August 17 & 18, 2019
Celso Piña
Celso Piña is a notable Mexican singer, composer and accordionist. In 2002, Piña was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards: “Best Contemporary Tropical Album” and “Best New Artist From the North” as well as for “Best Alternative Artist” by the MTV Latino Awards. He is also know by the nicknames: “El Rebelde del Acordeón” and “El Cacique de la Campana.”
He’s an accordion player and singer who has risen to be one of the most notable figures in cumbia music. Cumbia has it’s origins in Colombia’s African and indigenous populations, but it has spread to be one of the most universal Latin American genres. Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing or blending sounds of tropical base, combined with all kind of popular genres from norteño to sonidero, Ska, Reggae, Rap, Hip Hop or R&B, just to mention some. For this reason he’s considered one of the best musicians from Mexico and Latin America.
Celso’s album Barrio Bravo, which includes collaborations with other popular Latin musicians of various genres, brought to life the mega hit “Cumbia sobre el río.” Many of his popular crossover songs, feature artists like Lila Downs, Control Machete, El Gran Silencio, Café Tacuva, Julieta Venegas, Blanquito Man and Sargento García, amongst many others.
But it was in 1980 when Celso Piña bought his first accordion and started his self-learning journey into the world of vallenato music, with long hours of rehearsal, trial and error, in his modest house at “la Colonia Independencia,” a popular suburb, south of his home town, Monterrey. In this area, it´s where the “cumbia colombiana” started to rise, generating underground hits, like the very well-known cumbia “Mi Colonia Independencia.”
In the mid 80s, Celso was playing mostly “cumbia tropical,” but after listening to the Colombian cumbia pioneers, Aníbal Velásquez and Alfredo Gutiérrez, during a popular local dance, he got inspired, and decided to enter fully into the vallenato music world, so he formed his own band, with brothers and friends, wich they called “Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogotá.”
Piña began playing side by side with his brothers Eduardo, Rubén, and Enrique, together, they serenade the neighborhood with musical covers from Colombia and a few songs of their own, and after a lot of years of Celso´s self-taught accordion playing, he came to a style of his own. From his early beginnings with several important cumbias like, “La cumbia de la paz,” “El Tren,”and “Como el viento,” to his very famous version of “La piragua” (José Barros), he started to make some noise in the local scene.
During the first half of this decade, Celso began to show his music around the world, with the “Cumbia por el mundo” tour he has performed in more than 20 countries like: Colombia, Spain, United States, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua, Perú, Morocco, among others.
He’s an accordion player and singer who has risen to be one of the most notable figures in cumbia music. Cumbia has it’s origins in Colombia’s African and indigenous populations, but it has spread to be one of the most universal Latin American genres. Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing or blending sounds of tropical base, combined with all kind of popular genres from norteño to sonidero, Ska, Reggae, Rap, Hip Hop or R&B, just to mention some. For this reason he’s considered one of the best musicians from Mexico and Latin America.
Celso’s album Barrio Bravo, which includes collaborations with other popular Latin musicians of various genres, brought to life the mega hit “Cumbia sobre el río.” Many of his popular crossover songs, feature artists like Lila Downs, Control Machete, El Gran Silencio, Café Tacuva, Julieta Venegas, Blanquito Man and Sargento García, amongst many others.
But it was in 1980 when Celso Piña bought his first accordion and started his self-learning journey into the world of vallenato music, with long hours of rehearsal, trial and error, in his modest house at “la Colonia Independencia,” a popular suburb, south of his home town, Monterrey. In this area, it´s where the “cumbia colombiana” started to rise, generating underground hits, like the very well-known cumbia “Mi Colonia Independencia.”
In the mid 80s, Celso was playing mostly “cumbia tropical,” but after listening to the Colombian cumbia pioneers, Aníbal Velásquez and Alfredo Gutiérrez, during a popular local dance, he got inspired, and decided to enter fully into the vallenato music world, so he formed his own band, with brothers and friends, wich they called “Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogotá.”
Piña began playing side by side with his brothers Eduardo, Rubén, and Enrique, together, they serenade the neighborhood with musical covers from Colombia and a few songs of their own, and after a lot of years of Celso´s self-taught accordion playing, he came to a style of his own. From his early beginnings with several important cumbias like, “La cumbia de la paz,” “El Tren,”and “Como el viento,” to his very famous version of “La piragua” (José Barros), he started to make some noise in the local scene.
During the first half of this decade, Celso began to show his music around the world, with the “Cumbia por el mundo” tour he has performed in more than 20 countries like: Colombia, Spain, United States, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua, Perú, Morocco, among others.
Sussie4
Sussie 4 is an electronic music band from Guadalajara, Mexico, formed in 1998. The band is part of the electronic music scene, mainly in the style house music. The name comes from the musician and actress Suzi Quatro.
El live act de música electrónica más importante y activo de México. Bajo la producción de César Gudiño, Sussie 4 es la banda jalisciense conocida además por sus múltiples colaboraciones musicales con León Larregui (Zoé), Jorge González (Los Prisioneros), Alex Sergi (Miranda!), Denisse Guerrero (Belanova), Ely Guerra, Pato Machete. Ha logrado ventas discográficas de más de 60,000 unidades, participación en importantes festivales musicales en México, Estados Unidos, España, Cuba, Guatemala, Colombia y Panamá, y dos nominaciones a Mejor Espectáculo de Música Electrónica en las Lunas del Auditorio Nacional. Actualmente prepara el lanzamiento de su quinta producción discográfica y su nuevo show en vivo, el elemento clave en la continuidad de sus incesantes e incendiarias presentaciones en vivo.
El live act de música electrónica más importante y activo de México. Bajo la producción de César Gudiño, Sussie 4 es la banda jalisciense conocida además por sus múltiples colaboraciones musicales con León Larregui (Zoé), Jorge González (Los Prisioneros), Alex Sergi (Miranda!), Denisse Guerrero (Belanova), Ely Guerra, Pato Machete. Ha logrado ventas discográficas de más de 60,000 unidades, participación en importantes festivales musicales en México, Estados Unidos, España, Cuba, Guatemala, Colombia y Panamá, y dos nominaciones a Mejor Espectáculo de Música Electrónica en las Lunas del Auditorio Nacional. Actualmente prepara el lanzamiento de su quinta producción discográfica y su nuevo show en vivo, el elemento clave en la continuidad de sus incesantes e incendiarias presentaciones en vivo.
Little Jesus
Little Jesus es una banda de Indie rock y tropipop mexicana, fundada en julio de 2012 en la Ciudad de México por Santiago Casillas, vocalista de la agrupación. Además, el quinteto se encuentra integrado por Truco (batería), Fernando Bueno (guitarra), Arturo Vázquez-Vela (teclados) y Carlos Medina (bajo). De su álbum debut titulado Norte lanzado en 2013 se extrajeron sencillos como "Berlín", "Azul" y "Pesadilla y Químicos". Lograron reconocimiento internacional al presentarse en lugares como Costa Rica, Colombia y San Francisco, Estados Unidos.
Los Master Plus
The Master Plus formed in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2010, playing in local bars and parties. The uniqueness of the group and its live show makes its seen them racing up in popularity at an accelerated pace. Their music videos began to viralize and quickly gave the band an iconic status. In just 6 years of career, The Master Plus have presented their powerful live show in more than 28 cities of the Mexican Republic with an overwhelming success, which they have enjoyed on several tours in more than 20 of the most important cities in the United States. United and other countries; as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, Miami, Washington D.C., Houston, New Orleans, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Paris, Bogota, Guatemala, Asunción, among others. The band has shared stages with artists such as Molotov, Kinky, Nortec, Celso Piña, Natalia Lafourcade, Datarock, Santa Cartel, Calle 13, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Café Tacvba, Tego Calderón, Jumbo, Kid Sister and Modest Mouse, among many others. The group premiered their first LP titled Adelante in 2015, which has collaborations by Gil Cerezo from Kinky, Camilo Lara of MIS and Caloncho. The work of three-year is summarized by a totally eclectic album with the unparalleled Mexican flavor of the band. A journey through different rhythms, emotions and mixed genres that, by merging, manage to innovate and forge a new sound in Mexican music.
