Vladi Vargas - Sound Engineer and Producer

Vladi Vargas started out as a DJ and he still has the beat energy floating in his blood. With Hip Hop close to heart, he has mixed and mastered several albums and 12" singles of Looptroop, Looptroop Rockers and Promoe, who each have hundreds of gigs across the globe adding to their notoriety as leading European Hip Hop artists. "Send Someone Away" by Embee featuring the European Border Breaker award winner José Gonsález, is one of the songs on the "Tellings from Sollitaria" albums, mixed by Vargas, which earned Embee a Swedish Grammy.

Having worked with tracks for Jamaica's who's who of contemporary Reggae music, Vladi Vargas has a genuine experience of Dancehall. "Mi Chalwa" with Jah Mason, mixed by Vargas, was picked for Greensleves' annual compilation described as "the ultimate chart hit selection of the best roots reggae songs of top hits from Jamaica's finest". Another Vladi Vargas mixing is Junior Kelly's "Rasta Should be Deeper" (VP/Hi-Score Music), voted as one of the top 10 best songs of all categories by Swedish National Radio P3's music staff. Other artists' tracks he worked on includes those of the US Grammy Award winner Beenie Man, Lady Saw the first female dancehall artist winning a US Grammy Award, and Gentleman who held the number one on the German album chart.

Vladi Vargas' versatility in music sound is evident in "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo", which he produced and mixed. The song hit the top of the charts in India with the group Bombay Vikings. Another sound is found in pop charmer Måns Zelmerlöw, who received a Gold Record for his album that included "The Prayer", mixed by Vladi Vargas together with Mats Nyman. Yet another, in the winner of Belarus Eurovision 2012 song contest Alena Lanskaya "All My Life", which was produced and mixed by Vladi Vargas.

As a sound engineer, Vladi Vargas is a sparring partner to riddim/beat makers and music producers such as Chilly, Embee, DJ Large, Jimmy Ledrac, and Mats Nyman.

Text: Soundism