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Balam is one of a handful of recent contemporary producers whose music you can pinpoint within just a few bars. The Argentinian DJ, live artist and producer's signature approach to drums and percussion is influenced by his Latin roots; there's a ritualistic sway and bounce to his productions that locks you in from the off.

Merging the synthetic and the organic, his creations are brought to life with analog synthesizers, live percussion and guitars mixed with shamanistic samples and atmospheric FX. While these original stylings have found a home on Playground Records, Esthetique, Multi Culti and Hard Fist, where his most recent Chants Of Pachamama EP saw the light of day, he also finds time to put his hand to edits of some of his favourite bands — the likes of Black Sabbath, Cymande and in the case of today's mix, even The Beatles.

Alongside an interview, get acquainted with his tastes and style, inclusive of several of his own hypnotic works...

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Balam: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

The Multi Culti family invites Argentinian family member Balam for a one-hour guest mix.

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A multicultural percussion driven journey going from psychedelia to acid stompers

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Balam @ Floyd, MIAMI (April 14_2022)

Me encantaría que conozcan más sobre @balamok , quien este viernes 3 de febrero inicia su prometedora residencia en Artlab, compartiendo cabina con Que Sakamoto (Japon) y Viktoria Jauregui (La Plata).

¿Cómo describirías tu vínculo con la música?

Mi vínculo con la música electrónica comenzó hace muchos años, diría que desde el 97/98 cuando empecé a producir mi música con las primeras herramientas que había en computadora y luego adquiriendo sintetizadores, cajas de ritmo y demás. Siempre me gusto la magia que se logra con timbres de sonidos que uno mismo puede crear y generar que son muy personales, únicos y hasta a veces irreproducibles y que solo pasan una vez y que creo que solo se puede lograr a través de la música electrónica, aunque siempre fui adepto a combinarla con instrumentos orgánicos, nunca totalmente electrónica, siento que de esta manera tiene aún más vida.

En tu selecta hay un claro interés por el indie dance y el World music, ¿Por qué crees que te ves influenciado por esa música?

Un poco por lo que conteste antes, porque me gusta que la música electrónica este combinada con elementos orgánicos ya sea percusiones étnicas, guitarras u otros instrumentos de cuerdas o de viento, etc y que además sea bailable en su mayoría, y todo esto está muy cerca del Indie dance y el World Music, es música que se puede bailar y escuchar. Además me gusta mucho la música de culturas ancestrales latinoamericanos y del Medio Oriente combinadas con la electrónica, una expresión multicultural.

Por tu estudio, Submarea, ha pasado muchísima música de diversos artistas. Cuando trabajas el mixing o el mastering, ¿Te sentís parte de la obra? 

Si, “Submarea Estudio” es mi estudio de mezcla, mastering y producción para otros artistas y sellos, trabajó mucho para toda Europa, Israel, Colombia, Chile, México, Guatemala, Estados Unidos y por supuesto Argentina. Siempre que mezclo y masterizo, u obviamente cuando produzco, siento que estoy agregando una parte de mi en las obras, eso me encanta, me hace sentir parte del trabajo de los artistas y me encanta que les vaya lo mejor posible a todos los que pasan por el estudio. De hecho en este mixtape la mayoría de los tacks, diría el 90% los mezcle, masterice o ambos, y también produje alguno de ellos.

El 3 de febrero arrancas a ser uno de los residentes de “El Club del Ritmo” nuevo ciclo de Artlab, ¿Qué responsabilidad conlleva este rol y que te gustaría aportar?

Bueno me encanta esa responsabilidad, ya lo he hecho con un ciclo que tenía que duró casi 10 años que se llamó “Safari Club” por el que pasaron casi todos los DJs de Argentina y muchos internacionales, me gusta mucho generar una identidad y espacio donde todos puedan participar en algún momento y no cerrarse solo a un núcleo de gente. Y ya de entrada comencé aportando el nombre del ciclo “Club del Ritmo” que remite directamente a que el ciclo abarca una amplia identidad musical, desde Indie Dance hasta World Music, pasando por House, Disco, Acid, Dark Disco, Organic House, Afro House, Folk Electrónico, Psicodelia, downtempo, electrónica y leftfield.

Es un placer y un honor que me hayan convocado de Artlab, una de las mejores salas de Buenos Aires, para desarrollar este nuevo ciclo junto a grandes artistas y colegas.

1. Eliezer - Vamos
2. Richie Hell - Blue Giant
3. Genish - The Third Eye
4. JGR - Acid Trama (Balam Remix)
5. Tyu - Tan Ki Dum
6. Persona RS & Macaulay - No Pare (Martin Noise & Della Remix)
7. Acid Arab - Ejma (The Reflex Revision)
8. Mishell - Cocktail Splash (feat. Vongold)
9. Alberto Melloni & A-Tweed - Fuzzy Dream of Tbilisi
10. Theus Mago & Max Jones - Sombra
11. Omri Smadar & Nenor - Smolyan (Night mix)

More Than Music #008 - Balam

Ahead of his anticipated remix for Doctor Dru's 'Setting Of The Sun' Balam delivers a mix tape showcasing huge talent.

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Ya Hala Ya Hala Mixed By Balam (١٣)

BALAM (Argentina)
is a musician, producer, DJ and LIVE act from Buenos Aires, Argentina, focusing in electronic music and world music, combining modular and analog synthesizers with real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track an acid and psychedelic voyage through Latin-American nature and culture.

Balam (Argentina)[思考と発想(Thoughts And Ideas)Time] [25.02.2023]

Artlab Presenta: Club Del Ritmo - Balam (live dj set) (Multi Culti, Hard Fist, Pets, Bs As) 10/3/23

☆Embark on a cosmic musical journey w/ @balamok at Ancient Aliens☆
Recorded live at House of Yes on 4.29.23
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Balam @ House of Yes 4.29.23 ☆ Ancient Aliens

For Viscera 106, we welcome Balam to the series with live recording at Artlab. The recording sees Balam play alongside Pablo Harymbat & Andy Menutti at his own club night, Club del Ritmo.

"Balam is a musician, producer and DJ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, focusing on electronic music and world music, combining modular and analog synthesizers with real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track an acid and psychedelic voyage through Latin-American nature and culture."

With the above in mind, this has seen Balam's releases land on labels that include Multi Culti, Pets Records, Get Physical, Hard Fist and more, and we're delighted to have him involved for the next mix in the series.

Let Balam's recording drift you to the centre of the cosmos.

Enjoy.

@balamok

Balam | 106

My 2 hours set at Compass Party in the legendary WOMB, Tokyo, Japan

BALAM @ COMPASS WOMB TOKYO JAPAN 10FEB24

Playground and Esthetique Rec.'s space commander https://soundcloud.com/balamok is next on our show. Tune in & space out.

BALAM: SPÆCIAL MIX 118

For CDX 025 we have a very special guest

To read our Q&A with Balam, go here: http://codexnaturae.com/artist/CDX025:Balam

BALAM is a musician, producer and DJ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a long time working with his indie dance band that allowed him to play in many countries and festivals around the world, he gets all into his new solo project as producer and DJ “Balam” focusing on techno, disco, shamanic beats all produced and recorded in his studio combining real analog synthesizers, like modular synths, moogs with guitars, real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track a voyage through the latin american jungle.

At the moment he has two releases, “Chaman EP” released through french label ESTHETIQUE RECORDS (FR) in March 2018, available both digital and cassette, and an “Senderos de Selva” out on April 24 through PLAYGROUND RECORDS (BCN/ARG), plus remixes and a track for the Take Away series for the prestigious label Calypso Records from Iñigo Vontier and Thomas Jackson, a track coming soon for the new Spanish label United Colors of Rhythm, plus remixes for labels like Innisfallen (MX), Control (MX), Nein (UK), Emerald & Doreen (Gr).
In June 2018 he made his first USA mini tour with 2 gigs, one in the prestigious Brooklyn, New York radio “The Lot Radio” and the other one in the well known SAMO Records Night at Jupiter Disco, Brooklyn, New York.

Now he is planning his first Mexican tour with confirmed dates in CDMX, Toluca and Puebla plus more to be confirmed.

His work had been supported by artist like Thomas Von Party, Tronik Youth, Golden Bug, Perel, JP Soul, Curses, Rodion, Freudenthal, Thomass Jackson, Veneno, Clandestino, Local Suicide, Theus Mago, Roman and Castro, Marcos in Dub, James Rod, Colossio, K-effect, Man2.0, Connor, Gabriel Ferreira, Timothy Clerkin, Shit Happens, Owls at Down, Vverses, Facets, Dany Nijensohn, Shubostar, Iñigo Vontier, among others.

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Codex Naturae Guest Mix 025: Balam

Balam is a musician, producer and DJ from Buenos Aires, Argentina. After a long time working with his indie dance band that allowed him to play in many countries and festivals around the world, he gets all into his new solo project as producer and DJ Balam, focusing on Techno and Disco mixed with ethnics and shamanic sounds, all produced and recorded in his studio combining real analog synthesizers, like modular synths, Moogs, arp with guitars, real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track a voyage through the Latin American jungle.

In 2018 Balam released Chaman EP on French label Esthetique Records, available both digital and cassette, and Senderos de Selva EP on Playground Records (SP), a track for the TakeAway series for Calypso Records by Iñigo Vontier and Thomas Jackson, one single on Spanish label United Colors of Rhythm, plus remixes for labels like Innisfallen (Mx), Controlla (Mx), Nein (UK) and Emerald & Doreen (Ger).

In June 2018 Balam played for the first time in the USA at the prestigious Brooklyn, New York radio station The Lot and the at the Samo Records Night at Jupiter Disco, Brooklyn, New York. In November 2018 he played in Mexico at Radio Aire Libre and OTTO club, both in Ciudad de Mexico and at Sonorama in Torreon.

His next releases will be Lentombi, released on vinyl by the prestigious label Multi Culti on their Culted series, a remix for Rio Mira on ZZK (Zizek Records) and an EP on the Mexican label La Volta Ros.

