(CAS) Xabier Garmendia aka XGfarru es un DJ donostiarra de 30 años. Estando en Liverpool, en 2018 y de la mano del DJ local Lee, comienza a coleccionar vinilos. Junto a Lee formaban parte del colectivo de DJs Anti Social Jazz Club, con una residencia semanal en el bar The Merchant de Liverpool y un programa mensual en la radio local Melodic Distraction.
Los géneros que suele seleccionar en sus sesiones son bastante variados, incluyendo el jazz, afrobeat, calypso, salsa, boogaloo, brasil… Y sus Djs o selectors de referencia incluyen Antal, Quantic, Gilles Peterson, Uproot Andy o Awesome Tapes from Africa.
En 2020 funda Jazzatik junto a Kino Internacional y Makala, colectivo de DJs que ofrecen sets en directo, mixtapes y reseñas de discos de música de influencias jazz.
(ENG) Xabier Garmendia, aka XGfarru is a San Sebastian-based 30 years old DJ. While living in Liverpool, in 2018 and with the help of the local DJ Lee, he started his vinyl collection. Alongside Lee and others, he was part of the local Dj collective Anti Social Jazz Club, with a weekly residency in The Merchat, and a monthly radio show in the local radio station Melodic Distraction.
The genres that he usually selects for his sessions include jazz, afrobeat, calypso, salsa, boogaloo, brasil… And his reference Djs and selectors include Antal, Quantic, Gilles Peterson, Uproot Andy or Awesome Tapes from Africa.
In 2020, partnering with Kino Internacional and Makala, he formed a DJ collective which, having jazz influences, offers live sets, mixtapes and album reviews.
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