Ricardo Villalobos
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Ricardo Villalobos is a Chilean electronic music producer and DJ. He is well-known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres.
Villalobos was born in the capital of Chile, Santiago, in the year 1970. However, at the age of three he moved to Germany with his family after General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende in 1973.
When Ricardo was around 10 or 11 he started to play conga and bongos. Though he loved music, he could never see himself as a musician. In the late eighties he began to make electronic music. From a very young age he has been a a big fan of Depeche Mode, even following their tours around Europe to listen to them.
Villalobos takes much of his inspiration from Depeche Mode, as well as other artists such as Daniel Miller, Thomas Melchior, Baby Ford, Daniel Bell and Andrew Weatherall. He has also taken inspiration from rhythmic South American music.
Villalobos began to play his music at parties while he was studying at university, but this was only for his own enjoyment. He started a label, Placid Flavour, in 1993 but this was unsuccessful. His first record was released on the German Playhouse label in 1994 and he began DJing as a professional in 1998.
[edit] Discography
- Sinus Poetry EP 12" (1993)
- The Contempt 12" (1995)
- N-DRA 12" (1996)
- Heike 12" (1998)
- Salvador 12" (1998)
- 808 The Bassqueen 12" (1999)
- Frank Mueller Melodram 12" (1999)
- Pino Jet Explosion 12" (1999)
- Que Bel Epoque 12" (2000)
- Tomorrov Cocktail / Ananas 12" (2000)
- Bredow / Damm 3 12" (2001)
- 808 The Bass Queen / Filtadelic 12" (2003)
- Alcachofa CD, 3xLP (2003)
- Something Bad / You Wanna Start? 12" (2004)
- Thé Au Harem D'Archimède CD, 3xLP (2004)
- Achso 2x12" (2005)
- Chromosul 12" (2005)
- For Disco Only 2 12" (2005)
- Que Belle Epoque 2006 12" (2006)
- Salvador CD (2006)
- Seive / Jimis 2006 12" (2006)
- What You Say Is More Than I Can Say 12" (2006)
- Fizheuer Zieheuer 12" (2006)
