Carlos Nino is a man of two very different natures. On one hand, he is very much the kind of guy who talks about vibrations, cooperatives, and describes music that touches him as magical. But whereas many of the idealists he shares a vocabulary with fall short when it comes to execution, there [...]
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Malena Perez is trying to make you cry. Some artists want platinum sales, others want Navigators and Expeditions, Malena wants tears. Even if it’s just once. “[When] you’re in a live performance and you see somebody actually cry, that is priceless,” Malena says. “If that even happens once on this tour [...]
The easiest comparison to make in regards to Malena Perez is also the hardest to make. As difficult as it is for me to compare anyone with Sade, that’s who Malena reminds me of. Both the legend and the newcomer succeed by exploiting the same strengths and overcoming the same weaknesses. Neither [...]
Carlos Niño and Fabian Ammon are dabblers in various west coast musical scenes. They play a part in the jazz, underground hip-hop, and soul/rare groove communities. Granted, they aren’t the only people overlapping genres, but to approach this record you have to see them sitting at something of an intersection between the various [...]