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Chenta Tsai Tseng (
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: 蔡真太;
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: ''Cài Zhēntài''), better known as Putochinomaricón (stylized as PUTOCHINOMARICÓN), is a Taiwanese-born Spanish musician and architect. They began in the Spanish alternative music scene in 2018. Their name was created from the insults they would be referred to on the streets. They released their debut album ''Corazón de cerdo con ginseng al vapor'' in 2018, followed by ''Jájá Éqúísdé'' in 2022, the latter being described as an album of "relief after only knowing resistance".


Themes

Their early singles "Gente de Mierda" and "El Test de la Bravo y la Superpop" associated them with the
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genre. Their music has also been associated with the related glitchcore genre. They cited
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as an influence for them as an East Asian and Taiwanese pop artist and
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as someone they have looked up to as an experimental artist. Their music has influenced discussions on
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dance music, being referred to by ''
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'' as using pop for "fictional speculation and political resistance". On the subject of decolonization in their music, Tseng states "That was a game changer for me. I suddenly realised I am talking about the colonisation of our bodies and identities, but it was hypocritical of me to go back to my living room and use
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, where you open it and it has a tuning system that is
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, it marks a four-by-four rhythm. I wanted to use this DAW in the most incorrect way possible."


Discography

Mini albums * ''Corazón de Cerdo Con Ginseng al Vapor'' (2018) * ''Miseria Humana'' (2019) Albums


References

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