Mauricio Castillo Moya (born 1982), known as Chinoy, is a Chilean singer-songwriter who has released two solo albums. Chinoy's androgynous voice, lyrics, poetics and iconic guitar technique have been compared to those of Bob Dylan by the Chilean media and his style has been described as
trova
''Trova'' is a style of Cuban popular music originating in the 19th century. Trova was created by itinerant musicians known as ''trovadores'' who travelled around Cuba's Oriente province, especially Santiago de Cuba, and earned their living by s ...
,
indie folk
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The genre has its ...
and
folk punk
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.
Early life
Chinoy was born in
San Antonio, a
commune of
Valparaíso, Chile, where he founded the punk band Don Nadie and opened for the Argentine punk band Loquero in 2005. Loquero then invited him to spend a season in
La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...
,
Argentina. In 2007, he moved to Valparaiso where he studied for a short time and performed in local bars. It was there that
Manuel García saw him perform and invited Chinoy to open for him in Valparaiso and
Santiago. During 2007, Chinoy performed at
Concepción,
Puerto Montt
Puerto Montt (Mapuche: Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune spa ...
,
Punta Arenas, Valparaíso and Santiago and his song ''Carne de gallina'' appeared on the compilation album ''Escuelas de Rock 1er disco bicentenario'' (2007).
Musical career
In 2008, Chinoy came to the attention of award-winning filmmaker
Andrés Wood, who asked him to write the theme song for his movie
''La Buena Vida''.
In 2009, he released his debut full-length album, ''Que salgan los dragones'', on the record label Quemasucabeza. In October 2010, he began a national tour of Chile taking in Santiago,
Talca,
Chillán
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and
Concepción. In January 2012, he performed at the opening ceremony of Chile's Viña del Mar International Book Festival and by January 2013, his MySpace page had more than 800,000 views.
Discography
* 2009 - ''Que salgan los dragones''
* 2010 - ''Chinoy en Bogotá''
Soundtracks
* 2008 - ''La Buena Vida''
La Buena Vida
IMDB. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
References
External links
Official site on MySpaceMovie Video "La buena vida"Video Gallery
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Chilean male guitarists
21st-century Chilean male singers
Living people
1982 births
21st-century guitarists