ERNESTO DIAZ is 32-year-old songwriter from Artigas, located on the border of Uruguay and Brazil. Tri-lingual in Spanish, Portuguese, and the dialect Portuñol, Ernesto links his music strongly to his birthplace and to the Brazilian popular music he grew up listening to. His experience as a bilingual migrant has made him committed to questioning and diversifying mainstream notions of what Uruguayan music is. During the 10 years he has lived in Montevideo, he has studied literature and published two books on the oral culture of Artigas. Currently he works as the coordinator of a residence for students from the interior, and also repairs PC's. With his current band, Bombeia, he is for the first time in his life using electric rock instrumentation. Bombeia is composed entirely of Artiguenses, and rehearses sporadically in member’s houses since they cant afford to rent a rehearsal space as most rock bands do. They are hoping to start playing live soon, and have applied for a grant to record an album.