Guti: The Jazz Prodigy Who Electrified Techno
Some artists follow trends—Guti rewrites them. A child prodigy pianist who stormed Argentina’s rock stadiums before conquering techno’s darkest dancefloors, his story sounds like a tango remixed by Ricardo Villalobos.
Born with rhythm in his bones, Guti first dazzled as a "sensible and intense" jazz pianist, his fingers spinning complex harmonies into gold. By his teens, he’d swapped smoky clubs for screaming crowds, joining iconic Argentine rock bands Jóvenes Pordioseros and Intoxicados. Stadium tours, platinum records—the rockstar life was his… until techno stole him away.
In 2006, Guti plunged into electronic music, fusing his jazz intuition and Latin roots with raw, jacking beats. The result? A sound "full of soul" (Rolling Stone) that caught fire from Buenos Aires to Berlin. Labels like Desolat (Loco Dice), Wolf + Lamb, and Supplement Facts became homes for his genre-defying EPs, while fans like Villalobos and Luciano spun his tracks into sunrise sets at DC-10.
Live Wire Energy
Forget DJs—Guti’s live sets are the stuff of legend. Whether shredding keys over a minimal groove or dropping his Desolat double EP bombs, he turns clubs into ecstatic, sweat-drenched rituals.
In His Words (from our interview):
"Techno didn’t find me—I crashed into it. Jazz taught me freedom, rock taught me rebellion, and now? I’m just chasing the electricity in the crowd’s skin."
Why Guti Matters Now
As electronic music flattens into predictability, Guti’s unclassifiable style—jazz’s spontaneity, Latin’s heat, techno’s punch—is a rallying cry for raw creativity.
Next Move: Rumor has it his upcoming LP on Raum...Musik will blur lines even further. Prepare for chaos with a groove.
Thank you for joining me today Guti, let’s start with your greatest inspirations or influences?
Emotions, personal experiences, love, feelings & broken hearts
Most memorable event so far?
Last weekend in Mamaia (Romania) was out of this world, we had a desolat vs cocoon party. I then played with Sven Väth at the beach in the after party for one hundred hours, with the black sea as a background with Dice and all my friends dancing it was just amazing. It was just one party after another with great friends and absolute madness.
Other favorite dj's/producers?
I tour with with Loco Dice all the time, so he is a big influence for me. Particularly the way he manages to get the crowd crazy. I'm also touring with Marco Carola, and he is amazing, both are dancefloor killers. Then I have my friends Seth Troxler and Shaun Reeves, who play amazing music in a different way. I am currently working with Guy Gerber for Desolat, and he is truly a super talent.
Plans for the summer?
Fortunately, I´m on permanent tour, and every week is an adventure for me. Big League in Ibiza for the first time... Cocoon Amnesia, Dc10, Space... should be crazy. Moscow in two weeks and I just love that place. Sonar Festival.
Favorite websites?
Newspapers, and I love to google everything I'm getting addicted to that... and i love www.failblog.org as an anti-Sunday thing.
Favorite city in the world?
Tokyo (Japan) because its just amazing, and Buenos Aires cause its my place in the world, my story.
How do you think the music industry is changing?
With technology you can create a song easily, or at least have the illusion of doing so, which then makes some guys think they're artists. Thats fucked up for me. So now there's a million new producers and labels every day that have no clue or idea of music, or feelings and just want to put a song out. So the level goes down. Songs without soul, lower level of listeners, no one buying original music. It makes it harder for the real songwriters to survive in the industry. but so is life. As always the strongest, the more talented will survive-and maybe that's a good thing too.
Favorite track?
Hallelujah I love her so. Ray Charles
Anything else youd like to share?
I miss my dog.
Interview by Leila Antakly
