Biography
Pate de fua was created in Mexico by the well known musicians Yayo Gonzalez and Guillermo Perata. Pate de fua grew out of the motivation and need to make a unique approach that combines different musical influences.
Since the musicians of Pate de Fua play more than one instrument (accordion, bandoneon, cavaquinho, banjo, cornet, alto horn, guitar, contrabass, drums and voice) this leads to an unconventional proposal of extreme versatility
Giving priority to their personal concept of interpretation, making original arrangements and compositions, and keeping a careful selection of the repertoire, Pate de Fua has become one of the most distinguished groups within the Mexican musical scene.
The original compositions are from Guillermo Perata and Yayo Gonzalez. These compositions have a strong influence from old musical styles, which are widely enriched by the talent of the musicians of the band. The repertoire includes jazz, waltzes, mussete, fox-trot, tango, tarantella, paso doble, and distinctive elements of the traditional world music, explored and composed by these outstanding musicians. With their creativity they offer us a rather unique style that leads to a modern attitude that has not been previously known.
They have great artistic, creative, and interpretative backgrounds. They all come to pate de fua from different musical pathways such as Jazz, Tango and Classical music leading to the merging of their styles and personalities which in itself creates the identity that characterizes the project.
Considering that in today’s musical horizon it is much easier to fall into repetitive formulae that express abstract languages to force avant-garde expressions. Pate de Fua proposes without forcing, invites by the work itself, emphasizing its own musicality and essence. The complexity of such material is not in the language, but in the careful selection through the search and development of musical material. This rescues the basic spirit of the music that was, is and will be born to be listened.
Pate de Fua has performed in great mexican stages and festivals such as Festival del Zocalo, Lunario del Auditorio Nacional, Festival del Desierto, Festival de Puerta de las Americas, Museo de Arte Moderno de Zacatecas, Festival Internacional Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, Feria de San Marcos, Festival Internacional de San luis Potosi among others.
Instrumentation
Yayo Gonzalez (Guitar & Voice)
Guillermo Perata ( Cornet, Banjo, Cavaquinho & Alto Horn)
Victor Madariaga (Accordion & Bandoneon)
Alexis Ruiz (Vibraphone & Marimba)
Jorge Luri Molina (Contrabass)
Gabriel Puentes (Drums)
Yayo Gonzalez (Guitar, voice, composition and Lyric writing)
Born in Buenos Aires Argentina the 14th of may of 1977. A composer, song writer, singer and guitar player. Studied at the “Escuela Popular de Musica del Sindicato Argentino de Musicos” (1997-2002) and in the “Conservatorio Nacional Juan Manuel de Falla” (1998-2003) and is currently living in Mexico City where he has founded Pate de Fua.
He has taken courses with Eduardo Kacheli, Juan Benitez, Armando De la Vega and Gustavo Mozzi among others. He has taken part in different musical groups:
Plaque Trio, a tango guitar trio, where as a founding member and musical arranger he has performed during the period of 1998 to 2002 and participated in tango festivals in Argentina such as the festival of music from the “El festival de la musica del sindicato argentino de musicos “ sharing scene with artists such as Rodolfo Mederos and Leon Gieco.
Yayo y los Gonzalez: Southamerican popular music quintet, were he has worked as a composer, musical arranger, guitar player and singer during the period of 1999 to 2003. With this group he traveled to Mexico for the first time and participated in the “Festival Del Centro Historico” in Mexico city.
Guillermo Perata (Cornet, Banjo, Cavaquinho, alto horn, composition and musical arrangements)
Born in Buenos Aires the 31st of January 1973. Studied classical trumpet with Pascual Mazzitelli (Teatro Colon stable orchestra). Developed remarkable features in improvisation in an autodidact form, participating since 1992 in several musical groups with different styles.
Since 1998 he is a leading instrumentist and musical arranger of the Jazz sextet. “Los Rolling Stompers”. With this group he has performed in the most important stages of Buenos Aires.
In 1999 he formed a quartet "Cuarteto de las dos Trompetas” and in the same year he took part in the Argentinian Jazz Orchestra. In July of the 2000 he traveled with this orchestra to the “34th Montreaux Jazz Festival” as one of the main soloists. Since 2003 he is living in Mexico city and has participated in diverse projects such as “Tijuana Trash”, "Arte 01 Big Band" and "La Tricota del Ritmo". In 2004 he forms the group "Los Rolling Stompers" again with some of the most remarkable Mexican jazz players and in 2005 Pate de Fua.
