Interview with Dj Manuvers
At 31, Pablo Francisco or Pancho enjoys life every rapper wanted to go, and is that with nearly 20 years of incessant work on his back can not be other outcomes that could be expected. Chilean national, was at age 8 when he emigrated permanently to the United States to eradicate with his family in Miami. Since age 13 he began to develop their concerns music, channeling in the art of music mixing; Pancho wanted to be a disc-jockey, Pancho
going to be in front Manuvers Dj. What began as a hobby and an excuse to go to parties, then became a fundamental part in developing his love of music and beats. In 1999 he began his experience as a producer. Manuvers made the natural progression from DJ to producer, exploiting knowledge of the man behind the turntables and vinyl, transferred to the music builds through them using them as a tool.
In 2001 he became co-owner of the now defunct label Counterflow Records
, while on the other hand released his concerns as a solo artist with the label
is said that creatively speaking, the era was the golden age Counterflow of its protagonists, as the global scene marveled at the perpetual flow of ideas embodied in edited productions, to which it recognizes that immaturity Manuvers age was the main cause for seal stop working "We were experiencing a process full creative, did not stop, but someone had to take care of the other party involved a record company. Nobody wanted to take those reins, we were young and that responsibility was seen as something very distant, very adult. We just wanted to keep making music. "
(USA), Project Mooncircle (Germany), RL66 (Japan), Potoco Records (Chile) and Sudamétrica
(Argentina).
It has now launched their new label Music Hometeam
, while handing out half of their week in the best clubs in Miami as a deejay. Manuvers has managed to maintain an advantageous job security, have the comfort of living doing what he does best and always leaving time for these new ideas.
Güissario Interview by Patiño in January 2011 / Photography by Damaris Sedini. Laceldadebob unique property.
discovered the Hip Hop fertility soaking up a scene so strong and consolidated as the U.S.. At that time you were a preteen and left behind the period of adjustment that meant for a greaser reintegrate socially and culturally in the vortex of world power, it was time to go outside to look for an identity and a new hobby to share with friends What made you particularly to make those first contacts with street culture?
was mostly because of my interest in music players to be a deejay, the older brother was a friend and so we got us.
Let me clear if you talking about deejay in the sense of mixing and playing music at parties and put you squarely in the turntablism and all the related technical any disks puncturer ? 
was put music in general, was not shot or pa 'one nor pa 'other - may not have known anything about it - I wanted was to be responsible for putting music, and I particularly liked music, but I do not think that was something very definite at the moment. Was then attached to the wave of Miami, which was much
miami bass,
with groups like 2 Live Crew, or a lot of local things was what I was hearing was what was hot on the radio when we were at school. It was in the age of 91-92 or so when we started to put in some other way and make music at parties.
Tell me about when this youthful curiosity began to have other backgrounds, when they not only mix music off those cravings, but in your head and had formed an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat the word could mean Hip Hop What are your memories preserved how the movement was lived in those days? What was the environment in which you unfolded? Who composed it?
was posh because I started to put more heads in the scene and a musical movement. I started playing music and then Breakdance doing, to break I started to collect records of Hip Hop and form an opinion of their own, an identity with more specific tastes, among them were artists like Black Moon, A Tribe Called Quest and Jeru The Damaja, those were the first disks chosen for me, with them you could say I started my life in this culture more fully. Before it was only
miami bass and other things we bought to play at parties that were more general tastes, we played a little of everything. More than anything we were all friends in the area, the neighborhood. We got together with other breakers
that we know, we met all Friday and Saturday nights in a room near my house was super famous and there danced. Each week we showed a new Guea was an era in which we live strong Breakdance second wave, which came in the mid-nineties, since after its boom in the eighties had gone out a bit. All this somehow also mixed with graffiti, perhaps not so much spray in hand itself, but with the concern to draw and design my own sketches. I got well into Hip Hop culture, including deejay, break, graff ... and may have rapped out there (laughs), but only freestyles over time.
guess the time was normal to be interested in knowing if your home country and there was something similar how this unfolded How you manage to get information about what was happening at the other end of the pole?
