Exhibition Curated by: Rabin Dranat and Abby Ruiz.
Collective Exhibition
Artists:
Stanley Coll, Poncili Creation, Alexis Diaz, Rafael Ferrer, Rabindranat Diaz Cordona, Lyanne Febo, Radanes ‘Juni’ Figueroa, Juan Guzman, Jpeg, Jose Lerma, Miguel Luciano, Sofia Maldonado, Roberto Marquez, Elsa Maria Melendez, Katiana Modestti (Cloud ), Jose Morales, Uziel E Alegria Orlandi, Mariela Pabon, Fernando Pintado, Nick Quijano, Aby Ruiz, Alberto Santiago, Jonathan Torres, Emanuel Torres, Jose Luis Vargas, Maria Jucia Varona, Mel Xiloj, David Zayas
MAP Collection.
Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP), is an art museum located on Las Americas Avenue in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is considered one of the finest art museums in Puerto Rico It houses a collection of European art, as well as work by Puerto Rican artists. The largest art museum in the Caribbean, it has also been called one of the best in the Americas. The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemisphere, holding some 4,500 pieces of art distributed among fourteen galleries. It was the first of three museums in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It was founded by industrialist and philanthropist Luis A. Ferré, and its current building was officially inaugurated on December 28, 1965. It was significantly enlarged in 2010 after a $30M expansion. The museum has been called “world class”.
Brooklyn artist Miguel Luciano brings his shaved ice cart to Philadelphia for the exhibit Global Warming at the Icebox. Here he is talking with Pepon Osorio and making a grape ice for a kid (he charges $2 although waived the price for the child). He got the block of ice in North Philly. He built the cart himself, fiberglas over MDF board. He had it painted at an auto detailing place and had it outfitted with stereo equipment and a DVD player, which shows a flyover of arctic ice with music.
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Pimp My Piragua is a mobile public art project that commemorates the innovations of Latino street vendors, transforming a traditional pushcart for selling shaved ice (Piraguas) into a hyper-modified pushcart-tricycle with a hi-fi sound and video system. This project was commissioned by the Queens Museum of Art in 2008.
“Sociedad 13” “mas me crece”, is a collective sample of a group of thirteen (13) artists whose works navigate and converge between related means of expression ranging from painting, sculpture, photography and other contemporary trends. The works present here address topics related to social status, processes of identity of contemporary subject, the excessive consumerism, to mass culture, and postcolonial establishing correlations between the current landscape of Puerto Rico today policies.
Artist:
Chemi Rosado
Abey Charron
Edgardo Larregui
Karlo Andrei Ibarra
Migdalia Luz Barens
Jesús “Bubu” Negrón
Jaime Rodriguez
Admin Torres
Jorge Rito Cordero
Rafael J. Miranda
Omar Velásquez
Roberto Marquez
Gabriel Nieto
The Borinqueña is the national anthem of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The current music and lyrics were written in 1903 and since then has been taught in schools and was adopted by most people. The music was made official by the government as the national anthem in 1952, and the letter in 1977. The title refers to the aboriginal Taíno name for the island of Puerto Rico, which was Boriken or Borinquen.
Drummer Henry Cole is at the forefront of a growing wave of jazz innovation and cross-cultural rhythm in the 21st century. With his flexibility, grace and sheer power behind the drum kit, he has proven indispensable to the sound of some of the world’s most acclaimed jazz groups, including the Grammy-nominated Miguel Zenón Quartet (Awake, Esta Plena, Alma Adentro]), Grammy winner David Sánchez (Cultural Survival), the Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, and the all-star quartet “90 Miles” featuring Sánchez, Stefon Harris and Nicholas Payton.
Henry is also asserting himself as leader of the Afro-Beat Collective, which releases its debut album Roots Before Branches this fall in the United States. Drawing on the raw groove and momentum of Fela Anikulapo Kuti as well as the depth and complexity of modern jazz, Henry strives with the Afro Beat Collective to integrate all his varied influences, including Puerto Rican folklore, funk and R&B, jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythmic traditions.
Read more…
The San Jose Mercury News praises Henry’s “explosively detailed” playing, and All About Jazz notes his ability to “make instantaneous, organic adjustments at every turn.” In an article for Modern Drummer titled “The Future of Drumming” (January 2006), Henry was cited as an outstanding young player to watch by illustrious fellow drummers Alex Acuña, John Riley and Antonio Sanchez. In a 2009 JazzTimes magazine feature, journalist Fernando Gonzalez explored Henry’s visionary approach, his translation of Puerto Rico’s street-style pandero requinto drumming to the drum set — just one example of Henry’s bridging of traditions and disciplines in the service of a unique individual sound.Born in 1979 and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Henry relocated to San Juan in 1999 to study classical percussion at the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico. He began his jazz immersion at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1998, but soon returned to San Juan, where he became one of the most in-demand and influential jazz drummers on the island. There he gained pivotal, formative experience in the varied music scene of Old San Juan: “It was very small,” Henry recalls, “but it had all styles and genres, so it was easy to go from one to the other and learn from all. I was playing rock, salsa, jazz, electronic music, all in the same week. That’s college right there.”During this time Henry worked extensively within and beyond the world of jazz, with artists such as Giovanni Hidalgo, Dave Valentin, Jerry Gonzalez, Danilo Pérez, Branford Marsalis, Luis Marin, William Cepeda’s Afro-Rican Jazz, salsa artists La PVC, the rock band Vivanativa and many more.
Relocating to New York, his current home base, in the fall of 2003, Henry received a scholarship to attend Manhattan School of Music and study with the great John Riley. Since completing his studies, Henry has performed with the likes of Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Drew Gress, the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Big Band, Ray Barretto, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios, Papo Vazquez, Perico Sambeat, Paquito D’Rivera, David “Fathead” Newman, Kenny Werner, Mark Turner, the contemporary plena group Viento de Agua and many more. He has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, Mexico and Central America, Korea and
Japan.
Besides his influential work with Miguel Zenón and David Sánchez — entailing appearances at the Village Vanguard and other world-renowned jazz venues — Henry can be heard on such fine recordings as Personalities by the Fabian Almazan Trio, Christian X Variations by Soren Moller with Dick Oatts & Kirin Winds, El Alquimista by Pete Rodriguez, and Rocket Science for Dummies by the electro/neo-soul group Astronauts of Antiquity. His work with dancer and choreographer Noemí Segarra includes the evening-length collaborative piece “De Rumbo De Rumba,” premiered at the Hostos Center for Arts & Culture in early April 2011. Henry also performs with Cuban-born, LA-based pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, who records for Quincy Jones’ Qwest label.
Henry is also a successful and sought-after educator, often substituting for his mentor John Riley at MSM and at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music. His quartet has also taken part in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Rhythm Road” (a.k.a. “Jazz Ambassadors”) program, which involves concerts, master classes and lecture-recitals for musicians. In addition, Henry has provided master classes and clinics under the auspices of Carnegie Hall, Marsalis Music and other institutions. He is sponsored by Vic Firth sticks, DW Jazz drums, Latin Percussion (LP) and Zildjian cymbals.
On his debut album Roots Before Branches, Henry has assembled musicians on the order of Sean Wayland, Adam Rogers, John Ellis, Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, Soren Moller, Egui Santiago, Rey de Jesús, Hérmes Ayala, Roy Guzmán and more. Henry’s Afro-Beat Collective pushes the aesthetic of Miles
Davis’s Bitches Brew in a strong Afro-Caribbean direction, while also melding Fela’s Afrobeat sound with a jazz-rich vocabulary: “I imagine Fela’s band with Wayne Shorter or Lee Morgan playing the solos,” Henry muses. His main goal is to see music as One World, a space beyond styles, reaching out to audiences of all kinds with a message of determination and unity
– See more at: http://www.henrycolemusic.com/bio/#sthash.fubRmSGa.dpuf
Drummer Henry Cole is at the forefront of a growing wave of jazz innovation and cross-cultural rhythm in the 21st century. With his flexibility, grace and sheer power behind the drum kit, he has proven indispensable to the sound of some of the world’s most acclaimed jazz groups, including the Grammy-nominated Miguel Zenón Quartet (Awake, Esta Plena, Alma Adentro]), Grammy winner David Sánchez (Cultural Survival), the Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, and the all-star quartet “90 Miles” featuring Sánchez, Stefon Harris and Nicholas Payton.
