Andrés Torrón

Andrés Torrón
Born
Andrés Torrón Preobrayensky

Montevideo, Uruguay
Known formusician, writer, music producer, music journalist

Andrés Torrón (Montevideo) is an Uruguayan musician, writer, cultural journalist, and music producer. He is the author of the book 111 Discos Uruguayos[1] and has worked as a producer, arranger, and guitarist with various Uruguayan and international artists.[2] He is a member of the musical project Dos, alongside his daughter, Lucía Torrón.[3]

Biography

Torrón studied guitar, harmony, and composition with Gustavo Ripa, Esteban Klisich, and Coriún Aharonián.[4] In the 1980s, he co-founded the underground magazine Tranvías & Buzones.[5] In the early 1990s, he formed the band Públicas Virtudes, which released the album Basura Contemporánea in 1993.[6]

In 1995, he began working as a music journalist for the weekly newspaper Brecha.[7] He has since contributed to La Diaria,[8] El País Cultural, Dossier, Bla, Montevideo Portal, and El Observador;[9] as well as to international magazines such as Relix, Global Rhythm, and Todavía.[10]

Music

Since the early 2000s, Torrón has been active in artistic production. His first work as a producer was the album De donde querés venir mañana (2003) by the Uruguayan group La Saga.[11][12]

In 2004, Andrés Torrón was featured as a guest guitarist on Jorge Drexler's album Eco in the song "Don de Fluir."[13]

In 2006, he produced the original music composed by Santiago Tavella for the theatrical play Los últimos Sánchez, directed by Marianella Morena. The following year, he participated alongside Tavella in the musical supervision of the performance Mujeres infinitas, infinitas mujeres, presented at the Solís Theatre in Montevideo and also directed by Morena.

In 2008, he co-composed the original music for the play Cascanueces, directed by Martín Inthamoussu, together with Paola Dalto.[14] That same year, he collaborated with Uruguayan musician Nico Arnicho on his album Confesiones, co-writing the track “Al Karnaval” with Dalto and Arnicho, and producing a remix of the track “De salida”.

Since 2010, Torrón has collaborated with the Japanese record label Rambling Records on various music productions targeting the Asian market. In 2012, he produced the album Sol de Bossa, released in Japan, which received significant attention.[15][16]

In 2014, he served as executive producer for Fernando Santullo's album El mar sin miedo. He also contributed as a guitarist on the track “El arma” and produced a remix of the song “Pedalear”, which was included in the digital album El mar sin ruido (2015).[17]

Dos

In 2017, Torrón and his daughter Lucía formed the duo Dos and released the EP Demasiado tarde. In 2018, they joined the collaborative collective Enlaces, alongside musicians such as Juan Casanova, Sebastián Teysera, Pedro Dalton, Gabriel Peluffo, Matías Rada, Luciano Supervielle, and Florencia Núñez. They performed at La Trastienda in Montevideo.[18]

The duo released the single Ascensores in 2019 and the EP Música para fin de fiesta in 2024.[3]

Books

In 2014, Torrón published 111 Discos Uruguayos[1] (Aguaclara ), an art book that covers nearly six decades of Uruguayan music through 111 albums. The book became a local and international reference work.[19] In 2020, it was reissued with an expanded version titled 111 + 11 Discos Uruguayos, which included 11 additional albums.[20]

In 2019, he published Mediocampo[21] (Estuario Editora), an essay focused on the 1984 album by Jaime Roos of the same name.[22] He also wrote liner notes for the vinyl reissues of Roos' albums Aquello, Siempre son las cuatro, and Mediocampo.

Torrón also wrote liner notes and essays for various Uruguayan albums, like the acclaimed compilation América Invertida.[23][24]

Other Projects

Torrón worked in the documentary Amigo lindo del alma (2019), about Eduardo Mateo, directed by Daniel Charlone. Torrón conducted interviews with Mateo's contemporaries featured in the film.[25][26]

In 2023, he co-created the exhibition La milonga es hija del candombe así como el tango es hijo de la milonga with Juan Campodónico, which ran at the SODRE's National Archive from October 2023 to April 2024.[27][28] The show attracted over 12,000 visitors and is currently touring in a reduced version.

Awards and recognition

Torrón received the Legión del Libro award from the Uruguayan Book Chamber and a Special Mention at the Graffiti Awards.[29] He was also nominated for the Premios Bartolomé Hidalgo.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Torrón, Andrés (2014). 111 discos uruguayos. Montevideo: Aguaclara Ed. ISBN 978-9974-8349-3-4.
  2. ^ "Andrés Torrón". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  3. ^ a b "El proyecto que une a padre e hija y acaba de lanzar un EP". El País. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  4. ^ "Andrés Torrón – Estuario Editora". Estuario Editora. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  5. ^ "Anáforas: Tranvías & Buzones (1988)". anaforas.fic.edu.uy. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  6. ^ Públicas Virtudes - Basura Contemporánea, 1993, retrieved 2025-10-03
  7. ^ "Andrés Torrón, Autor en Semanario Brecha". Semanario Brecha (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  8. ^ "Andrés Torrón | Periodista en la diaria | Uruguay". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  9. ^ "Andrés Torrón". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  10. ^ "Revista TODAVIA". www.revistatodavia.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  11. ^ "ENTREVISTA CON LA SAGA". Montevideo Portal. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  12. ^ La Saga - ¿De Dónde Querés Venir Mañana?, 2003, retrieved 2025-10-03
  13. ^ Jorge Drexler - Eco, 2004, retrieved 2025-10-03
  14. ^ "Cascanueces – Martin Inthamoussu". www.martininthamoussu.com.uy (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  15. ^ "Rambling RECORDS | 映画のサントラ、ラウンジミュージック、オルタナティブ、ダンスミュージック". Free & Easy. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  16. ^ Various - Sol De Bossa, 2012, retrieved 2025-10-03
  17. ^ "El Mar Sin Ruido".
  18. ^ "El colectivo Enlaces se presenta el 22 de junio en La Trastienda, y estrena videoclip". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  19. ^ Graziano, Martín E. (2020-03-06). "11 Discos Uruguayos (de 111)". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  20. ^ "Nuevos álbumes se suman a 111 Discos Uruguayos". Montevideo Portal. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  21. ^ Torrón, Andrés; Marotta, Mario; Roos, Jaime (2019). Mediocampo: Jaime Roos. Colección discos (1a ed.). Montevideo: Estuario Editora. ISBN 978-9974-882-79-9.
  22. ^ "Con Andrés Torrón, autor del libro Mediocampo". Montevideo Portal. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  23. ^ "América Invertida review".
  24. ^ "Best Albums 2020: Americas". Songlines. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  25. ^ Amigo Lindo del Alma (2019) - Full cast & crew - IMDb. Retrieved 2025-10-03 – via www.imdb.com.
  26. ^ "Amigo lindo del alma - ficha". Cinemateca Uruguaya. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  27. ^ "Juan Campodónico y Andrés Torrón tras la huella de la música uruguaya". Búsqueda. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  28. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  29. ^ "Ganadores 2015 – Premios Graffiti". Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  30. ^ "la diaria". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-03.
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