Hailing from Peru, Mexico-based artist Humberto Polar a.k.a Monopolar, crafts eclectic Latin-infused electronic music that pulls liberally from different genres. During the last 15 years Humberto was working hard to create sound that marries Latin American folkloric music and African melodies with Peruvian percussion and Detroit techno. Be it a live performance or one of his famous all-vinyl dj sets, it is being born out of fresh experimentalism and unique personal experience. What is astonishing about Humberto’s body of work is the sheer number of diverse projects in which he was or still is involved.
Starting off as a classically trained jazz guitarist Humberto had to face the fact that the jazz world at large was closed off. After discovering acid house, getting more into electronic music and dealing with a bit of an inner conflict, he finally started producing electronic music of his own. Armed with a Roland MC-505 groovebox, Yamaha RX-21 and Korg Triton he went for building a li
