Alfonso Caballeros

Alfonso José Caballeros Solares, a DJ and music producer who has collaborated with Lazy Soul, Schalldeluxe, Aereotek, Creptonite, Egothermia, Black Drop and Fierce Animal records. His interest in electronic music genre began when he was thrilled by the electronic sounds and synthesized melodies of L'Amour Toujurs album. His firsts approaches with the local scene were given through national radio shows and in parties from the music collective Musica 502. As an artist he makes progressive house, techno, ambient, chillout and lounge genres. His firsts music influences were Stephane K, Superchumbo, Sergio Argueta, Azzido da Bass, Trancesetters, and Lee Burridge among others. Nowadays some of his favorite artists are Jay Lumen, Bas Albers, Ramiro Puente, Agent Orange, DJ Dextro, Rolando Hodar, Kostas Maskalides, Chicago Loop, Phutek, and Chris Craig. He has been on stage with Carlos Valdez, Guillermo Porras, Token Selekta, Gabriel Cazali, Dub Selector, Junglist Selektor, Badi Yalid, Rod V, Mr. Warpaint, Lainfiesta, Diego Pleitez, and Alejandro Rivera. For Alfonso "the local scene has had an important output since 2009. Several genres have become public and the lists of DJs and producers have become longer. Among them there are artists who have signed in various important foreign labels and the have known how to stay Guatemala afloat in the global scene. More support from promoters is needed in order to give a chance to the new artists who get into the scene; keeping a filter so the quality that's handled doesn't decrease. As a negative side there are more opportunities to close friendships, so this doesn't allow talented people to get known in the field. Guatemala has won a good position as one of the most prolific and important scenes in the Central American region." Alfonso recommends us the following local artists: Gabriel Cazali, Mncve, Alejandro Rivera, Wuillermo Tuff, Rod V, Lujo Prado, and Token Selekta.