Released on the compilation "10 Years of Pantamuzik"

10 years of Pantamuzik

Me preocupan otras cosas

Me Preocupan Otras Cosas - Original Mix

PNTMZK003 - Vampira EP

Vampira

La Bouche (Niconé Rmx)

PNTMZK005 - La Bouche EP

La Bouche

L'autre Bouche

https://www.beatport.com/release/gold-gaia-va-compilation/1384447

Gold Gaia VA Compilation

Carta

PNTMZK040 Monopolar Carta

Enanos

https://www.beatport.com/release/camila/252064

Lobo

Camila

https://www.beatport.com/release/ubersalsa-ep/375571

Ubersalsa - Sierra Sam & Marcus Vector Remix

Ubersalsa - Original Mix

Las Cajas - Clint Stewart Remix

Ubersalsa EP

Las Cajas - Camea Remix

Las Cajas - Original Mix

A 2009 EP released on Soundselective Records by Monopolar, with remixes from Milly De Mori and Landed

Jalapacalima EP

Jalapacalima (Landed Remix)

Happy New Jackie (Milly DeMori Remix)

Happy New Jackie (Original Mix)

Jalapacalima (Original Mix)

Ghost, shadows and queens VA Compilation

Shining

New EP from Pantamuzik artists Monopolar and Signal Deluxe. Featuring remixes by Tobias Freund and Agaric.

B2 Greasy Pleasure - Signal Deluxe (Tobias. Remix)

B1 Greasy Pleasure - Signal Deluxe

A2 Formalism - Monopolar (Agaric Remix)

A1 Formalism 4-Monopolar

A hardware-only live improvisation as played at a Playground Records party in Buenos Aires, nov 2018. Rework by Monopolar live at his Mexico City studio, January 2020.

LIVE IMPRO 2018 (2020 REWORK)

New Monopolar EP by Pantamuzik. Available now in digital stores.

Formalism 6

Formalism 5

Formalism 3

Formalism 2

Formalism 1

Hailing from Peru, Mexico-based artist Humberto Polar a.k.a Monopolar, crafts eclectic Latin-infused electronic music that pulls liberally from different genres. During the last 15 years Humberto was working hard to create sound that marries Latin American folkloric music and African melodies with Peruvian percussion and Detroit techno. Be it a live performance or one of his famous all-vinyl dj sets, it is being born out of fresh experimentalism and unique personal experience. What is astonishing about Humberto’s body of work is the sheer number of diverse projects in which he was or still is involved. 

Starting off as a classically trained jazz guitarist Humberto had to face the fact that the jazz world at large was closed off. After discovering acid house, getting more into electronic music and dealing with a bit of an inner conflict, he finally started producing electronic music of his own. Armed with a Roland MC-505 groovebox, Yamaha RX-21 and Korg Triton he went for building a live performance. In 2000 Polar started producing music together with his friend “Mono” Ramirez. That was the beginning of the Monopolar project. In the next few years the duo got to perform in Berlin, Barcelona, New- York City, Miami, and at various venues across Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico. 

Around the same time Mono and Polar opened La Sala, a club which is emblematic of Bogota’s electronic music scene development. For nearly 10 years Mono and Polar were running the place, holding their residency at La Sala and bringing to the club artists from all over the world. La Sala became a pivotal part in Bogota nightlife, creating a diverse and collaborative electronic music scene.

In 1999, while touring a lot as a session guitar player, Humberto launched Pantamuzik record label with an ethos to present Latin America’s emergent electronic music to the world. He was genuinely interested in discovering and promoting music of fellow Latin American producers. What started off with 4 compilations released on cds grew into one of the most influential record labels in Latin America which now boasts an impressive catalogue of 51 digital and 5 vinyl releases with remixes done by Deadbeat, Jay Haze, Agaric and other like-minded musicians from around the world. Since 2009 Humberto teamed up with Signal Deluxe and they are running the label together up to now.

When Mono retired and left the project in 2007, Polar went on as solo artist producing music under the same alias. Gradually going completely hardware, resampling himself and employing more synthesizers Monopolar was creating his spellbinding, largely improvisational performances. 

His love of the experimental and huge experience of working across disciplines makes it no surprise that Humberto Polar is also making electroacoustic avant-garde music which the artist himself calls sound art and which has been showcased at various art galleries and venues across Europe and Americas.

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