Jorge Siddhartha González Ibarra, better known as Siddhartha, is a soloist rock musician based in Mexico. Siddhartha began his solo career after being the former drummer of Zoé. He has recorded four albums: :es:Why You?|Why You?, Náufrago, El Vuelo Del Pez and Únicos. Jorge Siddhartha has a long musical trajectory, he has contributed and worked with other artists like Zoé; playing the drums in "The Room" tour, now he is producer of Technicolor Fabics.
History
Siddhartha became one of the most promising artists in Mexico´s music scene just after releasing his first album :es:Why You?|Why You?, in a casual and independent way The album received many acollades:
Winner at the Indie-o Music Awards for the category of :es:Anexo:Indie-O Music Awards 2008|Best Solo Artist Album.
Siddhartha was also invited to include his song Nube within the soundtrack of the movie :es:El brindis|El Brindis. He was also invited to add Control to another movie´s soundtrack: :es:Bajo la sal|Bajo la Sal.
As well invited to participate in the tribute album for the Chilean serie "31 Minutes" with the song "Mi castillo de Blanca Arena" as the single for this album. Café Tacuba, Ximena Sariñana, Belanova, Natalia Lafourcade, Los Bunkers and other artists contributed within this project.
The video "Sacúdeme" was nominated by the Festival Pantalla de Cristal within the categories of Best Post-Production, Best Animation and was the winner of the Best Painting award.
"Los Felices" formed part of "Te presento a Laura"´s soundtrack, a movie starring Martha Higareda and Kuno Becker.
Náufrago
Siddhartha began his tour "Náufrago" just after the release of the homonym album, successfully presenting at every city, fulfilling scenarios and having tickets sold out. He played at plenty of places like the Lunario of the Auditorio Nacional and the forum Voila Antara. Some Mexican cities like Puebla, Querétaro, Guadalajara, Morelia, León, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Oaxaca, Toluca, Xalapa, Pachuca, Tuxtla, San Cristobal de las Casas, Monterrey, Tijuana were integrated to this tour, also a play at Los Angeles was included. Siddhartha played at the Vive Latino 2012 festival. Náufrago has been produced by Siddhartha and Aldo Muñoz, mastered at The Exchange Studios by Mike Mars, helped by Marcelo Salazar and Erick Rangel to do the co-production of this album. Current musicians:
