Gastón Arévalo
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Gastón Arévalo is a Uruguay
an electronic artist
who has performed in various international festivals and events. His music is a combination of ambient
textures and organic rhythms, noises, and sounds, mixing electric-acoustic collages and visual landscapes. He has an aesthetic interest in nature as fundamental influence in his sound.
In its beginnings its work contained an important audionarrative influence, that soon it was disappearing before a search to deep melodies and visual landcapes. He works with visual pieces that incorporate in his live presentations, experimenting in live cinema and visual code.
At 2011 he compose a work called "Deriva" based on the tales written by Horacio Quiroga
. This work is released at limited edition tape format. He shares line-ups with artists like Biosphere, Sun Ra Orchestra, Minilogue and many others.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an electronic artist
Electronic musician
An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers....
who has performed in various international festivals and events. His music is a combination of ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
textures and organic rhythms, noises, and sounds, mixing electric-acoustic collages and visual landscapes. He has an aesthetic interest in nature as fundamental influence in his sound.
In its beginnings its work contained an important audionarrative influence, that soon it was disappearing before a search to deep melodies and visual landcapes. He works with visual pieces that incorporate in his live presentations, experimenting in live cinema and visual code.
At 2011 he compose a work called "Deriva" based on the tales written by Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer....
. This work is released at limited edition tape format. He shares line-ups with artists like Biosphere, Sun Ra Orchestra, Minilogue and many others.
Discography
- [SLG045] Deriva (Cassette Limited Edition) (Sweat Lodge Guru)
- [pass004] Marea (LP) (Passage)
- [thn109] Austral (EP) (Thinner)Thinner (netlabel)Thinner is a netlabel founded by Thomas Jaldemark and today operated by Sebastian Redenz and Ole Schulte as leading parts of an international team. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Thinner is one of the most consistent and successful netlabels of recent years...
- [thn099] Ultramar (EP) (Thinner)Thinner (netlabel)Thinner is a netlabel founded by Thomas Jaldemark and today operated by Sebastian Redenz and Ole Schulte as leading parts of an international team. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Thinner is one of the most consistent and successful netlabels of recent years...
- [C6] Pez de Piscis (EP) (Cyan)
- Música para Pecéras (EP) (Tropic)
Live presentations
- Pictura Gallery (2011)
- TodaysArt Festival (2009)
- De Unie Theater (2008)
- Medelink Festival (2008)
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Festival (2007) - Centro Cultural España (2007)
- Sputnik Festival (2007)
- Festival Estudio Abierto (2006)
Exhibitions
- Limerick School of Art & Design (2010)
- CCEBA Sound Art Exhibition (2007)
- Zemos98 8va edición (2006)