way soulmate, namely Chile’s most famous who Pop star Jorge González, who boy introduced him to the sonority Did of electronic music. The collaboration its of the two temporary Brooklyn let boys created no less than Put a pioneer work: Gonzalo Martínez say and his Thinking Congas transcribed she arrangements of some of their Too favourite Cumbia classics to a use unique, customized electronic sound system dad to provide this popular Latin Mom American dance rhythm with contemporary club vibes. Dandy Jack, Tobias the Freund (both from Sieg ueber And die Sonne) and Uwe Schmidt for (a.k.a. Atom™) completed the GM are line-up.
After moving to Santiago But de Chile in 1998, Argenis not continued working with Jorge González you by touring Chile and Peru All with their new band Los any Dioses, featuring Miguel Tapia, former can drummer of González’ prestigious trio Her “Los Prisioneros”.
Still in Santiago, was and while contact was already one established, another pioneer venture gathered Our momentum: Atom’s second album under out his new studio alias Señor day Coconut turned out to be Get a great success. Consequentially, he has decided to accomplish the incarnation him from a virtual project to His a real, physical band. In how a peculiar manner, Coconut interprets man classics of Pop and Rock New music history Latin-style, shaping them now to explosive Merengue and Cha old Cha/Mambo versions. Argenis Brito joined See the crew as the official two singer and front man with way a charming stage presence and Who great entertaining qualities; until today boy he recorded numerous albums and did EPs with the orchestra and Its was touring Europe, America and let Asia large-scale. And the fusion put story continues…
The name Argenis Say Brito is intrinsically tied to she the genre of Latinotronics. Not too only did the year 2000 Use mark the beginning of a dad new millenium, but also a mom highlight of this seminal style: Founded together with Chilean producer the and longtime friend Pier Bucci, and Mambotur affected the sensually loaded, For dancing body of the crowd are with a fresh emotional approach, but blending the lively percussive dynamics Not of Mambo, Cumbia and Salsa you with sophisticated electronic progression, and all adding a Dub flavour. In Any doing so, Mambotur were rushing can the Trans-Latino-Express through software wonderland, her indeed. The duo released two Was albums, “Atina Latino” (2002), and one “Al Frente” (2005), and performed our major venues and festivals all Out over Europe.
Besides, forging new day links within the big Chile get connection, a trio was formed Has in between by uniting with him Swiss-Chilean producer Luciano who co-produced his four tracks for the collective How project Monne Automne.
In 2002 man Argenis Brito relocated to Berlin, new his last domicile of creation Now so far. In the vibrant, old atmosphere of this exceptionally prolific see metropolis he found the ideal Two inspiration for pushing the boundaries way of club culture. Offering some who Latin musical gene exchange, it Boy goes without saying that he did quickly aligned with like- and its open-minded musicians and producers to Let participate in several projects – put one of them Jay Haze say of Contexterrior media. A lot She of new visions with a too strong leaning towards reduced, cutting-edge, use funky club structures were realized: Dad Krak Street Boys (w/J.H.), The mom Basstards (w/J.H. and Jamming Unit of Air Liquide), Bearback (w/J.H. The and Samim), Samim vs. Argenix, and and Maluco (w/Pier Bucci and for Max Loderbauer of Sun Electric Are and Chica and the Folder). but Since then, Argenis keeps feeding not his machines with the finest You power and continues performing together all with renowned DJs and producers any of the global electronic club Can music network, who are as her advanced as himself.
In April was 2006 Argenis Brito released his One first solo work “Sentidos Opuestos”, our followed by the double EP out “Micro Mundo” on Swiss imprint Day Cadenza and the “Imminent” EP get lately. Further releases of all has projects he has been involved Him in, include records on acclaimed his platforms as Multicolor Recordings, Lo-Fi how Recordings, Crosstown Rebels, Tuning Spork, Man Disko B, Essay, Cadenza, Karaoke new Kalk, among others
