DJ Bitman (born José Antonio Bravo; 1975), also known as Latin Bitman or simply Bitman, is a Chilean

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producer, composer and DJ. He is known for his work combining electronic music with funk, hip hop and Latin American rhythms. Bitman is one of the most well-known Chilean DJs on the international scene, has a successful solo career and has collaborated with many other artists from different genres, such as

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and

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from

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, DJ Raff,

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and Anita Tijoux.Latin Bitman .
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in Chicago,

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, and Cypress Hill's Smokeout Festival. One of his most famous tracks is part of the soundtrack of the popular football video game by

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: "Get on the Floor" in ''

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''. "Me Gustan" in ''

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'', "The Instrumento" in '' 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa ''and "Blackbossa" in '' 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil''. Get on the Floor also featured in the reality tv show, '' The Chicas Project''.

Career

José Antonio Bravo was born in

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, a city in the extreme northern region of

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in 1975. Bitman moved to Santiago in the 1990s to study and then work as a designer. There he met architect Christian Powditch, with whom he began to explore music composition with very simple software. The duo eventually acquired the name “Bitman & Roban” (a play on Batman & Robin). The sound of their first album “Hurtos” (“Robberies”, 2000) was very close to

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. On their second album, “Robar es natural” (“Stealing is natural”, 2002), the duo included real voices and instruments, changing the previous purely digitally constructed sound. In 2003, DJ Bitman released his first solo album, “Sunset beats” (2003) with the collaboration of jazz bassist Roberto Titae Lindl (

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) and members of

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and

. “Música para después de almuerzo” (“Music for after lunch”, 2005) was his third album with Bitman & Roban, this time as a whole band instead of a duo. In 2006, he collaborated as a producer in the album “Quintana Roo” (R-H), a side project, and in 2007 released “Latin Bitman”, a mix of electronic bases and acoustic instruments such as (

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and

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). This produced an exotic sound that resembles

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, bossa nova,

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, chachachá and

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. In live performances, Latin Bitman is supported by an orchestra. “Colour” (2009) repeated the technique of including different elements and takes this even further. It also included Bitman’s first collaboration with

on the track "Help me”. In 2011, Bitman teamed up with Eric Bobo of

to form the group Ritmo Machine, which released the album "Welcome To The Ritmo Machine" in November 2011. Since 2011, he has collaborated on the soundtracks of several international films, including Aftershock (2012), Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2012), From Prada to Nada (2011).

Discography

Albums

* Sunset Beats (2003 – Big Sur Records) * Latin Bitman (2007 - Nacional Records NCL 20002) * Colour (2009 - Nacional Records NCNL 20032) * Airplane (2015 – Nacional Records PICD 000260)

Compilations

* 10 years mixtape (2013 - Independent)

Singles, EPs and others

* Homenaje a Los Jaivas (2006 - La Oreja) * Quintana Roo – RH (2006 - Nacional Records) * Catedral en coma. Vol. 3 (2008 - Independent) * Fuerza Chile (2010 - Independent) * EP: el compilado (2012 - Independent) ;Soundtracks * Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2012) (as DJ Bitman, "Bundle (4to Poder Ruff)", "Like It") / (writer: "Bundle (4to Poder Ruff)", "Like It" - as DJ Bitman) * Aftershock (2012) (performer: "Help Me") / (writer: "Help Me") * Revenge Pilot (2011), (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) -... (performer: "Summertime" - uncredited) * From Prada to Nada (2011) (performer: "Help Me") * Dexter (2010) (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010) - Circle Us (2010) (performer: "I Wanna Wake You Up" - uncredited) / (writer: "I Wanna Wake You Up" - uncredited) * Antipop (2010) (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Hip Hop en Chile (2010) ... (performer: "Help Me", "La rosa de los vientos", "Tropilove").

References

External links

Latin Bitman Official Website

Profile at Last FM

Latin Bitman at Discogs.com
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