Villa Diamante
Villa Diamante (bourgeois Diego Bulacio , * 1980 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine mashup producer and DJ . He became known for his unusual mixture of cumbia , hip-hop and Argentine rock and pop music and is now the most important Argentine representative of the genre.
The name comes from a slum in the city of Lanús , a suburb of Buenos Aires.
Work as a mashup producer
According to his own statement, Bulacio produces with a PC from the 1990s with a sound card for 25 Argentine pesos (approx. 5 euros ). As is customary in the mashup scene, Villa Diamante's works are freely downloadable from the Internet. So far, he has released two albums that he does not offer for sale for ideological and legal reasons ( copyright mashups are still controversial). On the other hand, he earns his living selling merchandising items (especially CD cover artwork and stickers ) and his fee as a DJ.
In terms of style, Bulacio prefers mixtures of hip-hop and Argentine artists, especially from Cumbia Villera , a musical style that emerged in the slums of Buenos Aires at the end of the 1990s, but also Argentine rock and pop artists such as Intoxicados and Gustavo Cerati .
Work as a DJ
Bulacio became known as the organizer and resident DJ of the weekly event Zizek (named after the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek , who is married to an Argentinian) in the Bonaren discotheque X Vos in San Telmo , which is themed about mashups. Initially an underground event, the party quickly became known beyond the borders of the Argentine capital and abroad. It was named one of the best events of the year by the Clarín newspaper in 2006, and it also featured among other things. a. to an entry in the travel section of the US newspaper The New York Times . In 2007 the event moved to the larger Niceto Club disco .
Villa Diamante performed as a DJ at Creamfields Buenos Aires and at events in numerous countries in South America.
Discography
- Cash Up , 2006
- Bailando se entiende la gente , 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lo Nuevo - Article in Clarín
- ^ Zizek, el filósofo que en Buenos Aires también es una discoteca , Clarín, June 15, 2007
- ^ Making the Most of Those Long Argentine Nights , The New York Times, February 4, 2007
Web links
- Villa Diamante website
- Myspace profile of Villa Diamante
- Interview with Bulacio at the culture portal www.vuenozaires.com (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diamante, villa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bulacio, Diego (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian bastard pop producer and DJ |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |