Gustavo Bravetti

“I feel the crowd connecting with me, responding to my message.” GustavoBravetti - musician, inventor, magician. With a tall black hat and array of technology, he is a performer unlike any other in the world of dance music. For Bravetti, a live act is about more than playing music for an audience- it is a chance to enthrall, fascinate, and mesmerize them. For almost three decades, he has been doing just that, from Loveparade to the Kazantip festival, and today, the future of this groundbreaking artist looks stronger than ever. A pioneer in the field of alternative music controllers, Bravetti demonstrates his passion for connection and interaction. In his shows, he plays with the crowd, changing sounds with a wave of his arm, or a bend of his MIDI-wired fingers, before plunging into relentless beats. This wizardry is made possible by tireless preparation; in some cases Bravetti had to invent his own specialized technology. Such expertise led recently to his involvement as a designer, adviser, and product tester for Arturia, as well as designer for Native Instruments, and collaborator for the Ableton Live software. But all of these achievements are second to his fundamental love for music and art. Inspired in his youth by Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre, Gustavo pursued a pioneering path in his birth country of Uruguay, eventually finding his way amongst the most influential producers of his time. His minimal remix of the classic “Greece 2000” was selected by Mid-Town Records as a highlight track on their 10 year retrospective album in 2008, while other originals have appeared on Pacha Ibiza compilations and prominent labels in the US and Europe, such as his track “Mosquito”, which was released on the eminent Spinnin Records. In 2015 Bravetti decided to go further with his live performance and started to work in “Analogico”, an intensive hardware-based true live act where the main musical elements are completely generated in real time by true analog devices. Gustavo spent almost two years developing his own control software and fine-tuning its signal processing path, just to overrule the premise that a single person’s true live acts are allowed to fall short in what concerns the construction of dynamics, structure development, and final sound quality. With these achievements, and almost 30 years of musical accolades behind him, GustavoBravetti remains as excited to create and perform as when he began. Today’s technology has opened doors he could only hope for in the late 90’s, when he was teaching himself English just to understand the manuals for the latest synthesizers. Now he designs his own technologies, and implements them in front of thousands. Always evolving his live show and sound, Bravetti’s magic continues, and his love for his work is infused into every element of his life.