Wed, 16 Feb 2011 / 1 Comment
If i have to make an image to describe Guti i think i would choose “the hero from the two worlds”. In this situations for sure we don’t talk about military stuff but we talk about important results in the musical field. Raised in a family with the music in veins Guti takes a very special musical growth. In the young age he was a self teaching in piano and a little bit later he was involved in a particular blues wave that will take him to be a very famous rock artist in Latin America. With his rock band he had a great success, but the great reputation was not enough for him. His life seems like dominated by the need to discover something new and the refuse for the monotony. These are the reasons why Guti started to get involved in other way of music like Salsa, Jazz and the electronic music. By chance he found himself in a studio experimenting on house beats and than a little bit later was catapulted into the heart of the German techno house movement. Moved to Dusseldorf (the headquarter of Desolat) is now one of the major talent of the label founded by Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich. Guti loves to discover something new every time and we want to do the same about him, so let’s check out what he told us.
Your was a very active life, from the rock in Argentina to the electronic music in Europe, how it was?
It was a natural journey, maybe looks crazy from the outside but for me it is just music. I have been on this since forever…my time in a rock band was amazing and I am really grateful. I will tell my kids some stories that people dream to live, and that I was there. Now this experience in Europe is unbelievable, making my music, performing around the world, it feels so good.
You performed in front of thousand of people with your band and now you do the same behind the console, are they different experience or they give the same feeling?
When you perform in front of those massive crowds it is all about energy and what you are able to do with it…You give it back as music is a gift. However, the dance floor gives you a feedback that is even stronger than a concert.
you started to live the electronic music in South America and now you live this movement in Europe, in your opinion what are the differences between these two scenes?
The main difference is that in Europe you have 3 or 4 generations that were born listening to this music, and in South America it is something really new. In Europe you have many clubs form the big super-clubs to the underground basements. That means new artists, new tendencies happening all the time so the things move forward really fast. But also down in South American we have got less pre-conceptions, we can show a different point of view and that can make it more interesting.
Your career as an electronic artist started intensely with the collaboration with some labels like Wolf+Lamb, Crosstown Rebels and Raum how was these experiences?
Dorian Paic was the first who trusted in me…in someone who essentially came from nowhere playing piano on top of house music. It was that song with Damian Schwartz on Raum Musik which started everything. Regarding Wolf and Lamb and Crosstown I can say only nice things. It was just a case of good songs in the right moment in the right place. Also my releases on Supplement Facts with Ryan Crosson was important for me, and from that came a beautiful friendship with Guy Gerber with whom I have had tons of great times, which has lately resulted us in releasing songs together…
And than you were noted by Loco Dice, and that means Desolat. How this collaboration is going?
Desolat is amazing, it is my home. I feel really part of it, as they make me feel welcome every day, and that’s why I am releasing my album debut here next month. They are a big inspiration, and give me total freedom to do my music and show the world my point of the view. It is a long term project, Düsseldorf is my home now, my studio and Dice and the gang are my family.
Let’s talk about your debut album “Patio de Juegos” that will be released on March, can you give us a little preview?
I’m so happy about this! There are 14 songs, 14 parts of me, showing my side as a pianist and musician, but also the music I want to hear in the club. It is the result of my first year in Europe, it is an album to listen to at home, and also for the dance floor! It is has been made from the heart, and I hope everyone enjoys it…
Your performances with Loco Dice are very famous in the European clubbing, how is your musical understanding?
I love to play with dice, he is the dance floor! And we have had unforgettable nights together! My understanding of music goes from the body to the mind, I believe electronic music is a physical thing, but at the end you have to make the people think and then feel. Dice is the king of handling crowds and you always learn with him. He makes grow as an artist in every show.
You are an artist who performs Live, do you use a lot of improvisation or you prefer having a clear idea of what are you going to play?
I prefer to not have any idea of what is going to happen! I like to gauge the energy of the people in the club and give it back in my songs. Yes you have some songs that people know and you want to play too, but every night is different and each song comes in a different way, and i guess that is the feeling that keeps you loving this and growing.
How your past influenced the music that you produce and play now?
Everything is an influence, my life, my changes, old loves and new loves. Your musical background is getting bigger in every song you hear, and that is amazing, music moves all the time…
From the past to the future, what is there in the Guti’s future?
My album, touring the world with it, and new songs, new loves and then more songs!
Finally, you are playing at Rashomo in Rome on the 19th Feb – are you looking forward to it, and what can people expect from you that night?
We had a blast in Rome last summer with Dice and tINI, and I am really looking forward to playing there again. People can expect form me the same as every night: I am going to the club every night thinking it will be the best night of my life.
