Chimpun Callao!

That's where I was born - Peru's salsa capital and the same Callao so many salseros sing about.

Then I moved next door to Lima, where I grew up, and salsa was never far way. My father and uncles often travelled to New York and always brought back the latest hits from the likes of Ritchie Ray & Bobby Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Cheo Feliciano, the Lebron Brothers, etc. And that's the kind of music I still like to play most, those classic 1970s tunes from the Golden Years of salsa.

In my late teens, early twenties I organized a lot of salsa parties for friends and strangers alike, really for anyone who shared my taste in music and was willing to pay a modest entrance fee to my backyard nightclub.

In the 90s, I moved to Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, but the salsa parties continued. Even there in the home of samba I managed to find a salsa hangout right in the middle of Copacabana and soon after I was throwing my own parties for Rio's salsa aficionados.

From there the salsa trail took me to Miami. I finally got to go to the famous salsa festival in the Calle Ocho and saw as many live salsa acts as I could - and there are lots in Miami.And although salsa is my first love, I really got to like the merengue they play in Miami - hard and fast. Lots of Oro Solido, Fulanito, Banda Gorda and the likes. And best of all, a friend gave me the opportunity to play as a guest DJ on several occasions at a club in north Miami. The crowd there was mixed and I was happy to see that Latinos and Americans alike enjoyed my music.

And finally, I landed in London, in September 1999. I got lucky - on my second day I managed to find work with Salsa Caliente in Croydon as a DJ and teacher on several nights a week.That was my first introduction to a UK audience and I thouroughly enjoyed it.Since then I have moved on to work for one of the UK's main salsa promoters Salsa-UK. I now play regularly on two nights a week at Bar Lorca in Brixton and at La Finca in Islington. At this point I would like to thank Ara, who most of you will know from his DJ days at Salsa Palladium, who taught me a lot about playing salsa for a London crowd.

Catch me if you can!

Salsa has been my passion for as long as I can remember and I have learned how to please any type of crowd, playing the latest hits and those favorite tunes from the past.

Like my food, I like my salsa hot and spicy. QUE RICO MAMA!!!!! Pa' bailadores