Raised in a leftist family that fled Chile’s brutal Pinochet regime, Matias Aguayo is a DJ who takes his music to the masses, writes Charles Leonard.
It was certainly a first: being interviewed by an interviewee after finishing the interview with him. Chilean-German DJ Matias Aguayo is not your regular doof-doof DJ, more of a philosopher DJ and a socialist selector. He’s also not one of those detached and overpaid jet-setting international DJs who care as much about local engagement as a pig about hygiene. And he has a delightful sense of humour: Aguayo admits with a self-deprecating chuckle that he learned a fair bit about South Africa, and specifically boerewors, with the help of YouTube.
I met Aguayo at a braai in Johannesburg last Saturday night and we talked ourselves into a state of starvation, followed by a serious raid on the boerewors.
Thanks to a charming South African woman, the highly rated left-field DJ-muso-producer-label boss will be playing in Johannesburg this Friday at the Goethe-Institut’s 20th anniversary party and at Kitchener’s in Braamfontein on Saturday, as well as in Cape Town next weekend.
For full interview by Charles Leonard plus clips, see Mail & Guardian
WHEN: Saturday 7 March 2015 19:00 – 04:00
WHERE: ColorBox Studio, 3 Industry St, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town 7925
COST: R70 pre-sale, R110 standard, R150 door
PHOTO CREDIT: Delwyn Verasmy/M&G
