Music group Dorso (Since 1984) Role Singer-songwriter Name Mauricio Moya | Years active 2002 – present | |
 | ||
Website www.myspace.com/chinoysite Albums Que salgan los dragones, Chinoy en Bogota, De Loco Medieval People also search for Gamal Eltit, Alvaro Soms, Rodrigo Cuadra | ||
Birth name Mauricio Castillo Moya | ||
Krystal chinoy studio campaign
Mauricio Castillo Moya (born 1982), known as Chinoy, is a Chilean singer-songwriter. He has released two solo albums. Chinoy's androgynous voice, lyrics poetics and iconic guitar technique have been compared to Bob Dylan by the Chilean media and his style has been described as trova, Indie Folk and folk punk.
Contents
Early life
Chinoy was born in San Antonio, a commune of Valparaíso, Chile, where he founded the punk band Don Nadie and opened for the Argentine punk band Loquero in 2005. Loquero then invited him to spend a season in La Plata, Argentina. In 2007, he moved to Valparaiso where he studied for a short time and performed in local bars. It was there that Manuel Garcia saw him perform and invited Chinoy to open for him in Valparaiso and Santiago. During 2007, Chinoy performed at Concepción, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Valparaiso and Santiago and his song Carne de gallina appeared on the compilation album Escuelas de Rock 1er disco bicentenario (2007).
Musical career
In 2008, Chinoy came to the attention of award-winning filmmaker Andrés Wood, who asked him to write the theme song for his movie La Buena Vida.
In 2009, he released his debut full-length album, Que salgan los dragones, on the record label Quemasucabeza. In October 2010, he began a national tour of Chile taking in Santiago, Talca, Chillán and Concepción. In January 2012, he performed at the opening ceremony of Chile's Viña del Mar International Book Festival and by January 2013, his MySpace page had more than 800,000 views.