Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Héctor Buitrago “Conector” @conectormusica, is an artist and environmental activist in defence of environmental, social, cultural and native causes, aiming to have thought, word and harmony return to rule over the territory. His path is linked to water, land and ancestry.

Since 1992, Héctor Buitrago has developed a musical proposal that draws on Latin American roots and contemporary influences in the Bogotá-based band Aterciopelados, together with Andrea Echeverri. The conceptual content of his songs and the recovery of the ritual dimension of music are at the core of his work.

In 2006 he started his independent sound project called CONECTOR, mixing electronic and cinematographic sonorities with Andean and indigenous sounds, as well as chants and mantras from different parts of the world, evoking the past, but also the future.

In 2010 he followed the call of water and co-created with Catalina Salguero: Cantoalagua, “Cantandole Ah a las Aguas”, which is based on the conviction that sound and intention have the ability to recover the spiritual connection with Water. Currently this initiative resonates in more than 20 countries and around 500 points of Canto al agua join simultaneously on March 22 each year.

With his song ‘Soy La Semilla Nativa’ from the album Niños Cristal, later released with Aterciopelados, he won the as award of best children’s song at the RoundGlass Music Awards, which recognises artists who create music for welfare, peace and environmental awareness. He is currently part of the collective VozTerra with which he released 4 albums with musicians from 10 countries to draw attention to the loss of biodiversity.

For tropical papers the artist shared a series of compositions and videos created especially for tropical papers linked to water, land, and ancestry.

POSTED: @tropicalpapers_03.02.2022 to 24.02.2022