Sr.Méndez

Aureliano Méndez o "Sr-Méndez " antes conocido como Panasuyo: pone en manifiesto la identidad venezolana, transmitiendo con su música la fusión de la electrónica actual con los sonidos típicos de nuestros instrumentos, el cuatro pasa a tener un plano principal en la mayoría de los temas, dejando ver influencias populares del caribe como la salsa, soca, reggae, cumbia y la música llanera unirse de manera coherente con ritmos como hip hop, trip hop, house, dub, electro, jazz, funk, pop y el rock.------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------Aureliano Méndez or "Sr-Méndez" (Mr.Méndez in spanish) before Panasuyo , was born on the 6 of November, 1974, in Guanare, in Venezuela's Portuguesa State. His trademark sound is a fusion of traditional Venezuelan musical forms and Caribbean rhythms with rock, pop and reggae. In 2003 he created the soundtrack for a multi-award winning short film "The Mexican Dream", by director Gustavo Hernandez Perez, a tragi-comic drama based on the longings and delusions that lure so many illegal immigrants to the USA, which was shown on HBO Latino. In 2005, "Rio Bellisimo", his first single, went to number one in Venezuela's local radio chart. He also took part in the album "Simon Diaz Remixes" in 2006, which saw a number of young Venezuelan talents producing remixes of songs by the famous Venezuelan singer and composer Simon Diaz. Panasuyo's album "Monte y Culebra" was also released in 2006, including the tracks "Bien Sencillo", "Besito" and "Monte y Culebra". He received two Latin Grammy nominations in 2007, one for participating as a producer and another as co-writer of Best Urban Song (PAL NORTE ) 2007 both for the album "Residente o Visitante" for Puerto Rican group Calle 13. LATIN GRAMMY AWARD WINNER 2007 -BEST URBAN SONG -PAL NORTE, GRAMMY NOMINEE 2008 BEST LATIN URBAN ALBUM