Guarco was born to Uruguayan and Italian parents in Elizabeth, NJ. Growing up in both that immigrant-rich industrial city, and the small beach town of San Luis, Uruguay, he acquired an eclectic taste in music.
Guarco spent years experimenting with a 4-track tape machine creating a vast collection of sonic collages, dense reggae loops, wild drum-machine drones, and flowing psychedelic delayscapes. At 21, Guarco decided to go back to Montevideo, Uruguay to study folklore guitar, and to write new material for what would be his debut release.
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Once he returned to the US he immediately teamed up with producer/engineer Ben Kane (D’angelo, The Roots, Blitz the Ambassador) to fuse together years of sketches into a cohesive album.
In his lyrics, Guarco recalls the history of exploitation in Latin America, and yet artfully examines his own seemingly inescapable role in a system that he resents. He sings about the world with a rare introspection that is both engaging and thought provoking to all who listen.