It may be that his early career as a photographer — one that has brought him great recognition since he was 15 years old in his native Santiago — has something to do with this, but the truth is that does sets that are an energy-packed eclectic journey, actively moving between Disco, Italo, House, and Techno without ever losing focus on what he wants to portray on the dance floor. Focusing mainly on melodic beats, Pepo describes his style as ‘sentimental jackin’, a personal inclination that stems from experiencing the South American queer scene in a club context. His years as a student in London exposed him to a wide spectrum of music, but it was his return to Chile, in 2018, that marked the idea of what he wanted to capture. He returned from the United Kingdom with Ignition, a monthly radio program that debuted on the now defunct 199radio and after 3 years ended on Threads, which later served as a platform to launch the queer party series with the same name, which has already been held in London, Santiago, and Lima. He is also a resident of Noa Noa Club with Aerobica, his effervescent duo with Nico Castro. Either with his duo or flying solo, Pepo Fernandez is about to release his first official releases, which will surely serve to deepen his particular vision on clubbing.
— a Spanish based queer platform and club collective, a record label, and not to mention a community (and perhaps one of the largest of its kind in Europe) — is collaborating again. While (still) we wait to gather IRL, they present two artists for this virtual celebration: Nina Naranjo aka Randy and Pepo Fernandez. They say: “MARICAS is 66.6 % formed by Latinas and we aim to give visibility to more queer artists and share the passion, love, and fight for what Latin America is all about.” — Hell, yes.
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