Dj Chiricano

3 February 2010

Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1971, David Hereu has always been somewhat of a restless person, preferring movement to a stagnant existence. In Spain, he worked in and traveled through many cities as a sound engineer with bands like Orishas, Macaco, Berri Txarrak and Manu Chao.
Being at so many concerts and setting up sound, he met and saw many DJ’s and soon learned how to dj on his own. He started off playing in small bars, eventually working his way up to bigger parties.
In December of 2006, he visited Nicaragua at the invitation of Managua’s DJ Revuelta Sonora to work as a soundman in some concerts and also to DJ and to take part in a sound workshop. He fell in love with Nicaragua and his fascination was such that when he returned to Spain he sold all his belongings and returned to live here fulltime in 2007.
In a short while Chiricano has become an indispensible sound engineer to the most popular national bands in Managua, working with Perrozomopo, Momotombo, Clara Grün & Electrochinamo, Q69K, Divisón Urbana, Milly Majuc, Monroy & Surmenage and more. Many bands even refuse to play if he is not behind the boards.
His nickname was given to him by musician Augusto Mejia who was teasing him about his faux hawk. “He started to joke that I looked like a Chiricana chicken because they have bald heads with just the crest.” Hereu took the barbs in stride and the name got attached, literally, a large circular tattoo of the moniker now graces his right shoulder.