# Pablo Lescano

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**Pablo Sebastián Lescano** (born 8 December 1977) is an Argentine singer, composer, keyboardist, and leader of *[Cumbia villera](/source/Cumbia_villera)* group [Damas Gratis](/source/Damas_Gratis) from 2000.[1] He is considered by many as the founder of the Cumbia villera sub-genre.

## Biography

Born in 1977 in *[Villa La Esperanza](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Esperanza_(Buenos_Aires)),* a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, Pablo Lescano made his first musical experience at the age of 13 years on a stolen [Keyboard](/source/Keyboard_instrument). As a youth he was active in several local cumbia bands until his 1997 commercial breakthrough with the band *Amar Azul.* He succeeded both as a [keyboardist](/source/Keyboardist) and as a composer of many of the bands' songs.[2]

With the money from royalties from the success of *Amar Azul,* Lescano set about building his own studio. In 1999, he concretized plans to create a new form of [cumbia](/source/Cumbia), which should be the [voice](/source/Voice_(music)) of slum dwellers Argentina. He built around the singer Daniel Lescano, the band [Flor de Piedra](/source/Flor_de_Piedra) on which new paths went in text and sound: The text negotiated by the lives of slum kids, [drug use](/source/Substance_abuse), [crime](/source/Crime) and [sex](/source/Sex), and the music integrated elements of techno and trance in traditional cumbia dance.[3]

*Flor de Piedra* was commercially very successful, so Lescano tackled another project in 2000: the band [Damas Gratis](/source/Damas_Gratis), where he was also active as a singer, but more centrally as the group's producer. This band revolutionized the *cumbia villera* sound, and was another commercial success for Lescano, winning him several music awards including the [Premios Gardel](/source/Premios_Gardel).[4][5][6]

In 2001, Lescano helmed two other bands as a producer under contract: *Jimmy y su Combo Negro*, a parody of the traditional Colombian cumbia, and *Amar y Yo,* which is criticized for its sexist lyrics.[7][8]

## Discography

### with Amar Azul

- *Dime tú* (1996)
- *Cumbia Nena* (1997)
- *Gracias a vos* (1999)
- *Amaremix* (Remix-Album, 1999)

### with Flor de Piedra

- *La vanda mas loca* (1999)
- *Más duros que nunca* (2000)

### with Damas Gratis

- *Para los Píbes* (2000)
- *En vivo... hasta las manos* (Livealbum, 2000)
- *Operación Damas Gratis* (2001)
- *100 % Negro Cumbiero* (Livealbum, 2003)
- *En vivo 2004* (Livealbum, 2004)
- *Sin Remedio* (2005)
- *Sólo para entendidos* (2007)
- *La gota que rebalsó el vaso* (2008)
- *10 Años de Oro* (Livealbum, 2009)
- *Esquivando el éxito* (2011)
- *Somos nosotros los buenos* (2016)

### with Dany y la Roka

- *One* (2001)

### with Amar y Yo

- *Cumbia Gurisa Baila Petisa* (2001)

### with Jimmy y su Combo Negro

- *Homenaje a Colombia* (2001)

### Collaborations

- *[La Luz del Ritmo](/source/La_Luz_del_Ritmo)* – [Los Fabulosos Cadillacs](/source/Los_Fabulosos_Cadillacs) (2008)
- *[On the Rock](/source/On_the_Rock_(Andr%C3%A9s_Calamaro_album))* – [Andrés Calamaro](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Calamaro) (2010)

## References

1. ["Pablo Lescano: el mesías de la cumbia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121952/http://www.lmneuquen.com.ar/noticias/2013/3/15/pablo-lescano-el-mesias-de-la-cumbia_180797). 15 March 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.lmneuquen.com.ar/noticias/2013/3/15/pablo-lescano-el-mesias-de-la-cumbia_180797) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

1. [El ritmo de la villa](https://www.rollingstone.com.ar/583428) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121544/http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/583428) 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 February 2016

1. [Biografía de Pablo Lescano](http://www.gratisdamas.com.ar/pablo-lescano.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114646/http://www.gratisdamas.com.ar/pablo-lescano.php) 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 2016

1. [Pablo Lescano, el rey de la jungla](http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2002/04/23/c-00611.htm) Retrieved 12 February 2016

1. [Premios Gardel 2012: todos los ganadores](http://vos.lavoz.com.ar/mira/premios-gardel-2012-todos-ganadores), [La Voz del Interior](/source/La_Voz_del_Interior), Retrieved 12 February 2016

1. [La cumbia combativa encandila a los bonaerenses](http://elpais.com/diario/2001/04/25/internacional/988149623_850215.html) Retrieved 12 February 2016

1. ["Es jodido estar en mi lugar". Entrevista con Pablo Lescano, líder de Damas Gratis](http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/02/16/c-00811.htm) [Archived](https://archive.today/20140205174339/http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/02/16/c-00811.htm) 5 February 2014 at archive.today Retrieved 12 February 2016

1. [El sonido tropical que pasó de las bailantas a las discotecas](http://www.lanacion.com.ar/57300-el-sonido-tropical-que-paso-de-las-bailantas-a-las-discotecas) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062009/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/57300-el-sonido-tropical-que-paso-de-las-bailantas-a-las-discotecas) 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 February 2016

## External links

[Official website](http://pablitolescano.com)

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