Pablo Sebastián Lescano (Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 8, 1977) is an Argentine singer, composer, keyboardist, and leader of Cumbia villera group Damas Gratis from 2000.[1] He is considered by many as the founder of the Cumbia villera sub-genre.
Pablo Lescano | |
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 Pablo Lescano in 2011. | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Pablito |
| Born | December 8, 1977 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Genres | Cumbia villera |
| Occupation(s) | musician, composer, singer |
| Instrument(s) | keyboards and voice |
| Years active | 1995 - present |
Biography
editBorn in 1977 in Villa La Esperanza, a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, Pablo Lescano made his first musical experience at the age of 13 years on a stolen[citation needed] Keyboard. As a youth he was active in several local cumbia bands until his 1997 commercial breakthrough with the band Amar Azul. He succeeded both as a keyboardist and as a composer of many of the bands' songs.[2]
With the money from royalties from the success of Amar Azul, Lescano set about building his own studio. In 1999, he concretized plans to create a new form of cumbia, which should be the voice of slum dwellers Argentina. He built around the singer Daniel Lescano, the band Flor de Piedra on which new paths went in text and sound: The text negotiated by the lives of slum kids, drug use, crime and sex, and the music integrated elements of techno and trance in traditional cumbia dance.[3]
Flor de Piedra was commercially very successful, so Lescano tackled another project in 2000: the band Damas Gratis, where he was also active as a singer, but more centrally as the group's producer. This band revolutionized the cumbia villera sound, and was another commercial success for Lescano, winning him several music awards including the Premios Gardel.[4][5][6]
In 2001, Lescano helmed two other bands as a producer under contract: Jimmy y su Combo Negro, a parody of the traditional Colombian cumbia, and Amar y Yo, which is criticized for its sexist lyrics.[7][8]
Discography
editAmar Azul
edit- Dime tú (1996)
- Cumbia Nena (1997)
- Gracias a vos (1999)
- Amaremix (Remix-Album, 1999)
Flor de Piedra
edit- La vanda mas loca (1999)
- Más duros que nunca (2000)
Damas Gratis
edit- Para los Píbes (2000)
- En vivo... hasta las manos (Livealbum, 2000)
- Operación Damas Gratis (2001)
- 100 % Negro Cumbiero (Livealbum, 2003)
- En vivo 2004 (Livealbum, 2004)
- Sin Remedio (2005)
- Sólo para entendidos (2007)
- La gota que rebalsó el vaso (2008)
- 10 Años de Oro (Livealbum, 2009)
- Esquivando el éxito (2011)
- Somos nosotros los buenos (2016)
Dany y la Roka
edit- One (2001)
Amar y Yo
edit- Cumbia Gurisa Baila Petisa (2001)
Jimmy y su Combo Negro
edit- Homenaje a Colombia (2001)
Collaborations
edit- La Luz del Ritmo - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (2008)
- On the Rock - Andrés Calamaro (2010)
References
edit- ^ "Pablo Lescano: el mesías de la cumbia". March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^ El ritmo de la villa Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 12, 2016
- ^ Biografía de Pablo Lescano Retrieved February 2016
- ^ Pablo Lescano, el rey de la jungla Retrieved February 12, 2016
- ^ Premios Gardel 2012: todos los ganadores, La Voz del Interior, Retrieved February 12, 2016
- ^ La cumbia combativa encandila a los bonaerenses Retrieved February 12, 2016
- ^ "Es jodido estar en mi lugar". Entrevista con Pablo Lescano, líder de Damas Gratis Retrieved February 12, 2016
- ^ El sonido tropical que pasó de las bailantas a las discotecas Retrieved February 12, 2016