Putochinomaricón
{{Short description|Spanish-Taiwanese musician}}
{{family name hatnote|Tsai|lang=Chinese}}
{{family name hatnote|Tsai|Tseng|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Putochinomaricón
| image = Putochinomaricón_durante_la_entrevista_(cropped).jpg
| alt = Chenta Tsai photographed during an interview for eldiario.es
| caption = Putochinomaricón photographed during an interview for eldiario.es in 2019
| birth_name = Chenta Tsai Tseng
| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan
}}
Chenta Tsai Tseng (Chinese: 蔡真太;{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} pinyin: Cài Zhēntài), better known as Putochinomaricón (stylized as PUTOCHINOMARICÓN), is a Taiwanese-born Spanish musician and architect. They began in the Spanish alternative music scene in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=PUTOCHINOMARICÓN Explores Contradictions on "JÁJÁ ÉQUISDÉ (Distopía Aburrida)" |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/putochinomaricon-jaja-equisde-distopia-aburrida-interview |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Bandcamp Daily}} Their name was created from the insults they would be referred to on the streets.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-06 |title=Gay Asian millennial protests his way up Spain’s music scene |url=https://www.thelocal.es/20190706/gay-asian-millennial-protests-his-way-up-spains-music-scene/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Local Spain |language=en-US}} They released their debut album Corazón de cerdo con ginseng al vapor in 2018,{{cite web |title=Putochinomaricón / Corazón de cerdo con ginseng al vapor |url=https://jenesaispop.com/2018/04/20/327312/putochinomaricon-corazon-cerdo-ginseng-al-vapor/ |website=jenesaispop.com |access-date=21 April 2023 |language=es |date=19 April 2018}} followed by Jájá Éqúísdé in 2022,{{Cite web |last=20minutos |date=2022-06-15 |title=Putochinomaricón cancela su actuación en el Orgullo LGTBI de Palma por la presencia de una exdiputada de Vox y la "mercantilización" de la fiesta |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5016338/0/putochinomaricon-cancela-su-actuacion-en-el-orgullo-lgtbi-de-palma-por-la-presencia-de-una-exdiputada-de-vox/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=Putochinomaricón presenta Jájá Équísdé |url=https://www.zonadeobras.com/apuestas/2022/04/29/putochinomaricon-jaja-equisde-distopia-aburrida/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Zona de Obras |language=es}} the latter being described as an album of "relief after only knowing resistance"."Introducing Putochinomaricón" by Franchesca Judine Basbas, 6 May 2022 https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/introducing-putochinomaricon-chenta-tsai-interview-jaja-equisde-new-album-may-2022
Themes
Their early singles "Gente de Mierda" and "El Test de la Bravo y la Superpop" associated them with the hyperpop genre.{{Cite web |title=Meet The Spanish Hyperpop Artists Bringing The '00s Back |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/spanish-hyperpop-rakky-ripper-autotune-angel-putochinomaricon-eruosanto-andraia |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Nylon |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-05-12 |title=Putochinomaricón: "Ceno macarrones con tomate cuando estoy de bajona" |url=https://www.elmundo.es/papel/cultura/2019/05/12/5cd5a30afc6c83b0658b46db.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Gutiérrez |first=Por Iván Iglesias y Óscar |date=2018-07-18 |title=Putochinomaricón contra sus haters: "Me inspiro en la España profunda, en lo feo" |url=https://www.esquire.com/es/actualidad/musica/a22207539/putochinomaricon-haters-entrevista-video/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Esquire |language=es-ES}} Their music has also been associated with the related glitchcore genre.{{Cite web |title=Putochinomaricón is on the rise {{!}} Interview |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/putochinomaricon-using-pop-tool-fictional-speculation-political-resistence |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}} They cited A-Mei as an influence for them as an East Asian and Taiwanese pop artist and GFOTY as someone they have looked up to as an experimental artist.{{Cite web |last=Medina |first=Raquel Hidalgo |date=2022-03-20 |title=Putochinomaricón y GFOTY se unen en el sencillo "Tamagotchi" |url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/putochinomaricon-gfoty/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=MondoSonoro |language=es}}
Their music has influenced discussions on decolonized dance music, being referred to by The Line of Best Fit as using pop for "fictional speculation and political resistance". On the subject of decolonization in their music, Tseng states "That was a game changer for me. I suddenly realised I am talking about the colonisation of our bodies and identities, but it was hypocritical of me to go back to my living room and use Ableton, where you open it and it has a tuning system that is Western, it marks a four-by-four rhythm. I wanted to use this DAW in the most incorrect way possible."
Discography
Mini albums
- Corazón de Cerdo Con Ginseng al Vapor (2018)
- Miseria Humana (2019)
Albums
References
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Category:Spanish pop musicians
Category:Spanish LGBTQ musicians