Henry is also asserting himself as leader of the Afro-Beat Collective, which releases its debut album Roots Before Branches this fall in the United States. Drawing on the raw groove and momentum of Fela Anikulapo Kuti as well as the depth and complexity of modern jazz, Henry strives with the Afro Beat Collective to integrate all his varied influences, including Puerto Rican folklore, funk and R&B, jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythmic traditions.
Read more…
The San Jose Mercury News praises Henry’s “explosively detailed” playing, and All About Jazz notes his ability to “make instantaneous, organic adjustments at every turn.” In an article for Modern Drummer titled “The Future of Drumming” (January 2006), Henry was cited as an outstanding young player to watch by illustrious fellow drummers Alex Acuña, John Riley and Antonio Sanchez. In a 2009 JazzTimes magazine feature, journalist Fernando Gonzalez explored Henry’s visionary approach, his translation of Puerto Rico’s street-style pandero requinto drumming to the drum set — just one example of Henry’s bridging of traditions and disciplines in the service of a unique individual sound.Born in 1979 and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Henry relocated to San Juan in 1999 to study classical percussion at the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico. He began his jazz immersion at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1998, but soon returned to San Juan, where he became one of the most in-demand and influential jazz drummers on the island. There he gained pivotal, formative experience in the varied music scene of Old San Juan: “It was very small,” Henry recalls, “but it had all styles and genres, so it was easy to go from one to the other and learn from all. I was playing rock, salsa, jazz, electronic music, all in the same week. That’s college right there.”During this time Henry worked extensively within and beyond the world of jazz, with artists such as Giovanni Hidalgo, Dave Valentin, Jerry Gonzalez, Danilo Pérez, Branford Marsalis, Luis Marin, William Cepeda’s Afro-Rican Jazz, salsa artists La PVC, the rock band Vivanativa and many more.
Relocating to New York, his current home base, in the fall of 2003, Henry received a scholarship to attend Manhattan School of Music and study with the great John Riley. Since completing his studies, Henry has performed with the likes of Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Drew Gress, the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Big Band, Ray Barretto, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios, Papo Vazquez, Perico Sambeat, Paquito D’Rivera, David “Fathead” Newman, Kenny Werner, Mark Turner, the contemporary plena group Viento de Agua and many more. He has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, Mexico and Central America, Korea and
Japan.
Besides his influential work with Miguel Zenón and David Sánchez — entailing appearances at the Village Vanguard and other world-renowned jazz venues — Henry can be heard on such fine recordings as Personalities by the Fabian Almazan Trio, Christian X Variations by Soren Moller with Dick Oatts & Kirin Winds, El Alquimista by Pete Rodriguez, and Rocket Science for Dummies by the electro/neo-soul group Astronauts of Antiquity. His work with dancer and choreographer Noemí Segarra includes the evening-length collaborative piece “De Rumbo De Rumba,” premiered at the Hostos Center for Arts & Culture in early April 2011. Henry also performs with Cuban-born, LA-based pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, who records for Quincy Jones’ Qwest label.
Henry is also a successful and sought-after educator, often substituting for his mentor John Riley at MSM and at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music. His quartet has also taken part in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Rhythm Road” (a.k.a. “Jazz Ambassadors”) program, which involves concerts, master classes and lecture-recitals for musicians. In addition, Henry has provided master classes and clinics under the auspices of Carnegie Hall, Marsalis Music and other institutions. He is sponsored by Vic Firth sticks, DW Jazz drums, Latin Percussion (LP) and Zildjian cymbals.
On his debut album Roots Before Branches, Henry has assembled musicians on the order of Sean Wayland, Adam Rogers, John Ellis, Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, Soren Moller, Egui Santiago, Rey de Jesús, Hérmes Ayala, Roy Guzmán and more. Henry’s Afro-Beat Collective pushes the aesthetic of Miles
Davis’s Bitches Brew in a strong Afro-Caribbean direction, while also melding Fela’s Afrobeat sound with a jazz-rich vocabulary: “I imagine Fela’s band with Wayne Shorter or Lee Morgan playing the solos,” Henry muses. His main goal is to see music as One World, a space beyond styles, reaching out to audiences of all kinds with a message of determination and unity
– See more at: http://www.henrycolemusic.com/bio/#sthash.fubRmSGa.dpuf
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The product of a nomadic existence, Calma Carmona’s musical background is as varied as the different cities where she lived and grew up. After seeing the world, she absorbed the aspects that appealed to her sensibilities and took the road that led her to the stage of Café Seda in Old San Juan in 2007. With the musical maturity she has gained in the last few years, Calma Carmona now aims to break with traditional patterns and create songs in her own way. As she said, “What I have always done well is express myself, that’s what fulfills me. I don’t want to do what everyone says I need to do”.
With her music denominated as Latin Soul, Calma Carmona has a display of influences ranging from Sade, Theolonious Monk and Santana, Ismael Rivera, Al Green, even PJ Harvey, La Lupe and Tina Turner. Her sound is painted with subtlety and passion, seeking to attract listeners with every verse and chorus. In all the cities she has walked on, Calma has had the opportunity to digest local and musical vibrations. As a gypsy moving from place to place, the artist she is today is now looking to share everything with her audience. It is with this desire in mind that Calma climbs on stage each night, seeking to turn spectators into believers with magic and intensity of her Latin Soul. “I give myself on stage. It is where I want to be,” said the artist.
In August 2013, Calma was voted MTViggy (previously known as MTVworld) Artist of the week. Late September 2013, Mun2 exclusively launched Calma’s first EP “There’s No Other Girl”, recorded live and produced by herself and her manager/producer Anthony Elizo as well as team of close friends. Calma feels that to launch her debut as a live recording clearly shows that she has nothing to hide. After years of training in the streets, the EP marks the culmination of her musical experience in Puerto Rico and gives us just a small glimpse into the wide variety of influences that inspire the singer. “That’s the fun part,” said the interpreter ‘Pa ‘Que Te Quejas’, “After this I can take any route. Just three days after Calma’s EP launch, she was chosen to open for Beyonce’s “Mrs. Carter World Tour” in Puerto Rico. Its evident Calma’s arrival has made quite some noise in both the Latin and the U.S industry. Calma is now left only with the memory of a young rookie, and instead we have an artist determined to captivate us over and over once she’s on stage, the world’s stage. info@calmacarmona.com. (787) 409-0295
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BORN AND RAISED IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, ROBBIE RIVERA IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING “TUFF, SEXY TRIBAL HOUSE MUSIC”. IN 1998, MOTIVATED BY COMPLETE ARTISTIC CONTROL, ROBBIE RIVERA AND HIS WIFE MONICA OLABARRIETA LAUNCHED THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL, JUICY MUSIC. ARTISTS WHO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH ROBBIE RIVERA ON REMIXES OR COMPOSITIONS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDE: KYLIE MINOGUE, MADONNA, SANTANA, FAITHLESS, BASEMENT JAXX, DEADMAU5, TIESTO, KASKADE, PINK, FERRY CORSTEN AND DAVID GUETTA. DJ MAGAZINE HAS NAMED RIVERA ONE OF ITS ‘TOP 100’ MOST INFLUENTIAL DJS AS CHOSEN BY ITS READERS. MR. RIVERA PRODUCES THE WEEKLY RADIO SHOW CALLED “THE JUICY SHOW” WHICH AIRS WEEKLY ON SIRIUSXM AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
Proper Slap//Nervous// Bullet:dodge//Monique Chronique//Lapsus Music//Tempura, Puerto Rico.
