Ricardo Villalobos

Ricardo Villalobos is one of the key artists -- and an unwitting standard-bearer -- associated with microhouse and minimal techno. Although the vast majority of the tracks by the Chilean-German producer are pared down with small details revealed with close listening, their lissome, trippy, and elongated qualities, informed by a rich background in South American and Afro-Latin percussion, situate them far from the stark aggressions of Robert Hood or Richie Hawtin. Villalobos' recordings date back to 1993. He hit his creative stride around the turn of the century, progressing fr...