Also known as Arguru Name Juan Arguelles Instruments FL Studio Role Musical Artist | Years active 1996–2007 Record label Ministry of Sound Labels Out Of Orion | |
 | ||
Birth name Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius Born November 2, 1978
Malaga, Spain ( 1978-11-02 ) Occupation(s) music producer, songwriter, and programmer Died June 3, 2007, Benalmadena, Spain Genres Psychedelic trance, Pop music, Techno, Electronic dance music | ||
Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius (November 2, 1978 – June 3, 2007), also known as Arguru (sometimes Argu), was a prolific music software programmer and electronic musician, producer and songwriter, responsible for such applications as NoiseTrekker and Directwave. He started the company discoDSP and was later hired by Image-Line and involved in the development of Deckadance and FL Studio 7. Arguru died in a car accident on June 3, 2007.
Contents
Biography
Juan Antonio Arguelles was born on November, 1978 in Málaga, Spain. In 1997, Arguru started out as one of the most productive plugin developers of the Jeskola buzz-scene. In 2000, he and Frank Cobos (known as "Freaky") began mixing psytrance as a duo in Malaga under the name Alienated Buddha. They released the album Inpsyde on Out of Orion in February 2002.
Arguru co-founded the software company discoDSP with George Reales in July 2002. In December 2002 they released NightShine. discoDSP is known for developing audio plugins such as Discovery, Discovery Pro, Vertigo, Bliss, Phantom and Corona. Discovery is notable for being the first commercial VSTi plugin that was available on both Windows and Linux. He left the company in 2004 to begin working for Image-Line. While at Image-Line, he contributed to the development of FL Studio and was the primary programmer for the DJ software Deckadance, released in 2007.
Other projects
Death
On June 3, 2007, near the city of Benalmádena (Málaga, Spain), Arguru was driving when he lost control and crashed into an RV, dying in the accident. His funeral was on June 4, 2007, in the park cemetery of Malaga.