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Emiliano Martini:
This young Electronic Dance Music producer & DJ was born in the capital city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. From an early age his musical experiences and influences were ingrained with organic music genres such as Classic Jazz, New Age, Disco, Experimental, Latin music, and other worldwide styles. His father, a jazz musician & enthusiast, was feeding the ears of this young talent with good music for a long time, this and more drove Emiliano Martini to have a real passion for music in general, which made him learn much more about his surroundings in a more structured way. With the discovery of electronic music in his adolescence, he chose his preferred styles such as House, Techno, Minimal and Funk, in addition to that, he also made room for specific sounds like Chicago House, Detroit’s Electronic Music, Deep Tech & other groovy experimental electronic styles. After 2002 he decided to start learning about DJing performance, making him buy vinyl records every opportunity he got when he was outside of his country. After a long time learning and practicing his passion for electronic music at his home, he began exposing himself as an artist by playing at house parties, various stores, hotels and eventually at local electronic music events and exclusive venues in Puerto Rico, sharing the stage with various worldwide recognized DJ’s and producers like Holger Zilske aka Smash TV, Guido Schneider, Adultnapper, Dan Ghenacia, Jay Haze, Pillow Talk, Damian Lazarus, Shonky, Droog, Sebo K, Seth Troxler, DJ. T, Danny Daze, Deniz Kurtel, AK 1200 & others, because of his ways of overstepping genres and trends. At the same time, he’s been dedicating much of his time since 2006 to know music from a producing perspective, creating music with his own flavorful & peculiar touch, giving new textures and rhythmic variations that make him stand up from the rest. In 2012 he opened his own independent electronic music label imprint named: “Proper Slap Recordings”, a label supported internationally by: Drumcell, Atapy, SLAM, Marco Carola, Matthias Springer, Alex Rubio, Derek Marin, Sascha Robotti, Luciano, Rob B, PointBender, Lucca Doobie, Signal Deluxe, Reflux, Luciano, Al Bradley, Lars Wickinger, Daniel Sanchez, Werner Niedermeier, Richie Hawtin, Franco Bianco, Carlos Gambino, Jonny Cruz, Anderson Noise, Genetikal Twins, Pat Fontes and many others, making this the first Deep & Organic House music label based in Puerto Rico.
Bookings: Analiz Zayas: ana@hamusik.com. Releases or remixes: emimartinez16@hotmail.com or properslaprecordings@gmail.com
Proper Slap//Nervous// Bullet:dodge//Monique Chronique//Lapsus Music//Tempura, Puerto Rico.
