Hailing from Quito in Ecuador, SANTISAUN is the musical alter ego of producer and DJ Santiago Abad, an artist who’s recently been bringing his own sound to the electronic music scene. With a musical journey that spans various bands and nearly two decades of devotion to electronic music, SANTISAUN’s unique blend of influences shapes his sonic output. From playing guitar to DJing, he’s ventured across various styles and genres, eventually finding his true musical vision in electronic production.
His journey into the electronic music sphere led him to become a fixture at Quito’s premier electronic club, Club Blues. Over nearly a decade, he shared the stage with DJs from around the world, participated in festivals like the South American Music Conference (SAMC), and co-founded the local label Mindsounds Music, focusing on minimal techno sounds. SANTISAUN’s productions are a fusion of melodic textures, deep pads and intricate drum sequences, offering an immersive experience beyond typical club hits.
Influenced by artists such as Clark, Amon Tobin, and Indian Wells, SANTISAUN introduced the world to his own sound last year with the debut single “Crono.” Now he’s back with the follow up, bringing us his latest release with his sophomore single titled “Oleando” a track that sees him explore IDM-inspired broken beats, glitchy percussions and organic, silky textures cut with crisp, buzzing synths.
Slowly slipping the listener into an ethereal sonic world, the track opens with the soft drones of an airy synth lead, gradually modulating as the rattle of delay-drenched percussive elements build up a rhythm. With a gradual swell, the rise is broken by the punch of the kick which settles the soundscape into a smooth groove.
As the stretching drone tones ring out, lively staccato synth textures inject energy which builds up before the beat drops out to leave the stutter rhythms of buzzy synth tones hovering in the atmosphere. Developing with deep bass rumbles, the snap of a driving beat brings the second drop, capped by spacey vocal samples.
Flowing through a cinematic scene of dance-focused electronic music, vibrant layers of synth tones and the steady thump of the beat drifts into a mellow finale of fading sonic elements. It’s a superb new track packed full of dynamic ebb and flow, wrapped up in slick production to see SANTISAUN continue to impress and go from strength to strength with his second outing.
Listen to Oleando below
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