Martín Galarza

José Martin Galarza Arce began in rap music starting in 1984, due to the fact that he traveled to Puerto Rico at that time. In this country he learned break dancing and rap. In 1989 he returned to Ecuador, after having completed his studies in sound engineering and music production at Institute of audio research-New York. In this year he obtained a record contract thanks to the help of Troy Alvarado "Bassist of the group Tranzas" and he released his first recordings on the album, "Asfalto Caliente" and "Guacharnaco", but it is with the song that followed them singles, the rap ballad titled "Tres Notas" with which marks the beginning of rap in Ecuador. The songs such as "Vago Soy", "Sangre Latina" and the song that released the fame to AU-D, "Tres Notas". "Tres Notas" sold more than 180,000 copies in less than a year, a record number for an Ecuadorian soloist at that time (source: IFESA) and received countless awards such as the Huancavilca Award as Song of the Year and marked the beginning of rap in Ecuador . The video remained in the most popular ranking of the time, that of the TV show "El Show de Bernard" (Ecuavisa) for 7 weeks as # 1. Already in 1992 he edits "Rebel Without Pause", disc of 4 subjects where he temporarily leaves aside the rap ballad and writes about more social themes, as well as expresses his concerns about an increasingly superficial world as in the song "Solo Entre Tanta Gente "and" Chicos de la Cuadra ", however, this album does not match the success of the previous one, which is why he decides to return to the line that he released with the song" Cuando Me Quieras ", written and performed together with the composer and singer of the band "Tranzas" Douglas Bastidas in 1994, managing to place this song among the most played songs of that year. In 1996 he decided to perfect that pop rap sound he had achieved and experimented by re-versioning the song of the lojano singer-songwriter Edison León Celi (Edhisson), "Un Amor Así"; also decides to integrate a female voice, the singer from Guayaquil Maria Gabriela Flor. In this CD of 9 songs I would also highlight the ballad "Solo Tu Amor". This CD, released independently, gets Double Gold Record (Source: Society of Authors and Composers of Ecuador-SAYCE) and places these two songs in the number one of the season 1996. In the 97 license this same album under the title of " Rebel Without Pause "to the BMG label, being the year of its internationalization, where it has the opportunity to transmit its music and triumph in part of South America.