Juan Campodónico

Juan Campodónico is a Uruguayan musician, composer and producer. His name appears in dozens of influential musical projects, including the creation of Bajofondo along with Gustavo Santaolalla, where he is member, producer and composer. Also he leads Campo his most recent project and Peyote Asesino. As a producer he worked on albums by Jorge Drexler, Luciano Supervielle, El Cuarteto de Nos, Ximena Sariñana, Santullo, La Vela Puerca and No Te Va a Gustar, among others. He has been awarded with four Latin Grammys, the Argentinean Premio Gardel and various Graffiti awards in Uruguay for his work, as well as with many gold and platinum records. He was nominated to the US Grammy and the MTV Europe awards. With one foot in global contemporary music and the other in South American rhythms, Juan applied the ideas brought by electronic music –synth, sampler and remix culture- to his work, creating a new trend from the southern region of South America. Influenced by the Afro-Uruguayan music of candombe and by tango and milonga, rhythms that represent the continent vast mix of cultures, Juan blend these sounds in a unique way defining new forms that integrate these musical traditions, often underappreciated by the colonialist and standardized view of Latin culture. These ideas are made explicit-in different ways- in Bajofondo and Campo.