'AWE OWE, AUG' OUT 4, 2009
The son of Ecuadorean immigrants, Roberto Carlos Lange was born in South Florida in 1980. His childhood was suffused with tropical heat, humidity, hurricanes, all refracted with the rich sounds and colors of the various Latin American cultures of southern Florida. Pounding bass beats from passing cars, boom boxes bouncing down the block, and late-night parties called "peñas" provided a foundation for Lange’s interest in sound and lifelong quest to discover the unlimited variety of objects used to produce music. All of these elements are evident within Lange's new project, Helado Negro, and debut album, Awe Owe (out August 4, 2009 on Asthmatic Kitty).
Over the last four years Lange has collaborated with prominent visual and sound artist, David Ellis to compose a new series of kinetic sound sculptures. Lange has also worked with famed music producer Guillermo Scott Herren to produce Prefuse 73 and Savath and Savalas as an active member and contributor. Additionally, he has worked with School of Seven Bells, Paul Duncan, Bear in Heaven and many more. And as if that was not enough, Roberto's other projects include Epstein, ROM, and now Helado Negro.
Helado Negro came together when Roberto Carlos Lange moved to New York in 2006. The group concept grew through projects, experiments, accidents and improvisations Roberto would conduct while recording himself and others in his home studio in Brooklyn, NY. Throughout this process many players contributed to the record, including singing by Guillermo S.Herren (Prefuse 73) and Jon Philpot (Bear in Heaven), drums by Nori Tanaka (Lay all Over its, Jim O' Rourke trio), Matt Crum (Feathers) and Jason Trammell, plus additional instrumentation by Jason Ajemian (Born Heller, Chicago Underground Trio), John Ellis, Shannon Fields (Stars Like Fleas) and many more.
Drawing from a rich variety of influences from the cradle to his crate digging years, Lange cites influences such as Funkadelic, DJ Premiere, South American 60's pop, Arthur Russell, Ecuadorean ballad singer Julio Jaramillo, and the production style of Adrian Sherwoods. Contemporary influences include all the players on the album, as well as visual artists David Ellis and Christian Marclay, who both use elements of DJ culture in their work. This is apropos when listening to the record, which it seems as if the songs have been sculpted or painted. The music is saturated with the glow of Latin music explorers like Os Mutantes, Tom Ze, and Arto Lindsay, while vocal influences range from Hector Lavoe to the Red Crayola's Mayo Thompson. Throughout the album Lange's vocals (with lyrics sung in Spanish), shrouded in wet reverbs and slappy delays, float above a weave of buoyant guitars and polyrhythmic sounds, conveying both transparent and abstract romantic-poetic ideas.
Awe Owe Tracklisting:
01. Venceremos
02. Espuma Negra
03. Dos Sueños
04. Dahum
05. I Wish
06. Playas
07. Time Aparts
08. Awe
09. Ver a Ver
10. Santero
11. Deja - DOWNLOAD/LISTEN HERE: http://asthmatickitty.com/mp3/helado_negro_-_awe_owe_-_deja.mp3
Over the last four years Lange has collaborated with prominent visual and sound artist, David Ellis to compose a new series of kinetic sound sculptures. Lange has also worked with famed music producer Guillermo Scott Herren to produce Prefuse 73 and Savath and Savalas as an active member and contributor. Additionally, he has worked with School of Seven Bells, Paul Duncan, Bear in Heaven and many more. And as if that was not enough, Roberto's other projects include Epstein, ROM, and now Helado Negro.
Helado Negro came together when Roberto Carlos Lange moved to New York in 2006. The group concept grew through projects, experiments, accidents and improvisations Roberto would conduct while recording himself and others in his home studio in Brooklyn, NY. Throughout this process many players contributed to the record, including singing by Guillermo S.Herren (Prefuse 73) and Jon Philpot (Bear in Heaven), drums by Nori Tanaka (Lay all Over its, Jim O' Rourke trio), Matt Crum (Feathers) and Jason Trammell, plus additional instrumentation by Jason Ajemian (Born Heller, Chicago Underground Trio), John Ellis, Shannon Fields (Stars Like Fleas) and many more.
Drawing from a rich variety of influences from the cradle to his crate digging years, Lange cites influences such as Funkadelic, DJ Premiere, South American 60's pop, Arthur Russell, Ecuadorean ballad singer Julio Jaramillo, and the production style of Adrian Sherwoods. Contemporary influences include all the players on the album, as well as visual artists David Ellis and Christian Marclay, who both use elements of DJ culture in their work. This is apropos when listening to the record, which it seems as if the songs have been sculpted or painted. The music is saturated with the glow of Latin music explorers like Os Mutantes, Tom Ze, and Arto Lindsay, while vocal influences range from Hector Lavoe to the Red Crayola's Mayo Thompson. Throughout the album Lange's vocals (with lyrics sung in Spanish), shrouded in wet reverbs and slappy delays, float above a weave of buoyant guitars and polyrhythmic sounds, conveying both transparent and abstract romantic-poetic ideas.
Awe Owe Tracklisting:
01. Venceremos
02. Espuma Negra
03. Dos Sueños
04. Dahum
05. I Wish
06. Playas
07. Time Aparts
08. Awe
09. Ver a Ver
10. Santero
11. Deja - DOWNLOAD/LISTEN HERE: http://asthmatickitty.com/mp3/helado_negro_-_awe_owe_-_deja.mp3