Jorge “Luri“ Molina (Contrabass)
Born in Mexico City. At the age of sixteen he began studying classical contrabass and jazz at the “Escuela Superior de Musica” with Nikola Popov.
He has performed in Jazz festivals in Germany, France, United States and Mexico.
He has recorded more than 15 discographic materials with the most remarkable mexican Jazz musicians. He has played with musicians such as Fernando de la Mora, Eugenia Leon, Francisco Cespedes among others.
Now he plays with the jazz Big Band Zinco group, la tricota del ritmo, Ricardo Benitez Jazz Quartet, Perata-Molina-Kaut trio, Magos Herrera, Gonzalo Romeo and is a founding member of Pate de Fua as the contrabass player and Dancer.
Victor Madariaga (Accordion and Bandoneon)
Born in Mexico City and studied accordion at the .”Escuela Nacional de Musica” of the UNAM (Mexican Autonomous National University). During two years he studied accordion at the Gniesin Institute in Moscow Russia and became the first Latin-American student with a scholarship in that institution, one of the most prestigious world institutions in the accordion cathedra. He took magisterial classes with the Italian accordionists Aldo Rizzardi and Claudio Jacomucci and with the Argentinean bandoneonist and composer Cesar Olguin.
As a soloist he has performed in different recitals in Mexico City and in other places of the country as well as in radio and T.V. He represented Mexico at the international accordion contest held in Caracas Venezuela. He has also performed with different theater and dance companies in Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Italy, France and all over the Mexican country.
Alexis Ruiz Pearson. (Vibraphone and Marimba)
Drummer and vibraphonist born in Mexico City. He studied musical theory and piano at the “Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Musicales”. He also studied harmony with Margarita Vega and took a course in recording techniques in Canada. As a drummer he performs with the rock bands Jessy Bulbo and Titan. As a Vibraphonist he has collaborated in groups such as Los Chamberlains, los Shajatos and Pate de fua.
Gabriel Puentes (Drums)
Born in Santiago, Chile. I took lessons from Ricardo Ruiz, the best teacher available locally, before leaving in 1999 to settle in Mexico City. Some other teachers I've had lessons from are Ralph Peterson, Jr., Billy Hart, Antonio Sanchez, Tony Martucci, Ari Hoenig and Ben Perowsky. I was part of the School for Improvisational Music 2002 summer workshop, where I had private lessons from drummers Nasheet Waits and Jim Black, and from bassist Mark Helias, plus group lessons with Ralph Alessi, Peter Epstein, Steve Coleman, Don Byron, Uri Caine, J. Granelly et al. While still in Chile, I also studied AfroCuban hand percussion with Cuban masters David Ortega and Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana. I've been playing mostly jazz for the last eight years in a wide variety of bands, from duos to big band. I've played and/or recorded with the most accomplished musicians in Mexico (locals and from abroad), including Agustin Bernal, Mark Aanderud, Tyler Mitchell, Diego Maroto, Miguel Villicania, Eugenio Toussaint, Alejandro Campos, Ken Basman, Iraida Noriega, Cristobal Lopez, Aaron Cruz, Rey David Alejandre, Remi Alvarez, among many others. I've also been chosen to join foreign musicians while touring or recording in Mexico; some of them are Eddie Gomez, Donny McCaslin, Ivan Renta, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Tianna Hall, Roland Guerin, Marian Petrescu, John Leftwich, J.D. Walter, Jay Rodriguez, Nicole Henry, Denisse Perrier, Beat Kaestli, Brent Jensen, Ellen kaye, et al. I've played all over the United States, as well as in Europe, Canada, the Southern Pacific and Latin America, having been featured in some very important Jazz Festivals, concert halls and venues. I was selected as a finalist for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Scholarship in 2003, where I was the only Latin American finalist and the only one who didn't have a degree from any music school. I look forward to growing more as a musician, playing with more people from everywhere and hopefully bring something unique and my own to the musical context I'm in.
Discography
Pate de Fua: Musica Moderna
Single: La Cancion del Linyera
Radio Airplay: Horizonte 107.9, Radio Ibero 90.9
(Mexico)
Links
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