Pablo Martín Caminero

Spanish double bass player (born Vitoria, 1974), also known as Pablo Martín. At the age of seventeen he started to study contrabass at the Bilbao and Vitoria Conservatoires. Meanwhile he was teaching himself the electric bass, and dabbling in other musical styles. From 1994 he studied at Vienna’s University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Austria, with Josef Niederhammer and Herbert Mayr as professors, graduating in 1999. He’s formed part of the JONDE (Spanish National Youth Orchestra), the EGO (Basque Country Youth Orchestra), and has played with the Ciudad de Granada orchestra, Berlin’s RIAS Jugendorchesster, and Vienna’s Jenesse Orchester, among others. Among the awards he’s picked up so far in his illustrious career are the 1991 Ibiza Special Press Award for Young Artists and first prize at Rome’s 1998 Torneo Internazionale di Musica. Pablo Martín plays with groups from different musical genres, in particular jazz and flamenco, following his role in the ‘Jazzpaña II’ tour. He’s played the Vitoria, Stockholm, Vienna and Miami jazz festivals. He’s currently a member of both pianist Chano Domínguez’s sextet, and guitarist Gerardo Núñez’s trio, with whom he’s recorded the albums ‘Oye cómo viene’ and ‘Un ramito de locura’ respectively. He also works with, among others, Marc Miralta, Perico Sambeat and Antonio Serrano. In 2005 he founded his own record label, BOST Espacio Creativo. Discography: "DOMÉSTICA" (BOST 2005) CD "EL CAMINERO" (BOST 2011) CD+DVD Collaborations: ULTRA HIGH FLAMENCO "BIPOLAR" (BOST/KARONTE 2011) ULTRA HIGH FLAMENCO "UHF2010" (BOST/KARONTE 2010) ABE RÁBADE SEPTET "OPEN DOORS LIVE" (KARONTE 2010) ABE RÁBADE TRÍO "ZIGURAT" (KARONTE 2010) DAVID LAGOS "EL ESPEJO EN QUE ME MIRO" (2009) JAVIER PATINO "MEDIA VIDA" (2009) PASIÓN VEGA "GRACIAS A LA VIDA" (SONY 2009) MARINA HEREDIA "LA VOZ DEL AGUA" (CIBELES 2007) JOSÉ MANUEL LEÓN "SIRIMUSA" (BOST 2006) HOWES, LECHNER, MARTÍN "JKLAZYC" (2003) CARMEN LINARES "UN RAMITO DE LOCURA" (UNIVERSAL 2002) CHANO DOMÍNGUEZ "OYE COMO VIENE" (LOLA RECORDS 2002) CHANO DOMÍNGUEZ "MIRA COMO VIENE" (LOLA RECORDS 2002) HOWES, LECHNER, MARTÍN "JAZZ ON SALES" (2001) Projects PABLO MARTÍN QUINTET ULTRA HIGH FLAMENCO ABE RÁBADE TRÍO LEO MINAX & PABLO MARTÍN CLUB DEL RINCÓN HIPPOCAMPUS Compositions for cinema/tv: Short films "Cluster" (2008) de Pablo martín Caminero "En el frigo" (2004) de David Ilundain "Acción reacción" De David Ilundain "Sonríe" (2009) de Jorge Galeano "Diente por ojo" (2007) de Eivind Holmboe "Celos" (2010) de Jorge Galeano Full-length films "El menor de los males" (2006) de Antonio Hernández "Días sin luz" (2008) de Antonio Hernández "Sofía" (2011) de Antonio Hernández "Hoy quiero confesar" (2011) de Antonio Hernández