Alex Gimeno is a DJ best known for Ursula 1000, a musical project ranging from lounge to breakbeat, glam to cha cha, and everything in between. Gimeno was born in Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood, he and his family moved to Miami Beach where his father, a member of the Spanish orchestra, Los Chavales De Espana, had an extended residency. He moved back to Brooklyn in the late 1990s. Influences In his youth, Gimeno was exposed to 50s and 60s exotica, world music, bossa nova and mambo his parents listened to which deeply influenced him. His own personal tastes were deep in new wave, post punk, glam rock, hip hop and acid house. He began collecting records as a teenager and in his own words "never stopped".By 2005, he owned over 20,000 records, filling up an entire room in his apartment. His father worked as a musician and was a member of a flamenco band called Los Chavales de España.

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