6 September 2010
By Oliver Best, Photography Chris Sataua
I imagine not many magazines have a sleeping DJ across the hall, but I guess Hecho is among the lucky few. When Evan Rhodes actually wakes up, usually sometime in the afternoon, you can also catch him producing new music and original mixes in the makeshift studio that was formerly the Hecho storage room. Coming from a 13 year DJ career that started in Detroit then moved west to San Francisco, Evan is now calling Managua home.
When asking Evan what influences living in Nicaragua have had on him musically, he is quick to reply, “For sure the marimba has had a huge impact on me, as well as latin percussion. When I’m producing music now I’m constantly thinking of the these sounds and how to incorporate it into my music.” Evan is currently working on a new band project entitled El Proyecto Sonido with local musicians Guillermo Noroy (Momotombo), Rodrigo Castro (Q69K) and newcomer Flor Marenco.
Evan plays House music when DJing, a genre that he describes as “electronic music with soul.” He feels here in Nicaragua there are still many different types of electronic music that haven’t fully been discovered and recommends beatport.com as a great online resource for purchasing house music, checking out other types of electronic music, and of course, for picking up some of his releases.
So far Evan is enjoying his stay in Managua, “I really like playing here, the people are great, the food is great…I just don’t really like my roommates…”
