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21.08.2014 // Text: hofer66 // Pix: phrank


an orgy of art, music & design

Delmar and Alvaro are the two artists that form ‘Los Suruba’, a name that is all over the place.

Since two years they live in Ibiza and became the residents of Ants in Ushuaïa. We are sitting in a private club in the venue talking about life, music and more.

You met in 2001 but what are your musical roots?

Delmar: At the age of 14 I started interesting myself in music, Hip Hop as well as Rock, but it was Melodic Hardcore that really motivated me to get into it. I started taking singing lessons, got myself a Bass and formed a band called Naskiturus. Then, at 16, I attended my first Reggae concert and saw somebody playing music for the first time, it was a Japanese playing Reggae, Dub, Ska… I freaked. A few days after I sold my Bass (with 16 you do not have money for everything) and with the money made I got my first record player and a second hand mixer. Gigs in clubs and parties followed… A few years later I got a residency in an after party in Madrid and at the same time i started my career as Designer, where I then met Alvaro at the University.

Alvaro: As a young kid I was into Hip Hop, Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. After a while I discovered Prodigy being something fresh with a touch of Electronica. After that I developed my passion for electronic music.

Where does the name ‘Los Suruba’ come from – you like wild orgies? Laughs…

D: After a few years making parties we decided to take things more serious and created our own brand and just as we were looking for a name to it I had a visit from my cousin from Brazil, we went out partying and I started asking him for Brazilian names for our brand, and amongst the ideas he gave me the one I liked the most was ‘Suruba’, so I said ‘that sounds exotic but what does it mean?’ and he told me it would mean ‘orgy, a really wild one’ and I liked it a lot… The next day I told Alvaro and well, that is how ‘Suruba’ was born. We like the name, not for its sexual context but if you take it to our environment it can unite all the things we like: an orgy of art, music, design combined with entertainment and people of all kind, colour and race – that is what ‘Suruba’ means to us. Later on we found out that ‘Suruba’ as well was the name of the Roman district where all the parties and orgies were held. So because we chose this name for our label people started calling us ‘Los Suruba’, it was a natural development as the crowd named us that way, not us.

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Let’s talk about the label, as far as I understood it consists of four divisions with four different styles?

A: The basic label is ‘Suruba’, it is the most open of all in terms of style, we published almost 80 releases, 17 of it on vinyl… Later we created ‘Suruba X’, it is the most dark and personal, where we edit music without an urge to reach a high rank in sales. For now we published 8 releases on vinyl and 25 in digital format. Another one is ‘Suruba D’, it was created for all the amount of music we received from other artists that we could not press on vinyl. With the time it became more Indie, Disco and Electro. And the last one is ‘Playa’, more like a series included in ‘Suruba’ with a more organic sound, music for Beach Clubs, sunsets, warm and elegant sounds.

Do you produce different music then the one you play?

D: Sometimes yes, sometimes no, we as well play different music according to what is released on the market at the time.

A: On top sometimes you feel like producing something different than the music you currently play, so there is always variation in both worlds.

You produced for legendary labels like Noir, Get Physical, Culprit and Stil vor Talent, how did these collaborations come to life?

A: Noir was the first influential label that published our music. We sent a track to Get Physical that we produced together with Edu Imbernon, and as they did not reply after 3 or 4 months we decided to get together again with Edu to produce a B-side and send it off to a different label – funny enough the very same day we receive a mail from M.A.N.D.Y. stating they would take ‘Torete’ if we would produce a B-side for it! To Culprit we sent our following release together with Edu – ‘Fayer’ which was awarded Track of the Year in 2013 at the Vicious Music Awards.

So I guess now it’s easier to get heard as everybody knows you, no?

A: Well, now things are a bit easier yes, but it’s still difficult, you have to work hard to maintain a certain level as there are more and more young producers out there with great talent.

Let’s talk about Ibiza, you arrived in 2012?

A: In 2012 we came here to stay, but we visit the island since many years, my first time was at the age of 15, I went to Pacha and freaked out, after this impact I returned most of the summers. I guess there is nothing comparable anywhere in our world.

D: My first time was with 19 in 1999, that summer changed my life and I instantly knew this is the place I want to live one day. We didn’t come for a while around 2005/06 because the island became very popuar and changed, but the island calls you and if you still like it after two years you die to come back for it.

A: In 2011 we came to produce ‘Torete’ with Edu, we closed ourselves in for one week making music, the computer broke and we encountered a lot of disasters, but finally things worked out. That same year Edu said he would love us to stay and live together. So we all rented a house for the following season and after that Delmar and I decided to stay for a living.

How great Winter can be, no?

D: Oh yes, everything is so close, you got more time for yourself and to meet with friends and other producers to make music together (there are so many incredible studios here…). It feels so good you don’t want to leave to play the weekend abroad…

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How did the connection with Ants and Ushuaïa come to life?

A: We were in Qatar to play when we got a mail from a friend telling us that the director of Ushuaïa wanted to get to know us, we decided to meet him as we thought he wanted us to play some day. When we left our first meeting we thought there is a Candid Camera somewhere as we could not believe what they had offered us. They asked us to be an important part of Ants as residents and wanted us to invite and suggest other artists. We are in our second year already and at present it is amongst the parties with the highest rebound creating a real sensation in and out of Ibiza.

What you think about dub Ibiza?

D: It always was the magazine about Ibiza for me, the one you want to get when you arrive on the island and leave in your bathroom to read it patiently. As a kid I dreamt of being one of the DJs to be interviewed… and here I am! Oh, and I always wanted to appear in your collage of heads – I love it!

A: Last year I found myself in and said YES – I did it.

D:: Yeah f…er! It’s an authentic magazine that reflects the island’s lifestyle.

A: And it did not go down the drain with the years, you maintain your style and this is to admire. Everybody knows that money is needed when you want things to work out, in your case to get advertisements, but without prostituting yourself to get it.

Quality never prostitutes! Thanx Delmar and Alvaro, you are exactly the kind of artist we want to feature in the magazine, congratulations for what you already achieved and I know there is a lot more to come. See you in Ants!

more info:

Los Suruba // Ants Ibiza

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