Manuel “Papayo” Corao maps where he’s been and where he’s going next with On the Road, the Venezuelan-born singer-songwriter’s second independent release.

The Miami-based artist wrote the album over four years, recording its 11 songs during rare breaks from his high-profile gig playing percussion with Pitbull on the international superstar’s never-ending world tour. “I recorded whenever and wherever I could,” he explains. “When I had the time, I made it count.”

The track listing reads like an atlas, pairing the song title with city where it was written. “The best part of traveling around the world is that I get to hear so many different kinds of music,” Papayo says. “I soak up as much as I can.”
 
Written on the move, the album reflects that kinetic energy by covering a lot of ground musically. “For this record, I explored a lot of the music I love,” Papayo explains. On the Road touches on: pop (“Solo Importas Tu”), reggae (“Beautiful Day”), salsa (“Para Ti”), R&B (“Sigo Aqui”), as well as merengue on the singles “Me Faltas Tu” and “Eres Tu.” 

Unlike the album’s eclectic mix of rhythms, the songs are united by themes of love. “I’m a romantic who loves to write about love,” Papayo says. “Most of the songs are from personal experience. But even the lyrics that are not true speak the truth.”

Without a doubt, the most personal song on the album is “Madre.” Papayo wrote the song to his mother, who has always encouraged his musical curiosity. It opens with a gorgeous piano melody played by Jorge Gómez, Pitbull’s keyboardist. “The entire band contributed,” Papayo says, “especially our bass player Leo Brooks, who co-produced a lot of the album and wrote some of the songs with me.” Other guest artists on the album include Motiff, The Agents, Jesse Michael and Cepls. 

For Papayo, the album represents an important landmark on a journey that began when he started writing songs as a teenager. After moving from Caracas, Venezuela to Miami when he was 12, Papayo studied music theory, composition and production before becoming a professional musician at the age of 14, lying about his age so he could join the popular Miami-based band Don Pepe. “I told them I was 17,” he says laughing. “Two years later they found out my real age, but it was too late.”

After touring the U.S. with the group for four years, he left to join Seunalo and later Elastic Bond. Each experience helped him grow as an artist, Papayo says, but none gave him the opportunity to fully express his lifelong passion for singing and songwriting. 

That changed in 2007 when he started Concrete Rebels and recorded the band’s self-titled debut. “It was the album I’d always wanted to make,” Papayo says. As fate would have it, the group was put on hold when he was asked to join Pitbull’s band just weeks after the album was finished. “I did what I set out to do, so I have no regrets,” he says. 

Papayo returns to that crossroads in 2012, ready to blaze a new trail with On the Road. 


Dj resident in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In his career as a DJ he has gone through different club booths on the island, in his sets predominate the deep-house and the most blunt tech-house

Dj residente en Las Palmas de gran Canaria. En su carrera como dj ha pasado por diferentes cabinas de clubes de la isla, en sus sets predominan el deep-house y el tech-house más contundente

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Dj/Producer From Gran Canaria (Spain) considered as a referent of the new genenation of electronic music in the Canary Islands. Since 2007 we've listened to him in several clubs in the islands, displaying an amazing groove and great taste in his sets, what has turned him to be the resident dj in clubs like Velvet Club, Heaven and Rebel Electronic D
ance Club,besides in festivals like Discontrol, Magma or Impaktum, sharing decks with the most important djs all around.

Djohnny started editing as a producer in 2011 with a remix for Overall Music which had a lot of success. Richie Hawtin or Martin Landsky included it in their sets in Magma Fest and Sonar. Later that year , other of his tracks, was included in a v.a. by Overall Music.
Recently,2012, has been edited his firs EP by Lust Recordings (Madrid). "Step by step", has been icluded by Tim Green in his last podcast for Airlondon, and by Richie Hawtin in two of his sets in Mikonos and in the Flow Festival (Finland).

With his sixth sense for spotting a global smash, GRAMMY® Award-winning producer, songwriter, DJ, and performer IAmChino exerts an influential and impactful presence across both pop and Latin music, drawing his expansive vision from real world experience.
“I’ve been around the globe so many times,” he says. “It gives you a ton of new ideas for production, and you look at things differently. I love to mix what’s going on in the clubs with the sounds I hear outside to create this new flavor and lane for my music.”
Following a 10-year grind in Miami’s club scene, he went from DJ-ing in front of millions on stage for Pitbull to becoming a co-writer and producer for the international mega star. In 2011, he would co-produce and co-write “Mr. Worldwide Intro” on Planet Pit followed by “I’m Off That” as well as Global Warming’s platinum-certified “Don’t Stop the Party”—which landed placements in Despicable Me 2 and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. After producing the Latin single “Noche No Termina,” IAmChino would drive the creation of Pitbull’s 2015 Latin blockbuster, Dale, as Executive Producer and A&R, assembling the vision and earning a GRAMMY® Award for “Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.” At the ceremony, he’d share the stage with not only Pitbull but Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Travis Barker of blink-182, and Robin Thicke during a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration. Continuing this hot streak, 2016 saw him produce “Messin’ Around” [feat. Enrique Iglesias] for Climate Change.
In 2015, Jennifer Lopez would tap IAmChino as both a DJ and producer, and he’d go on to share the stage with her at The Hollywood Bowl, Premios Juventud, and during her All I Have Las Vegas residency in addition to creating music in the studio together. This would kick off another chapter of his career.
Signed to Mr. 305 Records, IAmChino properly ignited his solo career with the 2013 debut single "Si Te Agarro" [featuring Fito Blanko & Papayo]. Further developing his signature style, 2016’s anthem “Ay Mi Dios” [feat. Pitbull, Yandel, Chakal] seamlessly stirs together pop prowess, Cuban swing, and an unshakable club bounce, flaunting the power to move bodies anywhere and anytime.
“It gives you Reggaeton, American sounds, and Cuba,” he continues. “We want to shine light on the underground and blow it up!”
He keeps his ear to the streets because that’s where he began his career, performing at house parties and all-ages events around his native Miami at 16-years-old. As he became a fixture in the city’s legendary club scene, Pitbull’s manager Michael Calderon introduced him to the budding star in 2005. He and Pitbull developed an inimitable and irreplaceable chemistry, ushering in a new sound that surpasses all borders.


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