CORREDOR:  
“We Are Living The Future Talked About In Cult Movies.”

Under the moniker CRRDR the Bogotá, Colombia-based artist Francisco Corredor develops his work since 2019. He is home in the genre of Cyberpunk and experimental, acid sounds, Breaks, Techno, and Dembow and with his productions, CRRDR can surprise you with melodies, samples, and sequences that create a g-tech, electronic sound that move especially those people who put themselves in a trance or a euphoric state, the sin inside.

In his live performance he varies between Dj mixes, analog, and coding performances.

Listening to CRRDR, the music carries political messages bring awareness about the feeling of unrest. In this interview S(GBA) wants to get to know the thoughts behind the messages. He talks about excessive consumption, satire between musical environments along with his personal influences.

What's the social or political cause you want the world to pay more attention to with your music? In one of your releases ‘Polombia’ out on HATE LAB for example, the cover has a picture of Pablo Escobar. Can you describe the politic within your music?

At this moment I think the world is going through a collapse in all aspects and it is difficult for me to say one because there is an absurd gap in the distribution of wealth, and excessive consumption of resources and unfavorable labor, social and political conditions, above all this is more visible living in the third world. In my personal opinion, I feel that the strongest of situations is one of the natural resources and a possible ecological collapse because there are fewer and fewer.


Also in my music and specifically in the EP that you refer to "Polombia" is a political criticism of the constant situations that occur here, because there has always been corruption and the links of the state with drug trafficking. This specific EP is a direct apology and satire within musical environments and archival materials towards this status quo that has always pulled the strings of this country.

If you could time travel, where would you go?

At this point in my life, I think I would want to travel to the late 70s and early 80s and live that era. I find the music consumed at that time interesting. I'm obsessed right now with what was Studio 54 and the influence of Latin American Salsa.

What's the worst thing about the internet?

It has become an addiction personally and since the pandemic started the consumption of social networks and the internet has become my 24/7 routine. It is hard for me to disconnect from it.

Favorite non-musical hobby?

I like to travel, learn about different cultures and enjoy riding on my bike around the city. This helps me to clear my mind.

Your EP ‘Anticyber’ has this aesthetics of futurism and the sounds of Cyberpunk. Where did you take the inspiration from and how do you incorporate those ideas into dance music?

This EP was born as a deconstruction of cyberpunk that I fuse with elements of EBM and techno. I guess that more than creating danceable atmospheres, I wanted to do something towards a very futuristic vibe because I'm very obsessed with that concept. If we think about it, we are living the future talked about in cult movies. It was believed that in 2020 there would be flying cars, cyborgs, space travels and these kinds of things are already happening. So with my music, I like to embrace this kind of stuff and link different elements. My inspiration always comes from being around various people and watching random stuff happening around me.

You recently released "Bogotrah". Can you tell us a bit about the story behind the name? 

'Bogotrah' is a deconstruction of Dembow fusing elements of Footwork with reggaeton. 'Bogotrah' is a fusion of Bogota, which is the city where I live (the capital of Colombia), and 'trah' which is a phrase widely used in reggaeton. Also within the video clip, there are shown some riots which happened here because there are usually many protests given the bad management that there is in politics, police abuse, and the nonconformity of the citizenship as such against the govern. This track is born from the fury of Bogota and I try to do it in an underground way combining music that is moving in the circuits of Latin America.

The style of techno you play seems to take a lot of influence from other genres. What other kinds of music do you listen to the most?

I really keep listening to a lot of music, not just techno. In fact, I don't consider that what I do is techno. I always categorize it more towards avant-garde and experimental, I like to blend a lot because the music is very rich in concepts, culture and that's why in my opinion it's one of the most beautiful manifestations of art because music is there to always impress. I usually range plenty of what I listen to, it can be from ambient techno, also moving to salsa, reggaeton, hip hop. I enjoy keeping discovering music and genres.

How and where was the mix recorded, and can you tell us the idea behind it?

The mix I recorded has been a rediscovery of what I do. I haven't been mixing on CDJs for a while as I was concentrating more on doing live performances. However I wanted to record and merge existing songs, so I decided to put together tunes that have been part of my life in a certain way and also to show some of my recent projects that will be released in the next few months. In this mix, I do an exploration of dembow and future dembow, where I also bring in elements of hip hop and close with electro. It's a variation that I wanted to explore.

What are you looking forward to in the near future?

At this moment I would like to continue making music and collaborating with people around the world, I would like to travel to Europe and play there, even open to collaborating with artists, labels, and music agents to continue building the scene in Colombia and Latin America. Precisely from the collective that I have, which is called Mothership (@Mothership_exe on Instagram), we want to build a collaborative network of emerging artists to grow the underground scene and support each other.

What are you grateful for these days?

I honestly think I'm very lucky that I'm not starving and have the chance to make music, it has been an emotional support for me over the last year. I am grateful to the people who have supported my project because for real, I have had much more support from strangers than even from my friends, so I am grateful to all the people who take the time to value my work and effort. I am also very grateful to the people who have trusted in my work and are always open to doing things with me.

Who is the best cook and what is their signature dish?

I'm not an expert about that, however, I consider Peruvian food is the top of the food dishes, I love "Arroz Chaufa".


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