Pional

Pional is the alias of Miguel Barros, a Spanish electronic musician, producer and remixer from Madrid. He begins releasing music in 2006 under the name Alt Fenster, putting out singles and remixes on labels including Proton, Hivern Discs and Traum. His work as Pional starts in 2010 with the EP A Moot Point on Hivern Discs.

Style and performance

Pional makes vocals and all instrumentation on his tracks himself, and performs live with a drum machine. His music is associated with dance, EDM, electronic and pop, and he is also linked to deep house, house, minimal and nu disco.

Collaborations and releases

He frequently works with other artists, and his best-known collaborations are with John Talabot. Together they record the single Destiny and So Will Be Now, which appears on Talabot's 2012 album ƒIN. In 2012, the pair also write Brave for the Divina Pastora Marathon in Valencia.

Career recognition

Pional tours with John Talabot across Europe and North America in 2012 in support of ƒIN, and opens for The xx during that run. Resident Advisor includes the live show among its twenty best live acts of 2012. El País describes him as a mainstay of Spain's electronic music scene, and in 2011 notes the strong reception for Last House on the Left across Europe.