Emiliano Martini:
This young Electronic Dance Music producer & DJ was born in the capital city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. From an early age his musical experiences and influences were ingrained with organic music genres such as Classic Jazz, New Age, Disco, Experimental, Latin music, and other worldwide styles. His father, a jazz musician & enthusiast, was feeding the ears of this young talent with good music for a long time, this and more drove Emiliano Martini to have a real passion for music in general, which made him learn much more about his surroundings in a more structured way. With the discovery of electronic music in his adolescence, he chose his preferred styles such as House, Techno, Minimal and Funk, in addition to that, he also made room for specific sounds like Chicago House, Detroit’s Electronic Music, Deep Tech & other groovy experimental electronic styles. After 2002 he decided to start learning about DJing performance, making him buy vinyl records every opportunity he got when he was outside of his country. After a long time learning and practicing his passion for electronic music at his home, he began exposing himself as an artist by playing at house parties, various stores, hotels and eventually at local electronic music events and exclusive venues in Puerto Rico, sharing the stage with various worldwide recognized DJ’s and producers like Holger Zilske aka Smash TV, Guido Schneider, Adultnapper, Dan Ghenacia, Jay Haze, Pillow Talk, Damian Lazarus, Shonky, Droog, Sebo K, Seth Troxler, DJ. T, Danny Daze, Deniz Kurtel, AK 1200 & others, because of his ways of overstepping genres and trends. At the same time, he’s been dedicating much of his time since 2006 to know music from a producing perspective, creating music with his own flavorful & peculiar touch, giving new textures and rhythmic variations that make him stand up from the rest. In 2012 he opened his own independent electronic music label imprint named: “Proper Slap Recordings”, a label supported internationally by: Drumcell, Atapy, SLAM, Marco Carola, Matthias Springer, Alex Rubio, Derek Marin, Sascha Robotti, Luciano, Rob B, PointBender, Lucca Doobie, Signal Deluxe, Reflux, Luciano, Al Bradley, Lars Wickinger, Daniel Sanchez, Werner Niedermeier, Richie Hawtin, Franco Bianco, Carlos Gambino, Jonny Cruz, Anderson Noise, Genetikal Twins, Pat Fontes and many others, making this the first Deep & Organic House music label based in Puerto Rico.
Bookings: Analiz Zayas: ana@hamusik.com. Releases or remixes: emimartinez16@hotmail.com or properslaprecordings@gmail.com
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OMINOUS
om·i·nous
ˈämənəs/
adjective
giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.
Ominous is the alias of Jonny Cruz & Ricardo Dominguez both longtime friends from their birthplace of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The pair share a mutual love & passion for music,technology and production so it was a pretty natural step given their friendship that they would team up to work on music together. What started off as a studio session with the intent of a collab ended up in the formation of a partnership that has proven to have a magical chemistry the project “Ominous” although hardly ominous at all as the name would suggest Is more of a soundscape of emotionally driven melodies and vocals showcasing a side to their music that they have both been longing to fulfill which is an actual live act. Their live act encompasses an electronic yet soulful journey of tasteful electronica with hints of Rock & Roll. For Bookings US/South America:melissa@clandestineartists.com
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BORN AND RAISED IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, ROBBIE RIVERA IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING “TUFF, SEXY TRIBAL HOUSE MUSIC”. IN 1998, MOTIVATED BY COMPLETE ARTISTIC CONTROL, ROBBIE RIVERA AND HIS WIFE MONICA OLABARRIETA LAUNCHED THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL, JUICY MUSIC. ARTISTS WHO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH ROBBIE RIVERA ON REMIXES OR COMPOSITIONS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDE: KYLIE MINOGUE, MADONNA, SANTANA, FAITHLESS, BASEMENT JAXX, DEADMAU5, TIESTO, KASKADE, PINK, FERRY CORSTEN AND DAVID GUETTA. DJ MAGAZINE HAS NAMED RIVERA ONE OF ITS ‘TOP 100’ MOST INFLUENTIAL DJS AS CHOSEN BY ITS READERS. MR. RIVERA PRODUCES THE WEEKLY RADIO SHOW CALLED “THE JUICY SHOW” WHICH AIRS WEEKLY ON SIRIUSXM AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
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OMINOUS
om·i·nous
ˈämənəs/
adjective
giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.
Ominous is the alias of Jonny Cruz & Ricardo Dominguez both longtime friends from their birthplace of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The pair share a mutual love & passion for music,technology and production so it was a pretty natural step given their friendship that they would team up to work on music together. What started off as a studio session with the intent of a collab ended up in the formation of a partnership that has proven to have a magical chemistry the project “Ominous” although hardly ominous at all as the name would suggest Is more of a soundscape of emotionally driven melodies and vocals showcasing a side to their music that they have both been longing to fulfill which is an actual live act. Their live act encompasses an electronic yet soulful journey of tasteful electronica with hints of Rock & Roll. For Bookings US/South America:melissa@clandestineartists.com
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