At first it was a thing as ingeniármelas, but was that I started to play music in Chile that the fund does not fished much. There was a giant leap of progression, there was no comparison. I do not mean bad or anything like that, but at that time my stop was "I have no desire to listen to THIS GUIDE, if at this moment it is coming here." I have a great affection for the era of the early and mid-nineties, for me came out amazing albums, then at that time to hear some things in Chile was like a step back, did not interest me what was happening.
This changed in the time that I think the Chileans themselves went through a national rap record, a cousin gave me the album
Human Being Shot of Grace when I first came out and there became interested to see the evolution that was coming. It was well produced, well done, was not necessarily my personal taste, but you could tell a good paste.
If we review your history, we find a number of accomplishments and responsibilities are not lower for the curriculum of a domestic producer either, among them are your duties in the now defunct labels Counterflow Records and later in Botany Jibaro, acceptance - and consequently - income of your productions in Japanese and European markets, in addition to yours, a prestigious name and quality on the American scene and much of South America. Could it have been Dj Manuvers a disadvantage to have a career in Chile?
I think so (laughs). If I'd stayed here I would definitely cost more. First is a thing of contacts, and is also like other people accept the music coming from the U.S., is much easier to get to powers such as Japan or Europe if you are a U.S. producer that if you were in another country. The birth of this culture comes from there, then people will welcome more music coming from there ... it's asshole, but it seems that things work (laughs).
Not to mention how the industry moves ...
course, has much to do with that too. Being connected with certain stamps obviously I stand in a favorable position, but the same care we have a level of professionalism and quality, try and improve download never forever, so I think what we stood for a long time . Wanting to show a quality product was one of the first things that we proposed.
Despite your constant contact with local artists, you have not finalized the release of a disc in Chile that is held in conjunction with any of them. Only you have seen in the co-production of some simple figures like Hordatoj, Seo2, Juan Tijoux sativa or Anita, but there is still the issue of a more complete work. Is there any reason why this is so? Does the idea of \u200b\u200ba future project on the agenda?
At this time there has been no more, but who knows. Suddenly I get a little tricky the idea of \u200b\u200bworking with artists Chileans an entire project, because he has struggled to find someone to have a good work rate, I have worked some songs with people, but in terms of a draft has not yet appeared. I try to take the music that I do very seriously, in fact, that's my job along with playing music as a deejay at parties, so if I do not feel that the person with whom I am working on is putting the same effort, or the same force ... I feel like I'm wasting my time (laughs). Do I entendís?
At this moment there is nothing in sight, no album or anything. I think there's creek people who are doing good things and you have to move forward. But with different artists are always looking to make songs, maybe something with Hordatoj for the next album, Anita always have things pending but never made concrete anything (laughs), but most of all we have a friendship, not necessarily the music that connects us in terms of having to work together. Dus Pato FDA and Gene have done some things I would do something with Epicenter, but that is very difficult to place, always go away (laughs). With Juan (Sativa) would be good to work another issue like we did with Nico (Nick Calaveras) and Camille (Tea Time). I am always open to working with people, but Today I am choosing what else to do instead of wanting to help the good vibes as I did several times. I had the experience of wanting to support many people who leave the work launched in the middle and honestly I have no time for that, I do not care ... I have a lot of other güeás to do, I have no reason to be giving away tracks (laughs) . Making it relatively straightforward and short, I gave the option of working a lot of people that if he got well to the micro ... it was no more.
