Fantasna
Sebastian Mella was born in 1983, in Santiago, Chile. He studied architecture at Universidad de Chile. He began his musical work in 1999, forming part of the band CCS. After two years, this project is diluted and begins to develop its own soloist work like Fantasna.
In 2005, he joins the netlabel and Chilean collective "Nomucho". This platform gave him the possibility to distribute his productions and play live.
In 2006 he played for the first time at Club Quinto Sol, located in Providencia, Santiago de Chile.
In October 2007, the MicroMutek festival took place in Santiago. Fantasna was one of his participants, sharing stage with artists like Marc Leclair (Akufen), Tailor Deupree, among others.
In December 2011 he participates again in the Mutek festival, playing on the third night live in Santiago, with Stefan Betke a.k.a. Pole (~scape) and Jorge Cortés (Jorge C, Receptor, Cáncer, Ojo de Apolo).
On May 15th 2014, he is invited by Boiler Room to join the first session on Santiago. This presentation was recorded in video and also in a documentary about the local scene. Later, in June 2014, Fantasna performs for the first time in Europe, at Moog club in Barcelona.
In November 2014 Fantasna joins a new Chilean label called Pirotecnia, founded and directed by DJ Raff and Dalal Leiva. In the same year, he release “Del Cuore EP”.
In July 2015, he joins to the alternative music conference, The LAMC, which was organized by "Nacional Records". This conference took place at New York City, where the artists of Pirotecnia played at the Summer Stage in Central Park and in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. At the same time Nacional Records released the label’s first compilation, “Pirotecnia Vol. 1”, which contains 2 tracks of Fantasna, “Playas” and “Cosas Del Cuore”.
In July of 2015 Fantasna is chosen winner of the prize Pulsar, granted by the SCD (Chile), to the "Best Artist of Electronic Music 2014" by the EP "Del Cuore". On December, Fantasna participates at Sonar Sound Santiago Festival and on November 2016 at the Primavera Fauna Festival.
In March 2017, Pirotecnia release his first album, called “Cuéntame”. The album was edited on vinyl and digital formats.
In January 2018, he play at Club Quinto Sol festival in Santiago de Chile. Sharing stage with artists like Chica Paula, Mathew Styles, Dinky, Vera and Daniel Bell, among others.
His work has been released by both Chilean and international records labels, such as Nomucho (Santiago, Chile), Discos Pegaos (Santiago, Chile), Diamante Records (Santiago, Chile), Ojo de Apolo (Berlin, Germany), Apparel Music (London, UK), Secouer Records (Puglia, Italy), Neovinyl Records (Málaga-Berlin), Melisma, (Berlin-Santiago) and Drumma Records (Santiago-Berlin).
Releases:
Robot Y Su Combo EP, Nomucho 004, 2006. (Chile)
Lluvias Del Trópico EP, Nomucho 007, 2007. (Chile)
2Nite EP, Apparel Music, APD022, 2010. (UK)
Sub_a / Sougud, Discos Pegaos, DPS04, 2011. (Chile)
Las Siete Canchas EP, Neovinyl Recordings, NVR017, 2011. (BCN-Berlin)
Equis Costa EP, Drumma, DM003, 2012. (Chile-Berlin)
Asi Somos, Melisma, MLS14, 2013. (Chile-Berlin)
Ganimedes EP, Neovinyl Recordings, NVR038, 2014. (BCN-Berlin)
Secret Society Vol 1, Various Artist, Drumma, DMD005, 2014. (Chile-Berlin)
Las Cosas Callao EP, Neovinyl Recordings. 2014. (BCN-Berlin)
Various Artist, Combo EP, Ojo De Apolo (12”). 2014. (Berlin)
Various Artist, Pegamentos Vol.2, Discos Pegaos (12”). 2014 (Chile)
Del Cuore EP, Pirotecnia. 2014 (Chile)
Various Artist, Fireworks Vol.1, Pirotecnia. 2016 (Chile)
Various Artist, Diamante label, September 2016. (Chile)
Cuéntame LP, Pirotecnia (12”). 2017. (Chile)
Various – Family Affair #1 - Members Only, Nerang Recordings 2017. (Australia)
Panal Records – Various Artists A (2º Aniversary) 2018. (Chile)