Orange Calderón
Beginning her career in the summer of 2014, Calderón sprung on the scene with a calm sense of urgency. After graduating from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in 2012, she spent the following years Branding/Marketing & Account Managing in the fashion industry, before switching gears & returning to music. The Houston native wasted no time applying her education & industry experience to the new career venture, consistently pumping out branded content, signature mixes, while racking up Soundcloud plays & high profile gigs.
In December of 2016 Orange became the first woman to champion a national competition in the DJ field, taking home the title at Complex x McDonald’s Annual ‘Flavor Battle’ DJ Tournament. The following February she was named among the ‘DeLeón 100’, a curated list of music industry trailblazers identified by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in partnership with Billboard. She’s continued to blaze those trails as the face of national campaigns with Adidas, Lumee, even DJing in a national Jeep Commercial. She Host DJed several Episodes of VH1’s ‘Hip Hop Squares’, does Creative Consulting on Popular Award Shows, and was the first female to curate for TIDAL’s ‘DJ Selector’ Series, and Serato’s ‘Serato Cast’ Series.
In December of 2016 Orange became the first woman to champion a national competition in the DJ field, taking home the title at Complex x McDonald’s Annual ‘Flavor Battle’ DJ Tournament. The following February she was named among the ‘DeLeón 100’, a curated list of music industry trailblazers identified by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in partnership with Billboard. She’s continued to blaze those trails as the face of national campaigns with Adidas, Lumee, even DJing in a national Jeep Commercial. She Host DJed several Episodes of VH1’s ‘Hip Hop Squares’, does Creative Consulting on Popular Award Shows, and was the first female to curate for TIDAL’s ‘DJ Selector’ Series, and Serato’s ‘Serato Cast’ Series.
Marcelo C. Baéz, aka Nacoteque
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Marcelo C. Baéz is a Mexican-born, California-raised DJ, writer, and composer. He moved to New York City in 2006 to produce Nacotheque, an event which focused on Spanish-sung dance music. Nacotheque became known as “one of the most insane parties in the City” (The Village Voice), earned a following “not only for its up-and-coming acts from Latin American and Spain, but for its beautiful, multiculti, straight and queer crowd” (TimeOut), and was appointed “the place to hang for Latino hipsters” (NY Post.)
Marcelo’s sets, always characterized by a blend of old, new, rare and forgotten dance tunes, led the producer to create a new event in 2013. Playfully titled after Gerardo’s crossover pop hit from 1991, "Rico Suave" still focused on promoting Spanish-sung music, but through a collection of updated mashups and remixes (“cumbiaton, tropirock, perreopop”.) The highly-inclusive party celebrated its 5th anniversary on June of 2018 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Having performed various clubs in Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Puerto Rico, México City, and Bogotá, among other popular hotspots, Marcelo has also participated in a wide variety of events, including Latin Grammy afterparties & The CIELO Gala (The fundraising gala of the Latino Commission on AIDS). When not dabbling in nightlife, “Chelo” records music under P3CULIAR. He’s also written columns for VICE, MTV IGGY, Fusion, Univision, Remezcla, and has been a guest on NPR’s Code Switch podcast. |
DJ Cachorra
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Maria Cornejo, aka DJ Cachorra, is a Mexican Urban DJ from Guadalajara with a unique style, mixing Reggaeton & Cumbia. She is also co-founder of Cyberwitches, organizers of the newest female-led underground urban music party in Mexico City.
Collective: CyberWitches IG: @djcachorra |
Mucha Onda
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Jesús Daniel, aka "Mucha Onda", is a Mexican DJ, and radio producer in Mexico City spinning Reggaeton and Hip-Hop beats in a project called Perreo Millennial. He brings a new approach of Reggaeton to Mexico City that has since then created dance parties that are inclusive and empowering.
Collective: Perreo Millennial IG: @muchaondaa |
Tech Grl
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Yesenia, aka Tech Grl, is a Peruvian-American producer from Los Angeles. She is part of an Urban label called Neo Perreo where other artists like Tomasa del Real and Flavia Sustancia have revolutionized the world of reggeaton creating a new sub-genre called Neo Perreo. Her music moves obscure corners of Latin American underground music, changing the male-dominated perspective we've had of reggaeton.