If so, we can state that otherwise was to Mustapha Argentina Yoda, which released the album in 2008
Imaquinar (The machines we imagine)
. This production had a strong reception by critics and quickly has become one of the main references in the Latin American. Here you could work side by side with another pair spic and get these results support you.
course, in fact, that album was originally to be me as a producer and two emcees. The other emcee is a very good friend of mine from Miami who is Colombian, but we had to get out of the equation because he was not working at the pace we were working for us. One thing to be a friend and the other is to be professional, mostly because of wanting to move, go ahead and check out materials. You can not delay for stupidity, well if you took three years to make an album because it really was the time it took you to finish it, but if you take the time to do nothing, or make everything go slower putting buts "no go. For example, Mustafa is also slow to write, but because he is a perfectionist to work and when it ends the letter does cause feelings with the final product, to my taste is good. We finished recording and doing everything like in a year, but came a little earlier, he had some things written and began to combine them, there were armed songs and concept albums.
What is your impression of success? Did you expect as well as positive reactions?
The work we did as I liked the album with Mustafa creek, in fact, when he made the video The child was impressed (laughter). I was so afraid when I sent the video was crap, he said he did not want my name was linked to this Guea ... was bacán that turned out to be quite the opposite (laughs). Surprised me and I immediately thought it was the kind of results he wanted to show the hard work done in South America, sick people in the United States sees this video and find it superb quality. I'm proud to say I worked with American rappers - that they can be something as so far - and have a quality of work as good as this, to show something that you can get to achieve.
Even when they find a partner with to generate a working chemistry similar to the previous example do you see the current momentum within the local rap scene?
I missing stash, but most people need to be educated on how the music industry, and above all to be innovative in the music industry where it goes . Has changed much of how it was five years ago and have to think how it will be between now and the next five years, is one thing that is always evolving. Today there are many more things than before for the label or independent persons to make music. Is the internet, which has an extremely favorable use to promote and to bring music to people in different countries, make
tour bookings, etc ... is something to get in and do it. Locally may not think so - at least that's what touched me to see me - many people making rap in Chile think too locally, then they will smoke in the head by having the disc played on the radio a month example, or by going to five gigs in the month they believe they did, and that is something very wrong, especially in Chile, because I think the art scene is very queer (laughs). All throw you pa 'above, but are the first to throw you pa' down (laughs). Anything goes and you are pisoteándote, if they can throw you shit you're going to pull the tap.
Within the circuit where you move I guess more than you've ever wondered what Chile is the image that is projected? Is there any interest in what happens on the south side of America?
Many people ask me. I humbly say that I have given a very good picture of what is done here, I've done good work with people and that the show forever, like the gringos. They know that there is a scene, you know there's something cooking, but the artists themselves need to demonstrate that this can be done, all I have left now is the Anita last and she has worked for many years, you know it makes cove time and only now been able to use the fact of being female, being Hispanic, having good flow and have an album that was executed professionally. Having the distribution of Nacional Records label, who have supported very well in America, knowing your tool to make good use of what is "Anita Tijoux" in their favor, as a seal and as a promotion. Power put it in a certain market and make it a novelty, rather than trying to put a Latin rapper ... were trying to get good music, and more over a woman, and on top is a rapper, and on top is America. This is new, much more than being a raperou latinou , we tattooed an "L" of "Latinos", eat empanadas and be all cool (laughs). It's good music in another language, comes from a South American country called Chile in the past that seem güeás bacanes Cachai "? (Laughs). This is the entrance to be taken.
Recently gave life to your new label: Hometeam Music. Already had previous experience at the head of a record company as such what promotes this new intervention approaches that make it different from what has been done? What developments can continue?
This has been taken more calmly, I did not throw a seal so strongly in this minute. Let's start with a project we are finishing with a friend called Induce. Most of the album is singing, there very little rap in it, is thrown into the soul wave, with different rates of: house, funk, disco, motown, neo-soul and influences of rap (laughs) as usual. The album will be a joint venture
between his record and mine, my involvement has been in terms of production and marketing ideas. Is the first thing we will draw in 2011.
was interesting to the making of this album, because at first was going to be an EP we were working on the two while he was working on his own as soloist. Begin to realize the disc and took a bit of their "comfort zone" as an artist, I forced myself to work with different rhythms and speeds. Also singing, he was very shy and do all this he realized that it was not much drama to music, was a matter of feeling
, get involved and do not think so. During that both discs were prepared, they began to gather a lot of styles of what we did in the end unite and work are one album with all that stuff we had on display.
