Description
Percussion is, at the root, a conversation. It's about instruments meeting and forming something bigger than the sum of their parts. Few engage in this as boldly as Pablo De Vargas, AKA Uruguayan experimentalist Lechuga Zafiro: who draws from tradition to make candombe and clave sound completely new.
Uruguay has long punched above its weight in electronic music. But De Vargas builds bridges between Montevideo, Bogotá, Tijuana, Berlin and beyond. He's a key figure in the hybridisation of Latin club music, with albums on labels like NAAFI and TraTraTrax.
His RA Podcast plays like a manifesto: Gábor Lázár reworks, DJ Fucci, Doctor Jeep, DJ Babatr, Leonce, Nervoso, Ehua—cuban guaguancó, batida, tribal, techno—all stitched with intent.
His 2018 EP Testigo reckoned with colonial memory. His sets ask: what does it mean to inherit rhythm?
Also, he's a killer DJ. Technical, funky, full of hot cues and wild turns.
Read more at ra.co/podcast/985
