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Estornel was born 11 July 1978 in Cuba, but established his career in Miami. Not long after he got this start in the industry he began setting trends on his own, exposing the city to a blend of hard hitting low end mix, topped with subtle pulsing synth swashes. His music also featured strong dance influences integrating bass lines dripping with acid house influences and heavily syncopated guitars treated with flanger effect, which seemed to beckon the work of Chic guitarist Niles Rodgers.
Over the years Estornel has used a number of aliases in addition to his most recognized stage name Maceo Plex. The others include Maetrik, Mariel Ito, Plaex, Tali Wackas, and Eric Entity. Some of his earliest documented material was released in 1999 under the latter two monikers, both through Illmatic Records. He put out a variety of 12” singles and two feature lengths under the name Maetrick, some which dated back to 2001. As Mariel Ito, he released a studio album through SCSI-AV in 2005 as well as an EP entitled “Indexed”, which was issued by Manchester label Modern Love Records (whose list of artists include the likes of Andy Stott and Demdike Stare).
It was not until 2009 that Estornel began releasing material under Maceo Plex. Within a few years time he already developed a profuse catalogue with this project. He released the EP “Clubs” in 2009, which was followed by the 2010 single “Vibe Your Love”. 2011 saw the release of his first studio album “Life Index” as well as an additional 7 releases including 2 DJ mixes, 4 EPs and the tech house single “Your Style”.
Though Estornel fell into the rave culture in America in the early 90s and his sound was largely classified as techno and house, he has since progressed into a more classic driven electro funk sound, channeling the influences of Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, and Isolee.
This change in framework was somewhat evident with Estronel’s move from the US to Valencia, Spain. During Estornel’s career as Maceo Plex he has toured multiple festivals such as the Amore Festival in Roma and in 2014 he factored in at No.5 on Resident Advisor’s poll for the “Top DJs of 2014”. Maceo Plex has also been involved in remixes throughout his career, editing material for Royksopp and having his own compositions revised by artist such as Nicolas Jaar who treated the single “Gravy Train”.
Avis
Maceo Plex’s house music is trippy and oh so satisfying. His rhythms have almost a Latin feel to them, which he mixes in with elements of funk, electro and deep house. Maceo Plex also uses samples of conversation within his mixes, which can be cool but also creepy. Anybody who has seen the official video for “Conjure Superstar” will have encountered this darker element within Maceo Plex’s work.
In a live setting, Maceo Plex is able to conjure the same kind of trippy and sinister effect within his deep house remixes. It’s a sound that I haven’t come across that many times within dance sets – so often a DJ is too timid to take the tempo below a comfortably dancey and, often, mainstream level – but it’s a sound I really like.
Maceo Plex is always very chilled and in control on the ones and twos. I could listen to him spin for hours, drink in hand and ready to roll into the weekend. “Can’t Leave You” and “Stay High” are some of his more up-tempo tracks that are a lot of fun to get down to during a gig, but, to be honest, no matter what Maceo Plex mixes during a set, you really can’t go wrong.
lauratunbridge
Eric Estornel, better known by his stage name Maceo Plex is an expert in deep house and electro. He has been working the circuit since 2001 and over the past ten years he has gone from a simple DJ to a high quality performer. He has an unteachable high proficiency when it comes to music and mixing live which has seen his reputation flourish on the circuit amongst fans and critics.
He is now highly recommended so every crowd seems to be getting bigger and bigger especially when he stops off at the likes of the Parklife and Ultra Music Festival. The tents get packed to the rafters and everybody shares the mentality that they are there to have one hell of a party. For over an hour Maceo provides the soundtrack with original mixes worked within remixes for the likes of Röyksopp and more. The crowd does not stand still for a second and the roars echo around the tent as real celebration of this talented DJ.
sean-ward
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