At first glance it seems that the main business is unstructured the sound of the kick and snare, to shine more melodic and versatile hues What other horizons pursues Hometeam Music? Why not draw on the expertise gained to date with the Hip Hop to take the first big blow a seal?
My strategy at this moment is working great this album is coming now with Induce. I think he has had enough access to the general public, because it is a mixture of love songs, soulful performances and other trends that are coming a little wider than I have done previously. Botanica del Jibaro with rap was or instrumental, now this is going to reach people like that, but also listen to other things. Also people who do not necessarily have heard my music at first, I want to open a little more public spectrum and at the same time it allows me to meet other characters for more field and hence make more music. Basically I want to open more doors, more choices.
cove collect music, buy a lot of vinyl, I am as always looking for something that gives me different inspirations, rhythms ... a little of everything. Not everything we do has to be Hip Hop, but it has always been that my essence and also have a bit of that essence that makes music.
At your age, you speak with absolute knowledge and control of how the music industry. Earlier we talked about what is happening in Chile at the scene and not wavered in giving your view on how bad he is addressing the helm How bad is the state of things? "Much impossible not to have the backing of a music industry?
from the scene Chilean find many things good and bad. Draws people to download MP3 music, Internet productions and will give away their time releasing albums every so slightly - do not know if the word is dirty - devalues \u200b\u200bmuch musical work that make the same authors. There is a scene that helps each other, there is no culture of people who buy music, very few do, think it is their right to be on the Internet and download it is your choice. I think that if more industry or more cultural scene in terms of some form or other people to pay more for music or support certain artists could create more career. Has much to do with that people realize that need this, I think any group of people can do what he wants. If you have a good team, more over in Chile, which people do quite a lot less resources, and you organize well, you could easily do, even go on tour throughout South America and Europe, exporting your work, give know the identity of your country, but there is very little of that. I'm going back to the example of what I built with Mustafa Yoda. He - being the scene in Argentina is much smaller than in Chile - has traveled to Europe does not know how many times, to Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil have been invited to various festivals ... why he has been able to do that in a much smaller stage and in Chile, which has a history and a much richer rap in general, has not yet been able to do something? There must be a reason why this did not happen no more, no I'm content with that, there must be a why. I think people here do not know how to work very well or does not care to do so.
Do you think this was just not?
not know why it is that, I know there is a problem and I do not invent any response. Suddenly it could be that the same people making the rounds to come together to work in different ways, or go back and learn about other cultures, other music. Is: Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador ... finally there is more likely to do well. What we have to do to mention anyone? Wait for the asshole to do well in a scene much smaller than to say that Chile has. Mustafa from nothing has made a stamp with his girlfriend and has done much more than what most people have done here, with fewer resources as well. More over he was inspired by the Chilean scene, what was happening in Chile with Hip Hop, from the freestyles, graffiti, rap ... found that here was the shit, wine and all I saw was Hip Hop. He went back there and tried to put all this energy - created only in the end - but imagine that if you come here and absorbs everything, you go and let the shit ... but at home where it came out yet. Very few have come from Chile, I believe that now is putting together something with the connections of people like Anita Tijoux or Bitman, but few cases that have been able to do things, at least try to do something that is good . Not necessarily have to be universally recognized, but at least you cache is something, or if someone contacts you because he wants to work with you is also a good thing.
A total of 12 cuts by the MPC originality of SQB, except the track science rap produced by 
BEROOTS BANGERS: BACK TO PRE 
Soon I took to get a maxi that brought issues such as advancement of Bangers Beroots nearby, I also found some compilations 
Reason for last visit to Chile, I was asked to Nick Calaveras schedule an appointment to record the experiences of Dj Manuvers in this small space. A few hours of taking the flight to take him back to the city of southeast Florida, 
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