Martín Córdova Palacios

Nací en Guayaquil y estudié Ciencias de la Comunicación en Buenos Aires, donde ahora vivo. Tengo 29 años y soy periodista freelancer y redactor creativo en Don by Havas. También tengo una productora de shows, JAIP, en Ecuador, y he hecho branding y marketing digital para varias marcas. Aquí dejaré algunos de mis mejores trabajos hasta ahora e iré actualizando conforme publique nuevos textos. Estoy en Twitter. 


I was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1996 and graduated from college in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2019, where I'm now based. I'm a freelance journalist with bylines on many sites, and a creative copywriter at Don by Havas.  Here, you'll find my published work in both english and spanish. Follow me on Twitter. 

Mis artículos/My work

Remezcla •

Nicki Nicole Talks ‘Parte de Mí,’ Argentinian Trap Scene & Christina Aguilera Collab

It seems that a full album—as a whole piece and not a compilation of tracks—is more of a statement nowadays, relegated to artists who are nostalgic for their own music listening experience. Nicki Nicole is one of those nostalgic artists. “I really enjoy listening to full albums and seeing what the artists have to offer as a whole,” she tells Remezcla over a Zoom call. Her sophomore album, Parte de Mí, shows her finding her comfort zone and playing around a little bit within those limits. And as
Revista Mundo Diners •

El último en irse apaga la luz

La historia de Fediscos podría llamarse también la historia nacional, pues el sello, la marca y el lugar estuvieron tan ligados a la vida cultural del Ecuador que tratar de obviarla sería imperdonable. Aquí un poco de lo que fue y de lo mucho que siempre será. Es la madrugada del 17 de febrero de 2016 y en el estudio Fediscos hay una fies­ta: el after del show debut de Erlend Øye en Guayaquil. El noruego, reconocido mundialmente como el líder de la banda de culto The Whitest Boy Alive y parte d
Revista Mundo Diners •

David Rojas, autodidacta al servicio del arte

Los músicos ecuatorianos son, casi por obligación, artistas independientes que en su mayoría dependen de la autogestión para sacar sus proyectos adelante. Pero, fuertes como son, logran darse modos para que viva la música. Ya lo dijo Calamaro: “la vida es dura, pero el rock and roll también es duro”. En el año 2017 la banda guayaquileña El General Villamil, encabezada por David Rojas, salió por primera vez de su ciudad para recorrer el país. La gira fue un ejercicio de autogestión de su líder q
Bandcamp Daily •

Colombia’s Rap Scene is On the Rise

In the back half of the last decade, hip-hop culture achieved mainstream saturation in South America. It’s not that there wasn’t rap music in the region before—artists like Tiro de Gracia, from Chile, and Argentinian rapper Emanero, made waves and earned fans—but it always felt niche. Now, the beats have gotten stronger, the bars fiercer, and the crowds larger. The recent rise of hip-hop in South America was fueled by both rap battles and the ascent of trap music. The former have become a fixtu
DJBooth •

We Need to Criticize Bad Bunny

“At its best, ‘YHLQMDLG’ is a nice try at embracing the diversity of what the urbano landscape has to offer. At its worst, the album feels like a playlist on shuffle.” By now, you’re likely aware Latin trap phenomenon Bad Bunny released his sophomore album, titled YHLQMDLG (Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana), on February 29. The LP, his latest project after a joint album (Oasis) with J Balvin, is the long-awaited follow-up to Bunny’s 2018 Christmas Day solo debut, X 100PRE. YHLQMDLG begins in a ver
DJBooth •

10 Latin Trap Artists To Watch in 2020

Hip-hop has been the leading cultural movement in Latin America for the past several years. Driven by the mainstream success of reggaetoneros, the influence of American artists, and the tremendous growth of freestyle battles, Latin rappers have stepped up their game across all platforms. The beats are better, too, a sign that producers are more relevant than ever before. See also: Tainy. Even album and single covers now display explicit attention to detail once ignored by Latin artists. Fans th
DJBooth •

Latin Trap and Reggaeton Are Becoming Americanized. It’s a Problem

The innovative nature of reggaeton is the reason for its international success. But with the interpolation of American music, the genre is losing its identity. The end of the 2010s will go down in history as the beginning of the Latin trap and reggaeton era. For the past few years, variations of these two original genres took over the globe—especially captivating North American audiences, finally. In 2017, Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” was its own seminal moment in the process of the Latin trap glo
Remezcla •

Meet Juan Ingaramo, Argentina's Most Prolific Male Pop Star

Juan Ingaramo has a mission: to take pop music back to the elite status other genres enjoy. The Cordoba, Argentina-born musician used to sing in a band, Globo, but after growing tired of rock’s boundaries, he embraced pop as a flag to carry. “It seemed more rebellious at the time. Everybody was making rock, and everybody had that rock look,” he told Indie Hoy in November 2016. His intentions and development are evident in the names of his three albums. First off, Pop Nacional (2013). (In Englis
Remezcla •

The 8 Best & Brightest Artists in Ecuador's Underground Scene

For years, Ecuador’s underground music scene has been providing Ecuadorians with artists they can be proud of. Across the country, bands have been passing the torch between generations, with a punk movement erupting in the late 90s, commanded by bands like G.O.E and 69 Segundos. Shortly after, in the early 2000s, reggae and ska purveyors Sudakaya became one of the first cult bands in the country. Almost two decades later, the scope of genres has grown, along with the audiences – with the interne
DJBooth •

10 Hip-Hop Artists Changing the Game in Latin America

Hip-hop is the new rock in Latin America; it is the counterculture where the youth convene for a safe place of enjoyment. Following El Quinto Escalón, a viral music competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, teens across the continent became obsessed with freestyling and rap battles. As a result, a glutton of musica urbana talent has bubbled to the surface, featuring names like Paulo Londra, Lit Killah, and Ecko. Post-competition, the impact was immediate, and after its boom, trap music quickly e