Juan Carlos Vasquez

Who is Juan Carlos Vasquez?

Juan Carlos Vasquez is a Colombian composer and sound artist, founder of industrial metal band Legacy of Fire.

Vasquez studied composition at the Pontifical Xavierian University. Some of his past teachers include Diego Vega, Juan Antonio Cuellar and Carolina Noguera. Later, he participated in masterclasses with Reiko Füting, Leonardo Balada, Rodolfo Mederos, Carmen Helena Téllez and Jesús Rueda.

Since 2004 he has been active as a freelance composer, working for media, film, and sound design projects. He has toured extensively as a composer and performer in the United Kingdom, Italy, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, including an acclaimed interactive installation for the Milan Furniture Fair in - the largest fair of its kind in the world - reviewed as "one of the most eye-catching sights of the fair" by The Architects' Journal, while working as a sound director for a research project at the Pilot University of Colombia. He has collaborated with artists to present new works in different contexts, such as his participation in Olympic artist Clare Newton's interdisciplinary work Emperors for Tea.

Vasquez is best known for being the creative force behind Legacy of Fire, an industrial metal band signed by British label Casket Music.