Биография

Montoya, who grew up in Colombia and now resides in Italy, entered music as a classically trained violinist. His classical education revealed whole new worlds of music and allowed him to sample different cultures from a young age by playing at renowned orchestra theatres such as Gran Teatro de La Habana in Cuba and the Musikverein in Vienna. He eventually joined Fabrica, a “cultural subversion center” based in Treviso, Italy, which provided the creative framework for him to experiment with art, photography, film and design; evidently apprising the cinematic qualities of his music. His influences are vast and rooted in the musical diaspora of his native Colombia; indigenous folk music hailing from Amazonian and Andean tribes, the cosmopolitan synthesis of modern reggaeton and traditional salsa taking place in Bogota and Medellin, and the Afro-Caribbean stylings of Cumbia and Champeta. Fusing these with the multi-layered precision of his classical education and affection for melodic electronica, his discography is at once ambitious and comfortingly familiar.