A native of Bluefields, a small Caribbean port on Nicaragua’s legendary Miskito coast, Ramiro was exposed to multi-cultural music from an early age, including Afro-Caribbean soca, reggae, salsa, and other Latin rhythms. This experience was enhanced by his subsequent years growing up in New Orleans, where blues, jazz and funk permeated the region’s rich music culture, and where Ramiro also discovered new wave, punk, and other non-mainstream music which emphasized creativity and community over commercialism.

During his college years in San Francisco, Ramiro converged upon the electronic music phenomenon that was exploding in the Bay Area in the early 1990s. From the Wicked Full-Moons to The Gathering and Freedom parties, to Come-Unity, Zendada, Stompy, and the legendary Sunset outdoor and boat parties, Ramiro drew inspiration from being a part of the unfolding West Coast underground movement, which has now earned its place in the history of American electronic music culture. With the support of friends, Ramiro began producing his own events in 1995, showcasing the talents of many local artists, musicians, and friends. And thus, in 1997, Uniting Souls was born.

As founder of Uniting Souls in San Francisco, Ramiro worked actively to build community through the power of house music, producing over 100 events in the Bay Area through the late 90s, and dozens more in Los Angeles. Uniting Souls quickly gained a reputation for top-notch events with incredibly good vibes!

In 2000, Ramiro served as talent coordinator and Director of ACA University during the first ACA World Sound Festival in Acapulco, Mexico, a 3-day electronic music festival featuring 5 stages, over 80,000 attendees, and some of the world’s top artists – including Moby performing live with a 10-piece band, Carl Cox, Deep Dish, Danny Tenaglia, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, King Britt, Jazzanova (Live), Satoshi Tomiie, Mark Farina, LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Ming & FS, South African jazz legend Hugh Masakela, Latin jazz Grammy-winners Poncho Sanchez Band, and dozens of others.

Since making Seattle his new home in 2000, Ramiro has been “an inextinguishable accelerant of Seattle’s house scene” (Seattle Weekly 10/29/03), producing over 400 events in the Northwest, featuring top-tier local, national, and international talent – including Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, Doc Martin, Little Louie Vega, Marques Wyatt, Johnny Fiasco, Kaskade, Miguel Migs & Lisa Shaw, Dubtribe Sound System, Inland Knights, and hundreds of others – laying the foundation for a strong, art-minded community, one which continues to expand with the passing years. In addition, for the past 9 years, Ramiro and Uniting Souls have had the honor of producing all of Om Records’ major tour stops and record-release parties in Seattle.

All the while, Ramiro has spearheaded the record label branch, Uniting Souls Music, highly successful in North America and Europe, with 5 consecutive sold-out releases, and more on the way. Ramiro has also produced record-release parties in New York and regular annual showcase events at WMC in Miami.

In addition to wearing all these hats, Ramiro LOVES dj’ing, with 12 years experience behind the decks, and a penchant for deep, techno-influenced house – “jazz-like, dreamy patterns and percussive layers, looped around heavy bass lines threaded with an urgent physicality.”

Ramiro gets lots of love from the community, playing a remarkable 100 shows per year on average. His current Seattle residencies include Play, 4th Fridays at See Sound Lounge (since May 2004), Fam Funk, 1st Fridays at Electric Tea Garden, and quarterly events at Capitol Hill hotspot, Neumos.

Deep. Techy. Soulful. And always with a positive vibe! Welcome to Ramiro’s house!!