Buenos Aires → Barcelona → Copenhagen.
TRACK 1
Albo = white. Toro = bull.
Pop, sung in Spanish. Some of it acoustic, some of it electronic. It started in Buenos Aires with the album Toro Blanco.
Put this on:
Gaucho
or
Toro Blanco
The album: Serena, Solitario, Chispas Van and more
Also out Espejismo · Para Pulir Las Almas
TRACK 2
Nobody sings.
Electronic and instrumental.
Put this on:
One Hole-in-1
or
Empty Riot
Also out SANTOFAM (EP) · Nympho Nicky · Girtha
TRACK 3
Rå = raw. Ynde = grace.
Rock, sung in English, with one foot in the sixties.
Put this on:
Tangerines
or
Plan C
Also out Save Me · Make Me Lie · Quite a Scene · Spin in My Head
DEPOT
Where the older trains are kept: the projects that came before the three acts.
The very first one, with Guido Aimar. Rough around the edges.
An acoustic band with Agustín Cavallo, Alec Gordon and Robertino Villamil, recorded live in October 2010. Also out: the single Mentirosa.
SIDING
Songs by other artists that Francisco produced or worked on. These open on Spotify.
ABOUT
Østerport Records is Francisco M. Tortora’s label. He was born and raised in Buenos Aires, moved to Barcelona in 2015 and to Copenhagen in 2024, and has been writing and producing music since 2004.
For years everything came out under one name, Toro Blanco. Spanish pop, instrumental electronics and English rock shared one profile. Now the music lives under three names, Albotoro, Santafemme and Rå Ynde, and the label holds them together. Toro Blanco is still the thread between them.
Along the way: Chulo Hamlin with Guido Aimar (one album, 2004, and productions for TV, theatre, advertising and short films), the acoustic band Don Niño with Agustín Cavallo, Alec Gordon and Robertino Villamil (the live album Vivo en Absurdo, 2010), the Toro Blanco album, co-produced with Pablo Berardi, and Nicolás Carou’s first EP, El dilema del erizo. In Barcelona he co-founded RoomTo Studios with Óscar García-Bragado and worked with Martin Roma, Strange Frequency, Lemozine, Gayoncé Rose and The Spike Heel Sex Sound, among others. Just before Copenhagen he worked on Payfone’s album Lunch, and at the same time released his book and app, GuitarMap.
PRESSKIT
SHORT BIO
Østerport Records is a one-person label from Copenhagen. Francisco M. Tortora, aka Toro Blanco, born and raised in Buenos Aires, is behind all of the production. Three acts: Albotoro (pop in Spanish), Santafemme (instrumental electronic) and Rå Ynde (rock in English).
Need photos, stems or an interview? Write to the address under Kontakt.
STORE
When there are records to buy, they’ll be here. Until then, everything is streaming.
Go to the storeDEMO BAG
Østerport Records will put out other artists too. If you think that could be you, send a link to your music and a few lines about yourself.