Matias Aguayo and Kenny Glasgow b2b Nitin

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The body of work that Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist Matias Aguayo has made over the years defies conventional classification. Thanks to his idiosyncratic approach, it has allowed him to forge a unique artistic path, leaving a distinctive and indelible mark in every discipline he explores.

Throughout his career, Aguayo has fused electronic music, performance, theater, art, composition, and community outreach into a fun-yet-profound singular vision that continue to expand. Each project bears his unmistakable brand of humor and avant-garde spirit. Now based in Mexico City, Aguayo presents his latest album, Anenoa, which further explores his musical curiosities.

Born in 1973 in Santiago de Chile, Chile, Aguayo has built an influential discography that includes Are You Really Lost? (2005), Ay Ay Ay (2009), and The Visitor (2013). While these records have helped him make his mark, it’s onstage where his talents really shine through.

Breaking down the barrier between performer and audience, Aguayo has perfected the art of the DJ set, engaging with the crowd and getting everyone excited. His most celebrated live format is an expanded show that feature backup vocalists, dancers, and percussionists to deliver euphoric experiences for attendees. These performing collaborators are usually involved in the local scene where Aguayo is performing.

Anenoa marks the next step in Aguayo’s evolution, a feel-good yet experimental electronic album that embraces unpolished sounds to create music that invites chaos in, in the best possible way. Driven by groove and lighthearted charm, the record unfolds as a vibrant, no-skips masterpiece.

Aguayo is also well known for his collaborations with artists such as Michael Mayer, DJ Spoko, Dirk Leyers (as Closer Musik), and Battles, as well as recent work with Deena Abdelwahed, Lucrecia Dalt, and Julianna. In 2009, he co-founded the Cómeme label, which made a huge impact in the electronic music world by bringing forth talented Latin American artists such as Rebolledo, Ana Helder, Sano, and Alejandro Paz, among others, as well as his own material.

As an artist, he has been involved with major art institutions. He has also been an official collaborator of Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Casa Del Lago in CDMX, and Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral in Santiago de Chile. His collaborations with director Oliver Fredj and Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet for works like Krush (2024), Flouz (2023) and WATCH (2022), are socially-engaging works where detainees performed as actors in an effort to raise social awareness for prison reform.

Social outreach has remained a constant in Aguayo’s artistic life. His work spans homeless shelters, retirement homes, prison outreach, and hospitals like the Pitié-Salpêtrière. Projects like BumBumBox and Nueva Red De Bailadores reclaim dance as a political and communal act in public spaces, merging his artistic vision with a broader commitment to social change.

Kenny Glasgow is a North American electronic music pioneer, a role he’s held for over two decades.Though the Canadian star has spent the last 5 years as the half of the acclaimed duo Art Department, functioning as a musical engineer, composer of both music and lyrics, and vocalist, he is now returning to his solo roots. Before he started touring the world, releasing influential full lengths, headlining major festivals and gracing the cover of taste making magazines with Jonny White, Kenny Glasgow already had a cult and loyal following dating back to the early nineties!

Glasgow first became immersed in the scene as a promoter, putting on illicit warehouse parties in his native Toronto before progressing to become resident at acid house mecca The Buzz and later the world famous Industry Nightclub. It was there that he picked up a sense of what worked dance floors, both in terms of DJing and production. Always putting these lessons to great use whether solo or with Art Department, his own emotive, tortured sounding and unique gravelly vocals have very much become his trademark.

Nitin’s story begins with Detroit, the techno mecca that has spawned an endless lineage of talent over the last 30 years. The sounds that emanated from Motor City through his radio in London, Ontario left an indelible imprint and inspired him to embark on a career that continues to flourish to this very day. Record shopping in Detroit led to a meeting with Mike Huckaby and Nitin subsequently playing the legendary Shelter at the age of 17. From there on in his fate was sealed.

From throwing parties in his hometown, to relocating to Toronto in 2005, Nitin proved his worth as a music lover, bolstering his DJ skills with regular gigs and becoming a prominent promoter in both London, Ontario and Toronto. Through his endeavours he established himself as a key protagonist within Canada’s fertile house and techno scene. In a short space of time he was not only touring across much of North America but also making regular visits to Europe, playing some of the continent’s most legendary clubs, including DC10 (Ibiza), Panorama Bar (Berlin), Fabric (London), Showcase (Paris) and Nordstern (Basel). His years of experience inform every set; presenting music that holds true to the spirit of house and techno music, played with panache and dexterity.

In every aspect of his multi-faceted career Nitin injects passion, dedication and an unwavering thirst to keep striving to be the very best he can be. It’s the catalyst behind a career that has already lasted 20 years and will no doubt continue for many years to come…