Diego Paulino Gonzalez aka Papol began his journey into electronic music at the end of the 90s throwing illegal parties in the Madrid suburbs as a member of ‘RDT', one of the most important collectives in the city. At these parties, he formed a deep love for underground sounds, carefully connecting with the crowd. Labels like Basic Channel, Studio1, Mosaic, Perlon, were big early influences for him and he soon created a strong movement within the city.

In 2005, together with his friend Kasper, his pioneering events took over several clubs in Madrid, due to their strong musical philosophy and concept for the dancefloor. Soon after the pair began to develop a musical project to satisfy the physical needs of their audience and their vision was to become Esperanza Records.

Esperanza strives to find a balance between the vibe and attitude of early house music, combined with the sound quality and attention to the detail of the new digital era. Music is going through a great moment where boundaries are disappearing and keywords to define music are becoming less significant, Esperanza's aim is to let the music speak for itself. Artists like Troy Pierce, Dario Zenker, Heartthrob, Jorge Savoretti, Ryan Crosson, Marc Houle, Franco Cinelli, have touched the project so far, and helped the Spanish label to nurture their vision and became a new model for the present. Since then 11:00am, a similar concept to Esperanza but more oriented to after party vibes, has also been born.

In 2006, a debut collaboration between Kasper & Papol was released on Igloo, one of the most prestigious netlabels around and then followed by multiple collaborations for labels including Ilian Tape, Igloo, Lessizmore and of course his own label Esperanza. Papol regularly plays in festivals and clubs like Klubbers (Madrid), South American Conference ( Buenos Aires), Fuse (Brussels), Goa (Madrid), Watergate (Berlin), Harry Klein (Munich), Gazgolder Galery (Moscow) and more alike.