MENEO is Rigo Pex, a guatemalan born european based producer who since 2005 dwells into the electropical sound. His energetic stage presence and wild vocals have performed in some of the biggest festivals in Europe like Dour, Fusion, Primavera Sound, Sónar, Misteryland and Transmusicales. On the Spanish scene he has created a tazmanian devil of energy that has left no man standing, having a loyal and obsessive band of merry followers who never miss his shows. Whether they come for the bleepy cumbia, the naked jumping or some dubstep merengue is not important, the Meneo phenomenon brings the party like no-one else can.
MENEO FACTS
10 years ago MENEO coined the term electropical to describe his sound.
9 years ago: started getting people naked at his gigs just for the sake of it.
8 years ago: Diplo’s label Mad Decent mastered his first album: Santa Nalga.
7 years ago: played at Primavera Sound and left his desk job ...
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MENEO is Rigo Pex, a guatemalan born european based producer who since 2005 dwells into the electropical sound. His energetic stage presence and wild vocals have performed in some of the biggest festivals in Europe like Dour, Fusion, Primavera Sound, Sónar, Misteryland and Transmusicales. On the Spanish scene he has created a tazmanian devil of energy that has left no man standing, having a loyal and obsessive band of merry followers who never miss his shows. Whether they come for the bleepy cumbia, the naked jumping or some dubstep merengue is not important, the Meneo phenomenon brings the party like no-one else can.
MENEO FACTS
10 years ago MENEO coined the term electropical to describe his sound.
9 years ago: started getting people naked at his gigs just for the sake of it.
8 years ago: Diplo’s label Mad Decent mastered his first album: Santa Nalga.
7 years ago: played at Primavera Sound and left his desk job at Vice.
6 years ago: co-founded the chiptune crew micro-BCN and rediscovered the gameboy.
5 years ago: toured around 15 countries and played 70 times.
4 years ago: moved into Madrid and got signed to the Subterfuge label.
3 years ago: played at the first Boiler Room in Mexico.
2 years ago: started hosting the Latinator podcast for national radio3.
Last year Mene o played at Sonar Festival and this year he’s heading for SXSW.
Rigo Pex is also a musicologist from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and before his MENEO project, part of the wave of music fueled by the rise of the Internet and it’s bedroom producers, he had a tropical nu-metal band called Pealcubo. Also, he previously was the host of a daily radio show on Radio Exa, Guatemala… during peek hours. During that time he was also co-founder of the Tripiarte festival, part of the performative group Blue October and ran the first electronic parties in Guatemala under the name Castle Rave. He also worked as a content programmer at La Fura dels Baus and at the KBB gallery, the Kultur Bureau Barcelona.
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