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Gui Boratto
Gui Boratto leaning over a set of DJ modules onstage, mid-performance
Boratto performing in 2008
Background information
Birth nameGuilherme Boratto
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Origin São Paulo, Brazil
Genres House
Occupation(s) Record producer
Years active1994–present
Labels Kompakt
Website guiboratto.com.br

Guilherme Boratto (born 1974) is a Brazilian electronic music producer. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Eurodance group Sect.

His debut solo record, Chromophobia, [1] was named album of the month by Mixmag. [2] He has since released six more full-length albums as well as numerous EPs and singles.

Boratto owns the record label D.O.C., distributed by Kompakt. The first artist he signed was the Brazilian electronic duo Elekfantz. [3]

Onstage, Boratto uses a laptop equipped with Ableton Live, a JazzMutant Lemur, a monome, and an Akai APC40. He sometimes invites guest guitarists to join him. [4]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Twiggy (2005)
  • Sunrise (2006)
  • Beluga (2006)
  • Like You (2006)
  • Division (2006)
  • It's Majik (2006)
  • Atol (Remixes) (2007)
  • Royal House (2007)
  • The Rivington EP (2007)
  • Eurasia (2007)
  • The Rivington Remixes (2008)
  • Atomic Soda (2008)
  • Notations (2009)
  • Azzurra (2010)
  • This Is Not the End Remixe (2012)

Selected singles

  • "Arquipélago" (2005)
  • "Speicher 38" (2006)
  • "Brazilian Soccer – Edition (Paralelo, Tipologia)" (2006)
  • "Sozinho" (2006)
  • "Gate 7" (2006)
  • "Chromophobia Remixe, Pt. 1" (2007)
  • "Chromophobia Remixe, Pt. 2" (2007)
  • "Speicher 55" (2007)
  • "Tales from the Lab" (2008)
  • "No Turning Back" (2009)
  • "The Drill" (2011)
  • "Too Late" (2013)
  • "Take Control" (2014)
  • "Animal Machine" (2015)
  • "Drink in Paris" (2023)
  • "Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe" (2023)

Selected remixes

List of songs remixed by Gui Boratto
Year Original Artist Title
2004 Kaleidoscópio "Você Me Apareceu (Gui Boratto Horn Mix)"
2006 Agoria "Baboul Hair Cuttin' (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Oscar "Freak Inside (Gui Boratto Remix)""
2007 Eyerer and Chopstick "Haunting (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Guy J and Sahar Z "Hazui (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Monoroom "Memory Inc (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Zentex "Pimioe (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Tube & Berger featuring Vanity "Funky Shit (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Delon and Dalcan "Beyond Clouds (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Robert Babicz "Sin (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Sian "Flood (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Will Saul and Tam Cooper "Sequential Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Tocadisco feat. Lennart A. Salomon "Better Begin (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Phonique "Space Cruise (feat. Gui Borrato Phonique Version)"
Oliver Klein "ReKraft (Gui Boratto Version)"
Goldfrapp " A&E (Gui Boratto Remix)"
2008 Patrice D Angello and Nick Holson "One Day (Gui Borratto Remix)"
Philip Flindt "Forward (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Adam Freeland "Silverlake Pills (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Bomb the Bass "Black River (featuring Mark Lanegan)” (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Sam Taylor Wood & Pet Shop Boys " I'm in Love with a German Film Star (Gui Boratto Remix)"
2009 Pet Shop Boys " Love Etc. (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Solee "Impressed (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Moby " Pale Horses (Gui Boratto’s Last Window Remix)"
Massive Attack " Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Mix)"
2010 Alexis Tyrel "Rebecca Loos (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Way Out West " The Gift (Gui Boratto's Fallopian Remix)"
Trentemoller "Sycamore Feeling"
2012 Neil Davidge "Awakening ( Halo 4 Original Soundtrack) (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Battles "Wall Street (Gui Boratto Remix)""
Stimming & David August "Sexy Biest (Gui Boratto Remix)"
2013 Wankelmut feat. Emma Louise " My Head is a Jungle (Gui Boratto Remix)"
2015 Melon "Air (Gui Boratto Remix)"
2017 London Grammar " Big Picture (Gui Boratto Rework)"

References

  1. ^ Thiessen, Brock. "Gui Boratto Tells Stories", Exclaim!, April 2009
  2. ^ "Gui Boratto: Chromophobia". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Interview: Gui Boratto Launches New Label, Premieres Too Late EP". 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ "RA: Gui Boratto: Like you – Interview". Residentadvisor.net. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b Blyweiss, Adam (15 June 2018). "Gui Boratto – Pentagram". treblezine.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

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