About

Juan Cristóbal Saavedra aka Equipo is a Chilean music producer & sound designer living in Europe since 2001.
In 1998 he recorded his first solo album of experimental music under the name of Pikap and in 1999 he started working on his electronic music project Equipo.
At the beginning of 2001 he moved to Berlin where he was resident DJ at the legendary club Tacheles and produced his first album named (…e.q.u.i.p.o…), published by the label Fueradeserie!.

In 2004 he moved to Barcelona and continued working as Equipo, but also found time to set up the artistic collective Dpendiente, where develop further musical projects.
Late 2006 he published Presente and a year later Usted No Está Aquí on the Chilean Netlabel Pueblo Nuevo. In 2008 Equipo published the EPs Al Norte Por el Interior and Cruce de Brisas on the French Netlabel Rodoid.

After being involved in several musical projects as musician and producer, Equipo joined the danish label Clang in 2013 and published Adjetivos, followed by Tacto e Indiscreción (2014), Simulaciones (2015), Simulaciones Revisited (2015) and Fin de existencias (2017).

Equipo has performed at renowned festivals like Mutek, Bam, Deleste, Cologne Commons or Re-New.

In the Visual arts, his collaborations with Jan SpeckenBach, Amaranta Velarde or Txalo Toloza-Fernández have been shown in instances like Sónar Festival, Galerie K&S, Museo de Navarra, VIPER Festival, Loop, La Casa Encendida or ARCO.

In the Performing Arts, Saavedra also has a long career as composer & sound designer, working with choreographer Marcos Morau (La Veronal) and dramaturg Roger Bernat among others, showing his work in festivals such as Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Tanz im August, Festival d'Avignon, Festival d'Automne à Paris, or Biennale di Venezia and working for renowned companies like Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon or Ballet Nacional de España.