Uncle Castro

Uncle Castro is the pseudonym of Carlos Augusto Morales, born in 1980 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, and is widely considered to be an elusive political figure and experimental musician. He was born into a poor family, and from a young age helped his father, Augusto Morales, sell radios to wealthy families. His mother, thought to be called Lorena Morales, died after she gave birth to her son. He has two sisters, Angelica and Claudia, who are both older than him. When he reached the age of 18, he left Argentina, and moved to live in Europe. After extensive travelling, he eventually settled in Dublin, where he now lives with his wife Mary.

His music

"I make my music from memories, with far away in mind, the exotic sounds that came from the radio, the noises from the street, the footsteps, the smells. This is my influence."

"Battles are continuous, there are wars on the streets, no man can claim victory"

"I am a pacifist. I make jokes and gentle notes"

Carlos Morales uses any instruments available to him, and executes and records all of his music himself in his garden shed which he has dubbed "The White House". Many of his instruments are cheap, and are bought from large High Street shops such as Argos and Littlewoods. He says "the best music is the music of the spontaneous, the music of the child, the nusery rhyme, the raw-I am the raw child". A typical Uncle Castro song will include a repetitive loop of noises, and improvisation on a number of instruments. Recurring themes include radios, children, war, and a vast number of political and literary influences. He is known not to sing, however his songs sometimes include vocals and running commentaries from radios, films, and himself.

Source: "Electronic Music of 2005", Keith Whiteman

Quotes from his only interview, Inter Milan, 2004

"Music Plays, Guns Fire, Children play with guns, I play with the music of children"

"Influences? The vast laughter of the sea, the sins turning wings, the old madmen of the cities"

(On asked weather or not he smoked)
"Smoke? Only when I dance"

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