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Jorge Drexler was born in Montevideo, where he studied medicine
and became a doctor. He also studied music and recorded two albums,
which were only released in Uruguay. In 1995 he was invited to Madrid
(Spain) by well-known Spanish songwriter Joaquín Sabina, who
introduced him to other important Spanish singers. Drexler went to
Spain to record the album Vaivén in 1996 with Spanish musicians.
Vaivén included some old songs from his previous releases mixed
with new compositions. He moved to Spain and recorded another five
albums: Llueve (1998), Frontera (1999), Sea (2001), Eco (2004) and 12
segundos de oscuridad (2006).
Although he lives most of the year in Spain, his latest three albums
were partially recorded in Uruguay with Uruguayan musicians. Juan
Campodónico and Carlos Casacuberta, former members of rock band
El Peyote Asesino, have produced Drexler's albums since Frontera.
His music is a combination of Uruguayan traditional music (candombe,
murga, milonga), bossa nova, pop, jazz and electronic music, which
results in very personal compositions with original arrangements. The
words play also an important role in his songs. Apart from love,
reflections about identity, race and religions are a constant in his
work.
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