Raffaele Vasquez, multi-instrumentalist from Salento class '77, debuts in 2008 with a personal project that sees him struggling with the piano. Involuntarily his style seems to draw on American minimalism (Nyman, Glass) and the Europe of Yann Tiersen. Raffaele plays instinctively through disturbing moods and exploding into airy openings. He does not take himself seriously and therefore alternates his hilarious solo rides with hilarious monologues. To date there are two published discs: Giuliano - Autoprodotto (2008), Nicotina 0.6 - Jazz Daily (2009). Two tracks from his debut album are included as a soundtrack to the film "Fine pena mai - Paradiso perduto". Also in the same period, he signs the backstage music for the film "Come tu mi vuoi". Among the various projects and collaborations with bands and actors, he signs the original music of: "The London prize" (2009), "L'ultima osteria" (2010) - selected at the London Film Festival - "Ballerini, at the festivals d'autunno "(2010) currently being distributed in America, and in 2010 he won the Eolo Awards with the soundtrack of the show" Ragazzi'a mort "Story of a man and his shadow - Mannaggia'a mort", a show already finalist of the "Premio 2008 childhood scenario. "His performances always lead him to mix music and staging of a character," his ", comic and bitter at the same time (he frequents the" Zelig Lab "as a comedian comedian). cd as singer-songwriter, Senza Bastoni Tra Le Ali In 2013 he is a guest at MEI 2013 and in Sanremo for the Tenco Award 2013. In 2014 he received a Special Jury Prize at the Mia Martini Award 2014.
In 2015 he released "ME" (Workin Label), artistic production in collaboration with Mauro Tre, which earned him the nomination for the Targa Tenco 2016 as the best album of the year.
The collaboration with Record Kicks has already seen him protagonist in various compilations with hit songs (eg: Bacon). Fundamental collaboration with the producer and DJ Guido Nemola with whom he has been exploring for many years different sounds, from house music to nu-free-jazz. He experiments with multi-instrumentalist with jazz-funk contaminations on traditional African percussions. He founded the group "La Rapa" with whom he played around the premises of the Salento coast. Just during one of these performances, on bass, he meets the dj and producer Luca LTJ Xperience Trevisi with whom he immediately started a close collaboration.
Con questo nuovo album 'Deep Trip From The South' Raffaele Vasquez si proietta in un immaginario club immerso nella macchia mediterranea, dove suoni tradizionali si mescolano a ritmi di natura house, per un viaggio multietnico all'interno del profondo sud d'Italia. La tromba è del musicista pugliese Giorgio Distante. Contiene un remix di LTJ xperience.