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2011
Releases
Danx – LP – Series Media (upcoming)
Relevant Shows
Estudio Elefante – Santiago de Chile
Festival Pueblo Nuevo – Santiago de Chile
TDI New Media Festival – Neuquen (Argentina)
Desachate Festival – Colonia (Uruguay)
Pueblo Nuevo Festival M100 – Santiago de Chile

2010
Releases
The Fin – EP – Series Media
Vocalexed - LP - Cooptrol
Castrol (with Jorge Castro) – EP – Pueblo Nuevo
Relevant Shows
Abstracks Performance, Casa Brasil – Cordoba (Argentina)
VisualAP – Cordoba (Argentina)
Contrapedal Festival – Montevideo
Flatten @ Dorkbot – Montevideo
Other
Max4Live workshop, Casa Brasil – Cordoba (Argentina)

2009
Releases
Southern Fire – LP – Duster
Blackout – EP – Cooptrol
Relevant Shows
Miscelanea – Barcelona
Convent Saint Agusti – Barcelona
Vermell – Manresa (Spain)
NIU – Barcelona
Sossoul – Bern
Bad Bonn – Fribourg
Treibhaus – Luzern
Dense – Berlin
Altes Wettburo – Dresden
Pudel Club – Hamburg

2008
Releases
Far South Nights – EP – Duster
Relevant Shows
Dorkbot – Montevideo
Other
Electronic Music workshop, ORT University – Montevideo

2007
Releases
Avatar – LP – Pueblo Nuevo
Relevant Shows
Experimentaclub – Madrid
NIU – Barcelona
Boschbar Hive – Zurich
Cyclone – Aarau
r3s3t – Bern
M12 – Berlin
Pudel Club – Hamburg

2006
Releases
bit.ep – Frigida
fm.ep – Frigida
Relevant Shows
Plataforma Soundtoys, Alliançe Française – Montevideo
Espacio & Frecuencia, MNAV – Montevideo
Other
Max/MSP/Jitter workshop, CCE – Montevideo
cptrl Max application shown at FAC – Montevideo

2005
Releases
Numbernaut – EP – Series Media
Cronos – EP - Microbio
Ubicuidad – LP – Amencoma
Relevant Shows
Suramericaelectronica Festival, FARQ – Montevideo
404 Festival – Rosario (Argentina)
Fuga Jurasica – Buenos Aires

2004
Releases
Detractor – LP – Monteaudio
Relevant Shows
Fuga Jurasica – Buenos Aires
El Dorado – Buenos Aires
Encuentro Electronico III – Bogota (Colombia)

2000 – 2003
Relevant Shows
Innova Festival – Montevideo
Fiesta Final – Montevideo
Milenio – Montevideo
Vaughan – Montevideo
Plaza Mateo – Montevideo
Pachamama – Montevideo
Planetarium – Montevideo
Perdidos – Montevideo

cooptrol


	FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD YOUTUBE RELEASES 2000-2010 ------------------------------------------- BIO TIMELINE 2011 Releases Danx – LP – Series Media (upcoming) Relevant Shows Estudio Elefante – Santiago de Chile Festival Pueblo Nuevo – Santiago de Chile TDI New Media Festival – Neuquen (Argentina) Desachate Festival – Colonia (Uruguay) Pueblo Nuevo Festival M100 – Santiago de Chile 2010 Releases The Fin – EP – Series Media Vocalexed - LP - Cooptrol Castrol (with Jorge Castro) – EP – Pueblo Nuevo Relevant Shows Abstracks Performance, Casa Brasil – Cordoba (Argentina) VisualAP – Cordoba (Argentina) Contrapedal Festival – Montevideo Flatten @ Dorkbot – Montevideo Other Max4Live workshop, Casa Brasil – Cordoba (Argentina) 2009 Releases Southern Fire – LP – Duster Blackout – EP – Cooptrol Relevant Shows Miscelanea – Barcelona Convent Saint Agusti – Barcelona Vermell – Manresa (Spain) NIU – Barcelona Sossoul – Bern Bad Bonn – Fribourg Treibhaus – Luzern Dense – Berlin Altes Wettburo – Dresden Pudel Club – Hamburg 2008 Releases Far South Nights – EP – Duster Relevant Shows Dorkbot – Montevideo Other Electronic Music workshop, ORT University – Montevideo 2007 Releases Avatar – LP – Pueblo Nuevo Relevant Shows Experimentaclub – Madrid NIU – Barcelona Boschbar Hive – Zurich Cyclone – Aarau r3s3t – Bern M12 – Berlin Pudel Club – Hamburg 2006 Releases bit.ep – Frigida fm.ep – Frigida Relevant Shows Plataforma Soundtoys, Alliançe Française – Montevideo Espacio & Frecuencia, MNAV – Montevideo Other Max/MSP/Jitter workshop, CCE – Montevideo cptrl Max application shown at FAC – Montevideo 2005 Releases Numbernaut – EP – Series Media Cronos – EP - Microbio Ubicuidad – LP – Amencoma Relevant Shows Suramericaelectronica Festival, FARQ – Montevideo 404 Festival – Rosario (Argentina) Fuga Jurasica – Buenos Aires 2004 Releases Detractor – LP – Monteaudio Relevant Shows Fuga Jurasica – Buenos Aires El Dorado – Buenos Aires Encuentro Electronico III – Bogota (Colombia) 2000 – 2003 Relevant Shows Innova Festival – Montevideo Fiesta Final – Montevideo Milenio – Montevideo Vaughan – Montevideo Plaza Mateo – Montevideo Pachamama – Montevideo Planetarium – Montevideo Perdidos – Montevideo	Cooptrol is more than Hernán González’s (Johannesburg 1976) artistic name. It has become a complementary personality in its own right, and a central force in South American experimental music scene. A project that had its 10th anniversary in 2010, and has circulated between defined stylistic landmarks: Dub, Post-Industrial, IDM, Techno, Dubstep, always combined in subtle ways to define a very personal view of music. Cooptrol is all about the power of music to conform the undefinable. The pursuit for abstraction and simultaneously conceptual through pure form. With a past as drummer since the early 90’s, syncopation and polyrhythms rule his music, as well as a love for all sounds synthetic. An electronic music purist, Cooptrol is not a fan of genre crossovers. Electronic music is a universe wide enough to express anything, and a lot of different things have been said since Cooptrol’s first official release “Detractor” in 2004. Subsequent releases such as “Ubicuidad” (2005) and “Avatar” (2007) constitute experiments in genre creation. This first body of work take Cooptrol to the first European tour in 2007, playing in Spain, Switzerland and Germany, and with the participation in famed Experimentaclub festival in Madrid, sharing stages with big acts such as Merzbow or Mouse On Mars. Having met the European scene first-hand, the period between 2008 and 2010 signs a the new strategy of taking hold of bass music and model it to Cooptrol’s standards of abstraction and potent rhythmical devices. “Far South Nights” and “Southern Fire” combine hip hop, dubstep, glitch, vocals and remixing collaborations with many artists worldwide. These are also the first European releases, through UK label Duster. Another Euro-tour in 2009 consolidates Cooptrol’s ability to provide a powerful live show. By the end of 2010 the Ep “The Fin” is released, as a bridge between the bass music predecessors and a return to experimentalism and free-form. 2011's “Danx” is a perfect synthesis of all the elements that have gone in and out his music all these years, it constitutes another exploration into genre creation.