Rafael Alexis Quiles Hernández, known professionally as Álex Gárgolas, is a

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producer best known for the Gárgolas series which has been five albums so far. His 2006 installation of the series managed to debut at number 181 on the ''Billboard'' 200, reaching number 6 on both the

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and

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charts.

Musical career

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, using his savings of $300, he produced music by a few fledgling artists, two who became the well-known, chart-topping reggaeton artists known as

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. In 2019, Gárgolas produced "Mi Llamada" (remix), a collaboration with emerging artists from Argentina and Puerto Rico. In 2020, Gárgolas spearheaded the production of "Del Barrio a la Ciudad", a song that mixes traditional Mexican

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s with

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's urban sound. In 2022, Gárgolas visited Chile claiming to want to produce a Chilean reggaeton album, but instead offended the urban musical artists of Chile, and left the country without producing any, telling them to " stay in your country".

Discography

Production discography

* 2005: '' Glou'' * 2020: ''

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References

External links

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Álex Gárgolas

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1971 births Living people Machete Music artists Reggaeton record producers Rimas Entertainment artists {{music-producer-stub