Sebastian Escofet

Sebastian Escofet was born in La Plata, Argentina on the afternoon of July 4th 1968. At the age of 5, after long listening sessions in his grandfather Luciano’s study, he knew his calling was music. At the age of 12 he decided to buy his first electric guitar, inspired by a poster of Pappo that decorated a friend from school’s bedroom.

Poor grades forced him to be a self-taught composer up until 18, when he managed to start studying with certain formality & uncertain success.

Along the path of musical learning & experimentation he’s collaborated with artists like Chango Spasiuk, Gustavo Cerati, Los Estelares, Fabiana Cantilo, Ulises Butron, Jorge Drexler, Los 7 Delfines, Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Ezequiel Borra & Mussa Phelps, to name a few.

Restlessness & curiosity have led him to explore complimentary musical languages such as composition for cinema, theatre, TV, commercials & experimental performances, to embrace the world of song, to surrender himself to rock, to dive into the seas of ambient abstraction & to fly over neo classic-contemporary fields.

He composed the soundtrack for over 15 movies which participated in the most important film festivals in the world. He collaborated with Gustavo Santaolalla in ¨21 Grams¨ & ¨Biutiful¨, films directed by Alejandro González Iñarritu. He’s performed live at festivals like Sonar, Netmage, Barcelona Forum & Multiplicidade.

He travels the world with his guitar, he collects instruments from each of the places he visits & he counts the days remaining before he can return to the ski pistes.

Sebastián Escofet : 4 Julio 1968, La Plata -Argentina

Musical Career:
1986-1988 Calidos Extraños (guitar- composition)
1987 La Tribu de los Cristianos (guitar)
1988 Guevara dopa la gata (guitar- composition -vocals)
1989-1991 Los Chalos (guitar- composition)
1992 Solo performances (guitar –tape recorders)
1993-1997 Los Siete Delfines (guitar)
1995 Solo performances (guitar – tape recorders)
1995 La Guardia del Fuego (bass – keyboards)
1996 Duet performances, guitar and piano with Ignacio Mason
1996 Duet performances, guitar and cello with Hilario Bosso
1996-1999 Body Bag (guitar – bass – keyboards – electronics- composition)
1997 Maria Gabriela Epumer (guitar – composition)
1997 Ulises Butron (guitar)
1997 Patada de Burro (guitar – composition)
1998-2000 Fabiana Cantilo (guitar-vocals – keyboards)
2000 Solo performances (composition – live processing)
2001 Jorge Drexler (keyboards – electronics)
2001-2006 Solo performances (composición –live processing) Live at Barcelona Festival Lem 06, Forum Barcelona 06.
2007 Duet performances with Carlos Casas “Siberian fieldworks” (Live at Sonar Barcelona, Netmage 07 festival – Bologna, MP7 CCCB- Barcelona, Festival Multiplicidade – Rio de Janeiro,Circo Voador – Rio de Janeiro)
2006-2010 Estelares (guitar-keyboards)
2010 Mussa Phelps (guitar-vocals)

Recordings – Collaborations:
1997 Ulises Butron “Viajero”
1997 Los Siete Delfines “Azulado”
1997 Señor Amor “Grandes éxitos”
1998 Plan 9 “Plan 9″
1998 Turf “Una pila de vida”
1999 Coki & the Killer Burritos “Mi parrillada”
2000 Estelares “Demo verde”
2000 Erica Garcia “Amorama”
2001 Jorge Drexler “Sea”
2002 Kronos Quartet “Nuevo”
2002 Grado Cero” Grado Cero”
2003 Futura Bold “Futura Bold”
2003 Colors Sounds “Cumbia”
2004 Mussa Phelps “Mussa Phepls”
2004 Ezequiel Borra “El Placard”
2006 Estelares “Sistema nervioso central”
2006 Música Ligera
2008 Ezequiel Borra “Las cosas del mundo”
2009 Estelares “Una temporada en el amor ”
2010 Arhkota “Melancholic Streets and Heartbeats ”
2010 Bodie “El fin de la inocencia”
2010 Estelares “ El aguijón”

