Boogat
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Background information | |
Birth name | Daniel Russo Garrido |
Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Latin, urban, electronic |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2004 | –present
Labels | Maisonnette |
Website |
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Boogat is a Canadian-Mexican musician from Montreal, Quebec,[1] whose style blends hip hop with Latin music styles such as cumbia and reggaeton. He won the Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year for his album Neo-Reconquista at the Juno Awards of 2016 and the ADISQ Awards of 2016.
Of Paraguayan and Mexican descent,[2] he was born in Quebec City to immigrant parents and raised in the Beauport borough of the city, then moved to Montreal in 2001 where his career took off.[3]
Performing initially in French, Boogat switched to Spanish after playing with the Latin music group Roberto Lopez Project and Electro producer Poirier. He released his first full-length Spanish album El Dorado Sunset in 2013. [3] The album won two Prix Félix for Best World Music Album and Producer of the Year at ADISQ 2013.[4]
Neo-Reconquista, which includes collaborations with La Yegros, Sonido Pesado and Pierre Kwenders, was released in 2015.[5] Exclaim! gave the album an 8/10, noting that Boogat has "long moved past being known simply as a "Spanish-language rapper from Quebec" and who has committed to a more textured artistic evolution and genre-agnostic growth".
San Cristóbal Baile Inn, which includes collaborations with Andrés Oddone, Frikstailers, Miss Bolivia, Niña Dioz and Lemon Bucket Orkestra, was released in 2017.
Discography
- Triste et belles histoires (2004)
- Patte de salamandre (2006)
- Rmx Volume 1 (2008)
- Que pegue Duro y Violento (2010)
- Esperanto Sound System (2011)
- Esa Mujer (2011)
- Pura Vida EP (2011)
- El Dorado Sunset (2013)
- Sunset Remixes(2014)
- Neo-Reconquista (2015)
- San Cristóbal Baile Inn (2017)
- Aquí Remixes EP (2018)
References
- ↑ "Boogat le conquérant". La Presse, May 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Boogat: Du Québec à Mexico DF". Huffington Post, February 16, 2016.
- 1 2 "Boogat, le Latino-Québécois qui trace son propre chemin". Le Devoir, February 9, 2013.
- ↑ "L'Autre Gala: tous gagnants d'un seul Félix". La Presse, October 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Boogat: Neo-Reconquista". Exclaim!, May 5, 2015.
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