Peruvian musician, composer, and installation artist, living in France and the Netherlands, Galarreta was born in Lima in 1976. His sound-based works incorporate broken electrical appliances, handmade audiovisual instruments, field recordings, feedback systems, and the intentional induction of errors within software and hardware. He focuses on the acoustic properties of bodies and spaces, converting imperceptible physical phenomena—such as electromagnetic fields, sub-aquatic sounds, and otoacoustic emissions—into audible experiences.
Since 1995, Galarreta has been actively engaged in the music scene across South and Central America, presenting his diverse projects in various locations including the Luis Miroquesada Garland gallery in Lima, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) in Lima, Centre International d’Art et du Paysage on Île de Vassivière, DortYart in Dordrecht, TENT in Rotterdam, Institute de Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, NCCA in Kaliningrad, WORM in Rotterdam, Qo2 in Brussels, La Gaîté lyrique in Paris, the Interpenetration Festival in Graz, the Festival de Arte Sonoro Radar (now ‘Aural’) in Mexico City, the Audio Art Festival in Krakow, Centro Cultural de España in Mexico City, Centro Cultural Conde Duque in Madrid, La Friche de Mai in Marseille, the Festival Ecuatoriano de Música Contemporánea in Quito, and the Festival Asimtria in Arequipa. He has also conducted lectures, sound walks, and workshops, such as ‘Electro-smog & Amplified Hearing,’ ‘HiperOido: Invisible Sonic Debris and Continuity,’ and ‘Electromagnetism: Attraction and Repulsion’ at events including the Poolloop Media Art Festival in Zurich, the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and the University of Valparaiso in Valparaiso. In 2014, his feedback sound-light installation ‘Tupac Amarus’ was commissioned by the Tsonami Festival in Valparaiso, Chile. Galarreta was awarded first prize for his work ‘Amarus’ in 2008, which led to a residency at the ‘Residencias Artísticas de Iberoamérica en el Centro Nacional de las Artes’ in Mexico City.
As the founder and member of the association , Galarreta has contributed to an independent platform in South and Central America since 1998, promoting and producing experimental music, audiovisual art, sound interventions, internet radio broadcasts, acoustic research, festivals, lectures, workshops, and concerts. Aloardi celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008 by organizing the third edition of the international festival of electronic and contemporary music, CONTACTO, at the Cultural Centre of Spain (CCE) in Lima.
Galarreta has published over 100 productions and collaborated with various artists, collectives, and labels worldwide, including Microbio Records, Sub Rosa, APO33, Platoniq, Sonic Art Networks, Aloardi, Urbanoide Records, Fougère Musique, Ruido Horrible, Noxa Records, Andesground, Existenz, Felt Collective, Chipmusic, Biodata, Superspace Records, Worm Records, Ursonate, Zbigniew Karkowski, Jorge Castro (Cornucopia), N’alov, Leo Sabatto (Armenia), Pablo Reche, Anton Mobin, Dj Urine, David Kraapoola, Francisco Lopez, Dave Phillips, Muozik, Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Rogelio Sosa, Tsonami Arte Sonoro, Sebastian Ortiz, and Ignacio Rus.
In 2013, Galarreta developed independent projects at the Institute of Sonology in the Royal Conservatoire and at Foundation Centrum – Villa K in The Hague, Netherlands. He has also initiated and produced several bands under different names, including DiosMeHaViolado (a solo project with occasional collaborations with Claudia Machuca, Fabian Escalante, Yuri Gutierrez, and Aldo Castillejos from 1994 to 1998), Evamuss (as a soloist from 1997 to 2003), Azucena Kántrix (with Wilder Gonzales), Tica (with Fabiola Vasquez in 2005), Garrapata (with Gabriel Castillo and Rolando Apolo), Ninguna Ninfula (with Sabrina Melenotte in 2009), Miasma (with Sergio Sanchez in 2009), 50 Otages (with Mathieu Finisterre, Bernard Bruit, and Julien Otavi in 2011), Invisible Architecture (with Janneke van der Putten from 2013 to the present), and Sajjra, which is his current solo harsh-pop project.
