Lasso (born Andrés Vicente de Jesús Lazo Uslar on 18 February 1988), is a

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n singer / composer.

Solo career

2009, Lasso, started working on his first album with Francisco Díaz, producer of

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, 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

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to master and finish the album in

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. 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 Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...

, but there are also influences of Latin rhythms like

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and European rhythms like

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. After many months, Lasso returned to Venezuela with his first single "No Pares de Bailar", from his album ''Sin Otro Sentido''. This album was launched in March 2011 and

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in charge of the national distribution. His single "Te Veo", became a number one hit in Venezuela, South America. In 2015 he moved to Mexico City to continue expanding his audience and musical career. There he launched his album "El Exilio Voluntario de una Mente Saturada" and his two recent singles "Un Millon Como Tu", in collaboration with Chilean-born

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, and "Souvenir" and the new song “Subtítulos” with Danna Paola released on September 27, 2019.

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

for many weeks.

Awards

Lasso was named Debut Artist of the Year at the 2012

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, and Pop Artist of the Year in 2013.

Personal life

In 2011, he confirmed he was in a romantic relationship with actress and singer

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, with whom he maintained a relationship until September 2018.

Discography

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lasso Living people Venezuelan composers Male composers 1988 births 21st-century composers 21st-century Venezuelan male singers Singers from Caracas