Paco Loco ( @pacoloco4893 ) is a national treasure, an indie rock legend and long time friend of Heritage Audio so it was about time to do a proper interview but dealing with these two, it turned into more of a nerd talk.
Join us for half an hour of wisdom, anecdotes and gear talk from the legendary indie Spanish producer with more than 1800 records made.
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Heritage Audio gear used by Paco at Paco Loco Studios:
HERCHILD 670 : https://heritageaudio.com/herchild-670/
MOTORCITY EQ: https://heritageaudio.com/motorcity-eq/
R.A.M 2000: https://heritageaudio.com/ram-system-...
MCM32: https://heritageaudio.com/mcm-32/
2254JR (legacy)
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Francisco Martínez Pérez, better known as Paco Loco, is a Spanish musician and music producer, considered one of the leading producers in Spanish indie music and one of the promoters of the Xixón Sound in the 90s of the 20th century.
He was part of groups such as Los Sangrientos and Australian Blonde, which are part of what was called Xixón Sound. He was also part of the group Los Locos, from which he took the surname by which he is known, and The Brahmas.
In 2014 he published the album The summer of our lives with the group The Ships. In 2015 he played with Mikel Erentxun on the Corazones tour of the album with the same name.
Paco Loco has great importance as a producer. It began with the Odds recording studio in Asturias, recording most of the Xixón Sound groups.8 In 1996 it moved its studios to Puerto de Santa María.
As a producer he has worked among others with Sexy Sadie, Nacho Vegas, Hinds, Enrique Bunbury, Edwin Moses, Vigil, Maga, Amparito, Clyde, La Costa Brava, Closer, Golden Smog, Bombones, La Banda Municipal del Polu Norte, Australian Blonde , The Bright, Mikel Erentxun, Kactus Jack, Shar Peis and La Iaia. Throughout his career he has produced around 800 albums, the most successful being El tiempo de las cerezas by Nacho Vegas and Bunbury.
In 2019 he published his first book “Loco: How not to run a recording studio”, a technical and artistic manual in which he describes his experiences as a producer. In 2020 he published the book “Loco 2: How to run a recording studio and not die trying” in the same publishing house.
In 2009, Paco Loco was the winner of the Ufi Independent Music Award for best producer. In 2015, he was nominated for the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards for the album Corazones by Mikel Erentxun, and two years later he was nominated in the 2017 Latin Grammy category for best pop/rock album for the album El hombre sin sombra, also by Erentxun.
In 2021, the rockumental Paco Loco: Viva el Noise was released, which takes a tour of Paco Loco’s career and influence in the indie music industry in Spain.
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More info:
https://www.pacoloco.net/
https://heritageaudio.com
https://users.heritageaudio.com
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