His work has been supported by artists like Thomas Von Party, Dreems, Tronik Youth, Golden Bug, Perel, JP Soul, Curses, Rodion, Freudenthal, Thomass Jackson, Local Suicide, Theus Mago, Roman & Castro, James Rod, Timothy Clerkin, Iñigo Vontier, Villa Diamante, Roe Deers, among others.

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We welcome Argentinas Balam to be our second guest of our Mixtape series enjoy this shamanic journey!

Track List:
1. Intro - Shaman songs of the amazon rainforest pasha dume
2. Colossio - Ser
3. Balam - Bahia (unreleased)
4. Leonor - Zor (Kuunde Remix)
5. Iñigo Vontier - Makata
6. Hanzo & Yaman - Max Roland (Balam Remix) (coming soon on Belly Dance Services)
7. Balam - Caleta (coming soon on La Volta Ros)
8. Hanzo & Yaman - Tropicalas
9. Auntie Flo - Kabsa (Nicola Cruz Remix)
10. Drug Face - In The Clouds (Simple Symmetry Remix)
11. The Organism & Moscoman - Rite
12. Kincaid ft. Blancmange - Big Fat Head
13. Celestino - Calypso Take Away 12

TOM TOM DISCO MIXTAPE vol 002: BALAM

We welcome argentinian producer Balam to the Play Pal Series, someone we've been following for quite some time and who'll be joining us also on the next Ep with a superb remix so stay tuned for that.

After being some time in an indie dance band, playing across many countries and festivals, both in Argentina and away from his home town, he's now focused on his solo project as Balam, releasing originals and remixes regularly on many different labels such as Multiculti's sub label 'Culted', Calypso Records, Playground or forthcoming works on La Belle, Tom Tom Disco and the already mentioned remix on Play Pal.

The mix includes many of his forthcoming tracks with his distinctive signature of percussions as one of the main elements, which we hope you enjoy!

Play Pal Mix 033: Balam (Multi Culti / AR)

Balam es un músico, productor y DJ de Buenos Aires, Argentina que proviene de un largo camino con su banda de indie dance con la cual se presento en varios países y grandes festivales alrededor del mundo. 

Su  proyecto llamado “Balam” como productor y DJ enfocado en la música techno y disco mezclando elementos étnicos y sonidos chamánicos, totalmente producido y grabado en su estudio combinando sintetizadores análogicos y modulares, moogs, arp con guitarras, percusiones reales exóticas creando un estilo y una atmósfera única haciendo de cada set un viaje al interior de la selva y la cultura latinoamericana.

Su trabajo ha sido apoyado por artistas como Thomas Von Party, Dreems, Andrew Weatherall, Golden Bug, Perel, JP Soul, Curses, Rodion, Freudenthal, Thomass Jackson, Local Suicide, Theus Mago, Roman & Castro, James Rod, Timothy Clerkin, Iñigo Vontier, Villa Diamante, Roe Deers, Tronik Youth, Simple Symmetry, Ivan Smagghe,entre otros.

Tracks from :

COLOSSIO - RAGATANGA
FABIO FABIO - CHIMERA
Cornelius Doctor - Mama Gets High
Kinkaid - Sequoia Paranoia
Depresion Tropical - Salon Salvaje (Balam Remix)
Yourr - Taurus
Bufi - Concrete Jungle (Thomas Von Party Remix)
Balam - Kuhatemalha
Marzian - Le cercle de la transmutation (Balam Remix)
Gilad Kahana - Africa Sheli (N.O.Y & Obed Gafni "Trippy" Remix)
Radial Gaze - Hiko Hiko
Martin Noise & Marzian - Azucar Umbanda
Niv Ast & Rina - Staccato Sentimento

Balam mix exclusivo para DJ Mag ES

BALAM is a musician, producer, DJ and LIVE act from Buenos Aires, Argentina, focusing in electronic music and world music, combining modular and analog synthesizers with real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track an acid and psychedelic voyage through Latin-American nature and culture.

In 2020 he released Carnaval Acido through MULTI CULTI (Ca) for the CULTED006 only on vinilo including also tracks from Nicola Cruz, Asa Moto, among others, a remix to DJ T. For Get PhysicalMusic, and remixes for Karakter, Richie Hell, DMNSIA, Lassi, among others.

At the moment Balam is about to release his EP “Chants of Pachamama” through Hard Fist Records (Fr.) on vinyl and digital including remixes from Matias Aguayo, Bufi y Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Rai.

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LAYER #236 | Balam

Buenos Aires based, musician, producer, and DJ.
After some apparences on Hard Fist, he finally signs Chants of Pachamama EP, expressing his huge talent.

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> IN DARK WE TRUST:
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Producer - Remixer - Live & DJ from Argentina. 
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Releases via:
Multi Culti, Get Physical Music, Hard Fist, Pets Recordings, Party Central, Earthly Meassures, Sol Selectas, Playground Records, Esthetique Records, United Colors of Rythm, Calypso Records, La Volta Ros, among others