Adaptacion

Producing & DJing under a nom-de-plume, Chilean born, Paul Marmota, makes truly global club music. He started producing at 17, using FruityLoops to build his first beats, whilst living on the rural outskirts of suburban Santiago with his grandparents. 

For Paul Marmota, music & family are one in the same. Marmota’ grandfather had a large collection of science fiction novels & jazz & soul records on cassette, whilst his grandmother was an art professor who would make beautiful collages that decorated their home, exposing a young Paul Marmota to many varied & worldly influences.

 Paul Marmota’s music is an impressive amalgamation of Latin & Western electronic sounds, refracted through a science-fiction lens, seemingly drawing from the past, present, & future simultaneously, which makes it impossible to tie down in any one period of time. 

Paul Marmota’s DJ sets weave his influences intricately together with his productions & home-made edits, creating a global patchwork that would be guaranteed to raise the body temperature of any dance floor.

 Often opting for a more minimalist approach, Marmota’s music is characterised by vivid melodies, peppered with impeccably precise percussion. ’Adaptacion’ works in an album context whilst remaining super functional in the club, constructed with DJs in mind. Not tied to a single approach, the album can not be easily pigeonholed as Marmota’s music consistently reappropriates traditional Latin sounds & samples with a Western club-influence to fit into a global club context. 

Tracks like ‘sS’ & ‘Gio’ re-use & recycle elements from Dembow, most notably the percussion, changing it’s context to adapt to modern dance floors. Some of the other songs on ‘Adaptacion’ such as ‘Maleanteo’, ‘Resonancia’, ‘Hum’, ‘Duro’ & ‘Signal’ were produced on affordable, second-hand hardware purchased in the middle of Mexico City - including a Yamaha dX7, a Roland xp-80 keyboard & drum machines such as the Yamaha Rm1x, Boss DR-660 & a Korg Electribe. The strength in these tracks lies in the principle that limitation is your best friend in creation, utilising vintage hardware to create refreshing & ethereal club tracks. 

Since relocating from Santiago, Chile to Mexico City in 2010, Paul Marmota has been heavily cross-pollinating club sounds. ‘Adaptacion’ collects Paul Marmota’s recent works, delving into many diverse corners of the club music spectrum. Drawing from a variety of Latin musical influences such as Dembow, Tribal Prehispanico, Musica Andina, Flamenco & other worldly sounds such as Algerian Rai & Afrobeats, Paul mixes these disparate styles together with elements of Industrial music, Bubbling, Techno, & Rap resulting in a remarkably reinvigorating reaction to modern-electronic-club music.

 Paul Marmota is one of the most-visible & highly-regarded producers in Mexico’s underground music scene, all whilst having been an essential member of Mexico’s renowned NAAFI DJ collective come record label, up until his recent departure from the group.

 Additionally, Paul Marmota is known for his productions for the the likes of many incredible Latino artists including; Tomasa Del Real, Badgyal, Mc Bin Laden, Yogafire & Fantasy, MC Buseta, Khaled, Kaidy Cain, Yung Beef, El Mini, Fute Billete, James Manuel, Audrinix & Zonora Point.

 ‘Adapatacion’ from Paul Marmota bridges the gap between modern-club-music & Latin America’s rich, indigenous musical heritage with ease, whilst playfully washing the collective dance canvas clean.