Gaztambide

BORN IN MÁLAGA, HIS LOVE FOR THE ELECTRONIC SCENE CAME QUITE EARLY, IN THE MANY BREAKBEAT EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN MÁLAGA DURING THE 2000’S. HIS EARLY YEARS IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC WERE INFLUENCED BY ARTISTS OF THE LIKES OF FREQ NASTY, AUTOBOTS, RENNIE PIGLEM OR PRODIGY. OUTSIDE THE ELECTRONIC SCENE, GENRES LIKE REGGAE, AND ARTISTS SUCH AS ALBOROSIE OR ALPHA BLONDY WERE ALSO BIG INFLUENCES AT THE TIME. HIS FIRST ACTIVE ROLE IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC DATES BACK TO 2009, WHEN HE EMBARKED ON A PROJECT BY THE NAME OF PALANKA WARRIORS. BORN AS A DRUM AND BASS COLLECTIVE, PALANKA WARRIORS ALSO PROMOTED A FREE RAVE MOVEMENT IN ANDALUCIA. LATER, HE MOVED UP NORTH TO BARCELONA FOR DAYTIME - WORK RELATED REASONS. IT WAS THERE WHERE HE STARTED HIS JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF TECHNO. ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED BY BARCELONA'S NIGHTLIFE AND THE CITY’S ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY BY HIS FRIEND MARIO PICOSSO. HE BECOME PART OF STRUCTURED RECORDS AND DURING 7 YEARS WAS DEVELOPING AND DEFINING HIS NICHE IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC. ACTUALLY HE IS BASED IN AMSTERDAM AND UNDER THE ALIAS ‘’GAZTAMBIDE’’ MAKES HONOR TO THE CONNECTION WITH HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER, THE BIG COMPOSITOR OF CLASSICAL MUSIC ‘’JOAQUIN GAZTAMBIDE’’ STARTING TO BECOME PRODUCER AND LIVE ACT PERFORMER. PERFORMING IN CLUBS LIKE RADION, ATELIER AND DE SCHOOL AND SHARING LINE UP WITH ARTIST LIKE ARGIE, MYSTRAL,FILIPA PACHO, REGIS, PEARL, LADY MACHINE, REEKO & MORE… HIS SETS ARE FULL OF COLOR ALWAYS LINKED TO THE FLOOR WITH THICK AND HEAVY KICKS, CREATING A COMMON ELEMENT FULL OF LAYERS OF SOUNDS AND TEXTURES. BIG LOVER OF SUTIL PERCUSSIONS AND ORGANIC SOUNDS WITH A BIG INFLUENCE OF HIS BREAKS ROOTS.