Lasso (musician)
| Lasso | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Andrés Vicente Lasso Uslar |
| Born |
18 February 1988 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Indie |
| Website |
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Lasso (Andrés Vicente Lazo Uslar) is a Venezuelan singer / composer.
Early Days
Lasso was born in Caracas, Venezuela, South America, on February 18, 1988. Andrés Lasso studied at Colegio Jefferson and once he graduated he went to Universidad Metropolitana to study systems engineering. He dropped out engineering studies to continue his musical career. He debuted into the music world at the age of 15 with a band called Punk Society. Even though the band had very young members, they opened for many important bands such as 3 Dueños, and the Mexican band Panda. They assisted to the famous Venezuelan rock festival "Nuevas Bandas" and won as best rock band.
Later, Andrés Lasso, had the chance to form Karnavali, which was chosen as the "revelation music band" by Los Amigos Invisibles at the Doritos Rock Festival 2008, and also, chosen as finalist to play at the Nuevas Bandas Festival 2008.
Solo career
2009, Lasso, started working on his first album with Francisco Díaz, producer of Desorden Público, to produce and mix his album. This process started at Sonofolk, a music studio, between October 2009 and June 2010, and came out with twelve songs. Once he finished recording the album, Lasso had the chance to hire Brian Gardner to master and finish the album in Los Angeles. When designing the album´s artwork, He decided he would change his name to Lasso to pay homage to a Phoenix song of the same name he really enjoyed.
The music genre of this album is pop rock, but there are also influences of Latin rhythms like reggae and European rhythms like Flamenco.
After many months, Lasso returns to Venezuela with his first single "No Pares de Bailar", from his album "Sin Otro Sentido". This album was launched on March 2011 and Recordland in charge of the national distribution. His single "Te Veo", became a number one hit in Venezuela, South America.[1]
First single
The launch of his first single, "No Pares de Bailar", came with a music video filmed in November 2010. The producer was Paolo Merlini, Carolina Uslar as art director, and Rodolfo Bear as a photographer.
"No Pares de Bailar" was a Top #1 in HTV and his album "Sin otro sentido" became a top seller at the popular Venezuelan music stores Recordland for many weeks.