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conrazón = con razón (with reason) + corazón (heart, life, pulse)
(((…is a banner for a new type of artist development for a much smaller, hyper-connected <and therefore BIGGER> world!)))
conrazón supports (in varying capacities) the development of artists and projects from throughout the latin and african diaspora (which spills into US Urban sphere): ambitious artists/creators with roots, passions, complex multi-identities who are re-balancing the world with their amazing output and live shows!
conrazón exists in the murky and unglamorous world of artist development that’s evolving everyday; it’s a combo of pr, liaison, team building, media communication, partnerships, ideas, a+r, booking + logistics that is constantly being refined and redefined.
Click here to view my past experience.
Current affiliates:
QUANTIC - http://www.quantic.org
Quantic is an umbrella name for UK-born, Will Holland: Producer, Musician, DJ for over 10 years evolving across various styles: Funk & Jazz to Electronic music through to Latin, Reggae & Cumbia. Currently resides in Cali, Colombia.
“Beginners Guide” via Pop Matters | Quantic: The Best of Quantic
BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR - http://blitz.mvmt.com
“Native Sun” is one of the most organic marriages of African music and hip-hop we’ve heard — an effortless release that incorporates Afrobeat, highlife and kora music into old-school hip-hop. It’s a warm and danceable record with a social conscience, and it speaks to anybody who’s lived between two cultures — as more and more of us do.” – Youtube
’Native Sun’ is OUT NOW
LOS RAKAS – http://www.losrakas.com
“Oakland-based Raka Dun and Raka Rich represent some of the best in Spanish-language rap coming out of the US, with a classic flow married to beats that draw from dancehall, future bass and good ol’-fashioned boom-bap.” – AOL SPINNER
Youtube Channel
ZUZUKA PODEROSA – http://www.sonicbids.com/zuzukapoderosa
“Not only is she bringing her own brand of the hot Brazilian underground sound to the rest of the world, but from her international vantage point she operates like a provocatively rhyming hurricane, sucking up global riddims from ghettotech to dancehall and flinging them back out at gale-force speeds.” - MTV
“Beginner’s Guide” via The Cluster Mag | Zuzuka Poderosa Takes Control
FUTURE ROOTS SERIES
The FUTURE ROOTS Series celebrates this New World we know now, where sounds are being taken to dizzying new heights and varieties by today’s generation of DJs and musicians who have had the world at their fingertips (AKA the internet). This “re-discovery” where musicians from Latin America to DJs in the United States and Europe explore their own roots, collaborate with others halfway across the planet, and blend the sounds they know so well like Hip-Hop, Reggae, Electronic and Club music of every variety; this is a series for that New World sound as it continues to grow.
Kick-off: 10.9.11 w/ PERNETT X QUE BAJO!? @ SOB’s
Second Installment: 11.19.11 w/ LOS RAKAS X GEKO JONES X DRE SKULL X FLAMA W BIG NITO @ SOB’s
Third Installment: 12.10.11 w/ MAKU SOUNDSYSTEM X DJ MONK-ONE
Fourth Installment: 1.7.11 APAP-Edition w/ BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR, ZUZUKA PODEROSA, ADELINE + HOUSE OF WATERS
Fifth Installment: 1.13.11 w/ Munchi, Zuzuka Poderosa, Sazon Booya, Comrade, Wyldelyfe @ DROM
Next: 2.4.11 w/ NEXTAH: Cubic Zirconia + Andrea Balency
Past curated events: mujeres de hip-hop cubano @ sob’s (watch) || the embassy ensemble presents: baloji @ joe’s pub (w/ embassy mvmt) || “fresh, bold, so def women live: ana tijoux, nitty scott, MC, jasmine solano” @ sob’s (watch) || ¡bailefiesta! (brasil summerfest) @ drom || rita indiana @ sob’s
Side Projects:
The Sound Strike – http://www.thesoundstrike.net
Music + Social Media
Ideya ‘Live Music Series’ – http://www.ideya.net
Latin Bistro plays host to adventurous + international Live Music series in the heart of SoHo each first Monday of the month + FREE. Next installment: 12.5 w GUARCO
Past Projects:
Collie Buddz – http://www.colliebuddz.com
Digital PR for ‘Playback EP’ – Released January 2011 to 100,000+ DLs
Les Nubians - http://www.lesnubians.com
Summer Tour 2011 Logistics, Social Media During ‘Nu Revolution’ Tour
East WillyB: An Original Webseries - http://www.eastwillyb.com
Strategic Contributor
Bomba Estereo – http://www.bombaestereo.com
Fall Tour 2009 Logistics (USA debut tour) X Summer 2010 Tour, Social Media, Band Development
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