Ottawa Prog Vibes 245 - February 17th 2024
Guest DJ: Leandro Murua (Cordoba, Argentina)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/leandromuruamusic | www.facebook.com/ott.prog.vibes
Instagram: www.instagram.com/leandromuruadj/ | www.instagram.com/ottawaprogvibes/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6Bzr0sB1KwWGpb9CrPJIQ

TRACKLIST
Redspace & ISMAIL.M - Street Codes 
Leandro Murua - ID
ID - ID (Leandro Murua Remix)
Leandro Murua - ID
Agustin Pietrocola - Distracted  
KAZKO - Last Runner (HAFT Remix) 
Shayan Pasha - Synonym (HAFT Remix) 
Leandro Murua - ID
Enzo Paradiso & JUAN BUITRAGO - Prisma (Original Mix) 
Gorkiz & Mind Echoes - Without Your Noose (Digital Mess Remix) 
ID - ID (Leandro Murua Remix)

We are lucky this week to welcome Leandro Murua, DJ and producer from Córdoba, Argentina. His sets are characterized by atmospheric sounds, powerful bass lines and a lot of groove, mixing styles of progressive house and techno. Leandro started in 2015 playing in private parties or meetings with friends. His career as a self-taught producer started in 2020, signing his first track on UK label Superordinate. Today he has more than 100 tracks, signed on the best labels of the genre, including The Soundgarden, Mango Alley, Freegrant, UV , Deepwibe Underground, Manual, Yomo, Aboriginal, Univack, Pro B Tech, Sunexplosion, Traful, Magnitude Records, Balkan Connection SA, OneOfAKind, 3rd Avenue, and Soundteller.

Leandro has remixed artists like Kamilo Sanclemente, Cary Crank, Juan Ibañez, Sinan Arsan, kay-D among others. In early 2023 his EP Lunar Object from the great German label YOMO reached top-10 progressive house releases on Beatport. 

He has played in many of the top clubs in his city of Córdoba, as well as sharing a booth with different artists from the local scene. He was invited to collaborate on various podcasts and radios from different parts of the world including England, Turkey, France, Montenegro, and Brazil. He has received the support of great artists such as Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Sahar Z, Nicolas Rada, Gai Barone, Mariano Mellino, Analog Jungs, Antrim, John Cosani, Paul Thomas, Gustin, Rick Pier Oneil, Fernando Fereyra, among others.

Ottawa Prog Vibes

Ottawa Prog Vibes 245 - Leandro Murua (Córdoba, Argentina)

Leandro's Soundcloud

This is OUR house! And in our house, we will play house music! And there will always be house! For house music is now before and forever, in our house! Because this IS our house, and in it we PLAY house!

ABOUT OTTAWA PROG VIBES

Alain M.'s weekly podcast, Ottawa Prog Vibes, is now in its 7th year and is a recognized presence among Canadian Electronica shows. The show has two goals: showcase progressive DJ's from Ottawa (and Canada) to a global audience, and bring international DJ guests to an Ottawa (and Canadian) audience). 

Alain plays three out of every 10 shows. His mixing has been noted as particularly creative and smooth, a skill that allow his sets to be experienced as seamless stories.

An offshoot series, called Mellow Prog Vibes, is released every two weeks and focuses on more chill vibes, slightly more downtempo, to create a more relaxed vibe. It is curated by OPV resident DJ Boraa, who plays every other episode, with guest DJs playing the alternate.

Ottawa Prog Vibes and Mellow Prog Vibes are broadcast weekly on UK's Saturo Radio, New York's Chill Lover Radio and Ottawa's Blast the Radio.


ABOUT ALAIN M.

Alain M. started dj’ing in his early 20s and played a variety of clubs, big and small, in Ottawa, Montreal and Kingston. From teenage influences in progressive rock, metal and blues, and later New York and Chicago house, Dutch techno and early trance, his style has evolved towards the more melodic, infectiously rhythmic and thoughtful sounds of progressive house, with a particular fondness for Argentinian productions.

Over his 30+ years as a DJ, Alain has cultivated a signature melodic, danceable, and thoughtful style with enough surprises to keep even the most devout listeners on their toes. His live events, organized only a few times annually, are a hypotonic, transformational experience for attendees, putting the Nation’s Capital on the map for electronic music. He has organized and collaborated in a number of events including Levitar, Sunday Meet & Beat, Sit-Down Sessions, Shake my Thursday and Expeditions, attracting a thoughtful crowd who stay mesmerized by his melodic, danceable sets, always peppered with delightfully unexpected sonic elements.

Alain M. is also a guest DJ submitting regular sets to several radio and online outlets. He is a resident on X-Beat Radio (France, Belgium). He was a monthly resident on Abyss Sound Experience on QuestLondon Radio in 2021 and on UK-based Beach Radio between 2021 and 2024.

He has appeared as a guest on a number of shows in several countries including the UK, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Peru, Turkey, Israel and the US. In Canada, he has been featured as a guest DJ at several events by Ottawa-based Music.Art.Ppl, on CHUO FM’s Vanguard Pulse Radio, on CKCU FM’s Lost In Bass and Mapped Out Radio, on Montreal’s Afterhour radio show and on Toronto’s ION radio show.

I'm not a DJ, not a producer, and not an artist. I just listen to a lot of progressive house, techno, tech house  music and I like to feel. The darker, the better.