Santiago Latorre is an alto saxophonist and sound engineer from Barcelona, Spain, who is currently in the US. He will performing in Seattle tomorrow, on June 5, at the Good Shepherd Center along with Simon Wickham-Smith.
This rather unique photo was taken by Dead Air, on May 30, as Latorre performed in Portland, Oregon.
Photography by: Dead Air. Source: Flickr
On his MySpace Music page, Santiago Latorre classifies his music as Electronica / Experimental / Electroacoustic. This is perhaps not surprising when one learns that his parallel interests in saxophone and electronic engineering, are what led to his project titled The Sonification of the Human Genome. According to Latorre’s website it’s… [quote]
If you are interested in finding out more about Santiago Latorre, you can check out his website, and also his blog. Both, along with his MySpace Music page, contain audio files, videos, and some information that may be of interest to you. In his blog he’s been keeping somewhat of a journal of his travels in the US, starting with some photos from New York City.
If you’re in the Seattle area, and have no plans tomorrow night yet, you might want to go and check out his performance. It may very well be an interesting show. He is certainly not the usual type of saxophonist we hear all the time.
