About

I started making music as a teenager in Guadalajara, Mexico. I was fortunate to play early on with older generations and learn from musicians such as Carlos de la Torre and José Luis Muñoz. After completing my university studies at the University of North Texas, I moved to Mexico City, where together with Giovanni Figueroa and Vico Díaz, we recorded and released Fogumi (2010). In 2012, I published my second album as an octet, made possible by the Jóvenes Creadores grant from FONCA. During this period, I collaborated with many important musicians from Mexico and abroad, including Gabriel Puentes, Marco Rentería, Gustavo Nandayapa, Alex Terrier, Israel Cupich, and many more.

In 2015, I moved to Chiapas, where I spent five years teaching guitar, improvisation, and electronic music at the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas. There, I had the opportunity to collaborate with musicians such as Klaas Balijon, Billy Martin, Cyro Baptista, Todd Clouser, Roberto Blanco, and Brian Allen, and did two tours in Central America with Fernando Barrios’ project Jazz hacia el Sur.

In 2019, I released Nuevo Valso as a trio with Jochen Rueckert (drums) and Eivind Opsvik (bass), produced by the Swiss label Unit Records. That same year I moved to Germany, where I formed another trio with Joe Smith and Giuseppe Bottiglieri, with whom I recorded the album Paralleli.

During this period, I also formed two trios with saxophonist Gustavo Obligado: Sánchez, with Miriam Leo on keyboards, and Tripas, with Laura Robles on cajón. Likewise, I released a solo album for guitar and electronics called Ajolote, which I presented at the Zemlika Festival in Latvia. In parallel, I founded the project Despapaye, still active, focused on exploring Latin American tropical music.

In 2023, together with Miriam Leo and Ismael Darszon López, I founded the self-managed space dim things, dedicated to organizing concerts, workshops, and music classes.

At present, I am in pre-production for a new album of original music, as well as the recording debut of Despapaye and a new solo guitar album.