Ricardo Villalobos

Ricardo Villalobos (born 6 August 1970) is a Chilean-born German electronic music producer and DJ.

He is well known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in the minimal techno scene.

Villalobos was born in Chile on 6 August 1970.

In 1973 he moved to Germany with his family to escape the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who had seized power that year.

When Villalobos was around 10 or 11 he started to play conga and bongos.

He began making electronic music in the late 80s.

From a very young age he has been a big fan of Depeche Mode, following their tours around Europe to listen to them.

Villalobos began to play his music at parties while he was studying at university, but this was only for his own enjoyment.

He started a label, Placid Flavour, in 1993 but this was unsuccessful.

• Sinus Poetry EP (1993)

His first record was released on the German Playhouse label in 1994 and he began DJing as a professional in 1998.

• The Contempt (1995)

• Heike (1995)

• N-DRA (1996)

• Salvador (1998)

• 808 the Bassqueen (1999)

• Frank Mueller Melodram (1999)

• Pino Jet Explosion (1999)

• Ibiza99 (2000)

• Luna (2000)

• Que Belle Epoque (2000)

• Tomorrov Cocktail / Ananas (2000)

• Bredow / Damm 3 (2001)

• Halma (2002)

• 808 The Bass Queen / Filtadelic (2003)

• The Contempt (2004)

• Achso (2005)

• Chromosul (2005)

• For Disco Only 2 (2005)

In 2006 Villalobos, along with Richie Hawtin and Luciano, played to around 300,000 people at the Berlin Loveparade.

• Que Belle Epoque 2006 (2006)

• Heike (2006)

• Seive / Jimis (2006)

• Unflug (2006)

• What You Say Is More Than I Can Say (2006)

• What's Wrong My Friends?

(2006)

• Fizheuer Zieheuer (2006)

At the end of 2007, 2008 and 2010, he came first in Resident Advisor's Top 100 DJs of the year.

Villalobos has released several records on various notable labels, such as Perlon, Playhouse and [a:rpia:r].