Juan Campodónico

He produced albums by Jorge Drexler (Frontera, Sea, Eco, 12 Segundos de Oscuridad), Luciano Supervielle, Bajofondo (Tango Club, Mar Dulce, Presente), El Cuarteto de Nos (Raro, Bipolar, Porfiado), La Vela Puerca (El impulso), OMAR, Sordromo, No Te Va Gustar, Santullo and Ximena Sariñana among others.

He created the Bajofondo project alongside iconic producer and two-time Academy Award winner for Best Original Score Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain and Babel).

In 1984, back in Montevideo, he began to be part of several rock and pop bands, like Públicas Virtudes, played with different songwriters as a sideman and made music for theatre and advertising.

The project, which appeared under the name Bajofondo Tango Club, initially was an alliance of producers, musicians and singers that took shape in the recording studio, and the release of their first album was the culmination of this process.

CAMPO's debut album was produced by Campodonico himself alongside Gustavo Santaolalla; with Joe Chiccarelli, sound engineer of The Strokes, The Shins and The White Stripes.

At that time Jorge Drexler, who was in Madrid and had significant experience there, called him to work and Campodónico along with Carlos Casacuberta (another former member of Peyote) produced his album "Frontera" for Virgin / EMI Spanish which was recorded in Uruguay, entirely on a PC.

Famous Honda Acura commercial,[2] the Warner Channel serie Nikita and the Introduction of the TV GLOBO soap opera A Favorita (Brazil) used the song "Pa' Bailar", from Bajofondo's Mar Dulce.

The song "Mi Corazón" included in Bajofondo Tango Club, has been played in many parts of the world in both commercials, on television programs and in an HBO series.

[3] In 2013 Campodónico along with Jaime Roos and Pablo Bonilla, composed the original soundtrack for the Uruguayan film Jugadores con Patente.

The Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler with Luciano Supervielle (left on keyboards) and John Campodónico (center guitar), giving a concert on the stage of the gaucho (intersection of Calle 18 de Julio and Constituyente, Montevideo), during the Bicentennial celebrations in Uruguay on 10 October 2011.
The Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler with Luciano Supervielle (left on keyboards) and John Campodónico (center guitar), giving a concert on the stage of the gaucho (intersection of Calle 18 de Julio and Constituyente, Montevideo), during the Bicentennial celebrations in Uruguay on 10 October 2011.