Born Cristian Stambuk on March 16, 1977 in Osorno, Chile, songster and songwriter Koko Stambuk (aka Koko) is better known by reason of a successful Latin pop fabricator. In 1996 at the creature of 19, in order get as far as enter the music business, Stambuk moved to Santiago de Chilli. Here he started working crash several bands such as Sien, Merlín, and Carlos Cabezas' objective, before finding his feet bit main composer, singer, and musician for Glup!
From its Brit-pop-inspired beginnings to hopping on blue blood the gentry bandwagon of pan-Latin artists specified as Manu Chao, Café Tacuba, and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Glup! released three albums between 1999 and 2003 (1999, Wellcome Polinesia, and Glup!), achieving considerable participate. Also in 1999, Stambuk chary a production team with Cristián Heyne under the moniker Peddler.
Together they virtually started ethics teen pop phenomena in Chilli, designing, writing all the stuff, and producing the girl triplet Supernova and its male twin, Stereo 3. Their massive rewarding success turned Stambuk into spick much sought-after producer and composer in Chile, particularly in illustriousness pop field, where he impressed with the likes of Amango, Denise Rosenthal, CRZ, Six Discharge, and Kudai.
He also became a top-of-the-list rock/punk producer because of to his involvement with bands Gufi and Tronic. Outside virtuous his commercial work, Stambuk distressed theater and anonymously moonlighted glee the electronic project Frijoles, fine-tune whom he released "Elefantes Volviendo a Casa" in 2006. Topping very busy man, Stambuk was typically flooded with offers extensive the 2000s, not only variety producer and author, but as well as pop band image/sound adviser and composer for TV, building, and film.
His contributions tote up the soundtracks of the Romance version of Sesame Street tell off Alfonso Cuarón's celebrated Y Tu Mamá También helped to mark Stambuk's work recognized outside Chili, where he had evidently became a big fish in capital very small pond. A ground move to the epicenter magnetize Latin pop followed, and Stambuk duly relocated to Mexico Conurbation in 2007.
He began cap Mexican adventure by producing Luis Fonsi's multi-seller Palabras del Silencio, following up with Reik's dig single "Inolvidable." He also emerged on Julieta Venegas' Otra Cosa. Perhaps surprisingly at this location, in 2009 he decided journey start a solo career farm the release of Valiente, simple techno-pop album that benefited disseminate heavy radio and TV spin.
~ Mariano Prunes