Marcelo Ezquiaga

Marcelo Ezquiaga was born in Buenos Aires but considers himself a world traveller. During his career Ezquiaga has played for audiences in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Spain. He has released two albums as a solo artist, ‘Un buen pescador’ (2009) and ‘Hombre Golpe’ (2011) after playing in the band Mi Tortuga Montreaux which released three albums, ‘Mar del Plata en Invierno’ (2002), ‘Mapa’ (2005) and ‘Mi Tortuga Montreaux’ (2006).
He describes his music as a “restless exploration of the margins of pop” and attempts to “describe how the world moves around us.” Because he spends the majority of his time on the road, Ezquiaga’s music is constantly changing. As he comes across new instruments, he attempts to incorporate them into his music.
“My life would not be the same without music,” he says. While he had always been a fan of music, he didn’t realise his own potential until he began the process of recording his first album. “I had to get used to playing in public and the fact that people knew my songs and could sing them, it was amazing,” he adds.
His next album, called ‘Animales Artesenales’ will be released in 2013. He admits that this album is an experiment.
“I try to find the borders of the song and what we normally hear in life and confront the kind of space where the music is less populated but there is much more to do,” he explains.
To him, folklore is a type of music that comes from the interior of Argentina, outside of Buenos Aires. He considers folklore a “constant style” in his music because he is from Argentina, but claims his biggest influences are Cuchi Leguizamon, Ariel Ramirez and Atahualpa Yupanki, who he considers to have “something more than folklore.”
His goal is to make music that is progressive. “My goal is to always break what I can with tradition. Tradition is nice, but what I like more is art and what I have decided to do with my life is transform,” he says. “Transformation is what inspires me and makes me move forward.”
He is planning a piano concert for 4th December at La Oreja Negra (Uriarte 1271). The concert will be filmed by three cameras with movie lights and the audience will be included in the filming.
Visit www.marceloezquiaga.bandcamp.com where you can listen to Ezquiaga’s music and download for free.
- The Argentina Independent

Marcelo Ezquiaga was born in Buenos Aires but considers himself a world traveller. During his career Ezquiaga has played for audiences in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Spain. He has released two albums as a solo artist, ‘Un buen pescador’ (2009) and ‘Hombre Golpe’ (2011) after playing in the band Mi Tortuga Montreaux which released three albums, ‘Mar del Plata en Invierno’ (2002), ‘Mapa’ (2005) and ‘Mi Tortuga Montreaux’ (2006).
He describes his music as a “restless exploration of the margins of pop” and attempts to “describe how the world moves around us.” Because he spends the majority of his time on the road, Ezquiaga’s music is constantly changing. As he comes across new instruments, he attempts to incorporate them into his music.
“My life would not be the same without music,” he says. While he had always been a fan of music, he didn’t realise his own potential until he began the process of recording his first album. “I had to get used to playing in public and the fact that people knew my songs and could sing them, it was amazing,” he adds.
His next album, called ‘Animales Artesenales’ will be released in 2013. He admits that this album is an experiment.
“I try to find the borders of the song and what we normally hear in life and confront the kind of space where the music is less populated but there is much more to do,” he explains.
To him, folklore is a type of music that comes from the interior of Argentina, outside of Buenos Aires. He considers folklore a “constant style” in his music because he is from Argentina, but claims his biggest influences are Cuchi Leguizamon, Ariel Ramirez and Atahualpa Yupanki, who he considers to have “something more than folklore.”
His goal is to make music that is progressive. “My goal is to always break what I can with tradition. Tradition is nice, but what I like more is art and what I have decided to do with my life is transform,” he says. “Transformation is what inspires me and makes me move forward.”
He is planning a piano concert for 4th December at La Oreja Negra (Uriarte 1271). The concert will be filmed by three cameras with movie lights and the audience will be included in the filming.
Visit www.marceloezquiaga.bandcamp.com where you can listen to Ezquiaga’s music and download for free.
- The Argentina Independent