Collective: Neo Perreo IG: @tech.grl |
CHICAGO SCENE
Décima
Décima is a Mexican-American Alternative Pop/R&B/Electronic singer-songwriter based in Chicago. She has gained local momentum with her ladyfinger EP released on March 2017 and brought a new dimension into her music through her VITRAL EP released late May of 2018. With music videos like “Touch My Body” (Ladyfinger EP) and “Medicina” (Vitral EP), she gives us a visual taste of her mind. Décima is a high-spirited and devoted music creator. She demonstrates her experimentation with fresh sounds while finding new angles to blend her Mexican and American cultural influences with a new vision. She is someone who is not afraid to be herself and she hopes to encourage others to feel the same way about themselves. Hoping to create a better place in the world by giving back to her community, Décima is working nonstop to become a better person and artist.
Wilde
Wilde is a five-piece rock band based out of Chicago. Influences of nostalgia from early American rock pioneers, crossed with bluesy rock, eastern folk music, and classically composed jazz create our sound and energy.
Seres de Luz
Seres de Luz is a Latin soul group that weaves together grooves from across the Latin diaspora. Drawing from the diverse musical and cultural backgrounds of its members, Seres de Luz brings worlds together on the Chicago scene.
By combining traditional percussion with modern musical technology, Seres de Luz both looks backwards to traditional Latin rhythms and forwards to cultural exchange through sound. Their original music is influenced by the sounds of samba, forró, ska, dub, cumbia, chochi, funk, and jazz among others.
Seres de Luz is quickly making a name for themselves through local performances at various city-wide events and is currently working on their debut EP.
By combining traditional percussion with modern musical technology, Seres de Luz both looks backwards to traditional Latin rhythms and forwards to cultural exchange through sound. Their original music is influenced by the sounds of samba, forró, ska, dub, cumbia, chochi, funk, and jazz among others.
Seres de Luz is quickly making a name for themselves through local performances at various city-wide events and is currently working on their debut EP.
Cruize FX
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Cruize FX is a rapper, songwriter and producer from the southwest side of Chicago. He began writing rhymes at the age of 13 after being inspired by rappers like Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and Common to carry a positive message over soulful production. In 2006, Cruize joined the collective, Double Seven Three Recordz, as a hip hop artist. At age of 20 started making beats using his Maschine in to bring a nostalgic, old school sound with a fresh, new school flavor. Cruize FX has opened up for various major and independent artists including Twista, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Do or Die, Alex Wiley, Reverie, Hypno Carlito, Nina Sky, Etc. Carrying an extremely versatile style that incorporates elements of Jazz, Soul, House, Psychedelic and other genres into hip hop, his hopes are to work with other artists who can bring something new and different to today’s music.
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The Rewrites
The Rewrites are a lo-fi garage rock band that bring the rhythms and melodies of the streets to the stage. Having met in grade school the band have continued to channel their respective life experiences into an ever maturing sound over the past ten years together as a band.
The Mini Projects
The Mini Projects consist of siblings Emi, Mikey, and Angel who feel and display portraits of hopeless romantics through their hypnotizing dreampop and doo wop style of music. Influenced by the Spanish music they grew up playing with their dad and the indie/dreampop music they discovered and listened to, The Mini Projects fuse their Latin background with the new sounds of today's music scene, in hopes of giving the audience the feel good vibes with hypnotic vocal melodies and back beats.
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Arcade 88
is an indie/alternative trio from Chicago, IL. With influences from The Cure to The Strokes, Arcade 88 bring a refreshing take to garage rock that includes distorted guitar riffs over rhythmic bass lines that come together to create a new wave mood for the modern era.
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Oveja Negra"was formed in late 2018 from Chicago's barrios of Pilsen and La Villita. Cultivating our experiences and culture together, Our musical influence comes from a variety of genres, predominantly Chicano elements with the soul of Latin/ Hip-Hop beats.
Our music transpires from our reflections of our families' support, our passion and our faith in each other." |
Pilsen Fest 2018
Photos by Carolina Sánchez, Izaac Guzmán, and Fugie
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