Nacho Vegas
Who is Nacho Vegas?
Ignacio González Vegas, known artistically as Nacho Vegas, is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in Gijón on December 9, 1974. A graduate in Hispanic Philology from the University of Oviedo, his music moves between folk and rock, and he performs both solo and backed by his band, Sus Esferas Invisibles.
Career
He was part of the first generation of Spanish indie as a member of Eliminator Jr., a band he joined in 1990 and with whom he recorded the album “Chandal” (1994, Elefant Records), and later became a founding member of Manta Ray, a band that earned considerable international critical acclaim. In the late 1990s he left the group to launch a solo career that began with “Actos Inexplicables” (2001), named best national album by the magazine Rockdelux.
That debut was followed by albums such as the double CD “Cajas de Música Difíciles de Parar” (2003), the EP “Canciones del Palacio” (2003) and the LP “Desaparece Aquí” (2005), a title taken from a Bret Easton Ellis novel. In 2006 he released the double CD “El Tiempo de las Cerezas” together with Enrique Bunbury, former frontman of Héroes del Silencio, coinciding with his first tour of Mexico. In 2008 he put out “El Manifiesto del Desastre,” produced by Paco Loco, and that same year collaborated with musician Xel Pereda on the Asturian folk project “Lucus 15.”
Beyond his music career, he has worked as a columnist for outlets such as El Mundo and GQ and has published short fiction, including a contribution to the collective book “Cuentos Contados” (2001). In 2010 he announced the end of his relationship with the label Limbostarr to found his own label, Marxophone, marking a new stage of creative independence in his career.