Gepe was born in
San Miguel, a
commune of
Santiago, Chile. Then he studied graphical design at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Taller Dejao Taller Dejao, consisting of Gepe on drums and vocals and Javier Cruz on bass, released an album entitled
El brillo que tiene es lo humano que le queda in 2004.
Solo Gepe released his first solo recording, the EP
5x5, on Jacobino Discos in 2004. On November 4, 2005, he released his first full-length album,
Gepinto, on the Chilean label
Quemasucabeza. The same year, a track from the album, "Namás," was included on the Chilean indie compilation and label sampler
Panorama neutral. Gepe also contributed to electropop artist
Javiera Mena's track, "Sol de invierno," on the compilation. The Chilean edition of
Rolling Stone voted
Gepinto the 22nd best Chilean album of all time in its April 2008 issue, and the Argentinean edition of the same magazine selected "Namás" as the 49th best track of 2006. Gepe's second full-length album,
Hungría, was released by Quemasucabeza on May 18, 2007, at Cine Arte Normandie in
Santiago, Chile. The same year, he was awarded "best new artist" at the Premios a la Música Chilena, and filmmakers Rosario González y Pablo Muñoz released an independent documentary about Gepe and Javiera Mena. In 2008, Gepe released a second EP,
Las piedras, available free for download from the label Quemasucabeza's website. In 2009, Gepe could be heard in a beautiful Spanish cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," specially recorded for the film "Sugar." Gepe's Hallelujah remains unavailable for purchase and can only be heard in the film (prominently featured towards the end) and on Gepe's MySpace webpage. In 2012, Gepe released his fourth album entitled
GP. The album was heavily influenced by Chile's northern and Bolivian music, and also went more in a Pop-oriented direction. When performing live he also started to be accompanied by a dance crew for the first time. == Influences ==