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Candela Recordings

Art & Music es la que hay

About Me

38 years old born in Ponce Puerto Rico. Move to Rio Piedras in 1980 with my family. My fathers are from Chile move to ponce around 1965 from Madrid spain. I graduate from High School in 1986 and college in 1990. Got married in 1992 and have to beautifuill kids, now they are 4 and 9 years old. I open my first bar Don Pablo in 1991, for first time in PR you can go to a bar and listen to good music and see good art shows. Did my first exhibition with paintings the opening of Don Pablo home of the famous 30 oz. drink Papa Jac (my best invention ever). After that open a lounge/gallery called Alo Bistro it was a huge loft on a second level half bistro half gallery with dj booth and everything. After that open Rumba for the people that likes live latin music. Then i open Candela that is the must dificult of all since the commitment with art & music that i like is the same that nobody cares. After 5 years having more 100s of dj/producers and painters from Fauna Flash and Boozoo Bajou from Germany to Bugz in the Attic and Quantic from the UK to Little Louie Vega to Joe Clausell, Nickodemus to Red Bud , Bobbito to Rich Medina, Bastrad Jazz to Truth & Soul, Busquelo to Captain Planet, Dj Cute to Queen Majesty, Sasha from Organic grooves to Thomas Ryan,Tyler Askew and karl Injex from Rude, Scribe to Enesto Vigo, Osiris to Raeo, Nappy g to Mariano and i can keep going and thats only in music in art at the gallery Lee Quinones to Dzine, Rosstar to Jose Parla, Swoon to Shepard fairey, david Ellis to Doze, Chris Mendoza to Rich Jacobs, Mike Ming to Mike Houston, Os gemeos to Nina this april, Dalek to Ruby Osorio, Ricky Powell to WK, Maya Hayek to Yuri Shimojo, miguel trelles to Arnaldo morales, Charles juhasz to Aaron and the list goes on and on.

My Interests

EVERYTHING THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD

I'd like to meet:

EVERYONE BUT NOT SHADY PEOPLE PLEASE.

Music:

VERY INTO FUTURE LATIN MUSIC NOW. LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO AT CANDELA, SCHEMA, RAW FUSION ETC. AND WHAT CAN HAPPENED WITH FUTURE COLLABORATIONS.ALSO PAYING ATTENTION TO NEW SCHOOL KIDS DOING MUSIC HERE IN PR HOPING THEY START USING THE HERENCIA LATINA. BESIDES THAT I JUST CAN'T MENTIONED IS TO MANY FAVOURITES BUT REMEMBER A SERIES OF COMPILATIONS IN THE 90'S CALLED VOLUME AND CAME WITH A BOOK THAT SHIT CHANGE OUR LIVES HERE IN DON PABLO.PROBABLY MY STRONGEST INFLUENCE IS SILVIO RODRIGUEZ BUT THE FIRST RECORDS I HATE THE NEW ONES. LISTEN TO THAT SHIT AND ANYLIZE IT WITH FRIENDS FOR NIGHTS AND NIGHTS (OR MORNINGS). THATS WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT COMMITMENT AND HOW IMPORTANT FRIENDS ARE. BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG I WASN'T IN SOCIAL SIENCE OR HUMANITES I WAS STUDYING FINANCE AND NEVER VOTE IN MY LIFE (FUCK POLITICS). I THINK THAT I LEARNED SO MUCH SHIT FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. IT WAS SOME TIME AGO BUT I FEEL GOOD I DID IT. I ALWAYS BEEN INTO FEELING GOOOOD SCHOOL .

Movies:

HOMBRE MIRANDO AL SUDESTE, MEMORIAS DEL SUBDESARROLLO, STAND BY ME, RUSHMORE, THE UNFORGIVEN, CELESTINO Y EL VAMPIRO (A CLASSIC IN OLD SAN JUAN), CARLITOS WAY, BAHH AND A BUNCH MORE