Recordings – Producer:
1998 Lanzas Activas “El mejor de los mas chotos”
1999 Body Bag “Body Bag”
1999 Auge “Jugar”
2000 Sebastián Escofet “Meditaciones”
2000 Estelares “Demo verde”
2001 Auge “Futura”
2001 Oídos Soñadores
2002 Los Parraleños “Diversión Kamikaze”
2002 Siete Remedios “Santo remedio”
2003 Sebastián Escofet “Ahora”
2004 Sebastián Escofet “Juego Divino”
2004 Sebastián Escofet “Próxima Salida”
2005 Sebastián Escofet “Suite Patagónica”
2006 Sebastián Escofet “Diversión”
2006 Sebastián Escofet “Pura Sangre”
2008 Sebastián Escofet “Siberiana”
2008 Sebastián Escofet “El túnel del juego”
2008 Sebastián Escofet “Cordero de Dios”
2008 Sebastián Escofet “Lluvia”
2008 Sebastián Escofet “Las vidas posibles”
2009 Sebastián Escofet “El ultimo verano de la boyita”
2009 Sebastián Escofet “Horizontal / Vertical”
2009 Sebastián Escofet “Núcleos”
2010 Estelares “ El aguijón”

Remixes:
1997 Ulises Butron “Bitácora”
1998 Maria Gabriela Epumer “Mal Rato”
1998 Lanzas Activas “Niño”
1998 Turf “Crónica TV”
1999 Titán “Corazón”
1999 Peyote Asesino “Cable pelado”
1999 Gustavo Cerati “Paseo inmoral”
2001 Auge “Flores de Cereal”- “Extraño el futuro”
2003 Fernando Kabusaki “El valsicordio andino”
2004 El Emporio de la Impericia “Ibid”
2005 Philip Glass “Tirol Concert”

Music for theatre plays:
1998 Ritos del corazón – Cristina Escofet
2002 Infinitamente Fascinante – Los Cazzuros.
2003-2005 Juego Divino – Los Cazurros
2006 Diversión – Los Cazurros
2008 El Túnel del Juego – Los Cazurros

Music for short films:
1987 El Caminante – directed by German Valbuena
1990 Game Over – directed by Francisco Paredes
1991 GO- directed by Pablo Guevara
1998 Contigo hasta la muerte- directed by Nicolás Tuozzo
2001 La sombra- directed by Nicolás Touzzo
2001 Powder Keg – directed by Alejandro González Iñarritu
2002 El Desvío – directed by Leo Ricciardi
2003 J – directed by Leo Ricciardi
2008 3142 – directed by Gastón Grande

Music for films:
Arregui, la noticia del día – directed by Maria Victoria Menis
Solitude at the end of the world – directed by Carlos Casas-Fernando Zuber
Próxima Salida -directed by Nicolas Touzzo
21 Grams (working with G.Santaolalla ) -directed by Alejandro González Iñarritu
Third Pint – directed by Luciano Podcaminsky
El Último confín – directed by Pablo Ratto.
Paraíso – directed by Felipe Guerrero
Pura Sangre – directed by Leo Ricciardi
18 J – directed by Lucia Cedron
Las Vidas Posibles – directed by Sandra Gugliotta
Lluvia – directed by Paula Hernandez
Cordero de Dios – directed by Lucia Cedron
Hunters, since the beginning of time – directed by Carlos Casas
Horizontal / Vertical – directed by Nicolas Tuozzo
El ultimo verano de la boyita – directed by Julia Solomonoff
La sangre y la lluvia – directed by Jorge Navas
Biutiful – directed by Alejandro González Iñarritu
Closer to water – directed by Desiree Lim
Revolucion – directed by Leandro Ipiña
El Faldon – directed by Gustavo Coppoletta

Sound Design:
Solitude at the end of the World
Hunters, since the beginning of time
Paraíso
La sangre y la lluvia

Solo Albums:
2000 Meditaciones
2003 Ahora
2004 Juego Divino
2004 Próxima Salida (soundtrack)
2005 Suite Patagónica
2006 Diversión
2006 Pura Sangre (soundtrack)
2008 El Túnel del Juego
2008 Siberiana
2008 Lluvia (soundtrack)
2008 Cordero de Dios (soundtrack)
2008 Las Vidas Posibles (soundtrack)
2009 El ultimo verano de la boyita (soundtrack)
2009 Horizontal / Vertical (soundtrack)
2009 Núcleos