Superfónicos will launch their newest single “Primera Luz,” on Friday, December 2, 2022. It is their first launch of 2022 and a part of their extremely anticipated full size. The eight piece band, who uniquely blends music from Colombia, Africa and the U.S., has obtained vital reward for his or her Suelta EP from tastemakers together with Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, PRI The World, PopMatters, Afropop, KUTX and extra. This has yielded two bookings on the prestigious Austin Metropolis Limits Music Pageant and touring alternatives across the globe.
Superfónicos was based by bassist Nicolás Sanchez, guitarists Erick Bohorquez and Andres Villegas, and percussionist Daniel Sanchez, as a approach of honoring their Colombian roots via musical exploration. That core group started honing the band’s distinctive sound in late evening jam classes, throughout their time away from their different tasks, and rapidly turned the primary focus of all these concerned. In 2016, gaitero and vocalist Jaime Ospina relocated from Colombia to Austin, the place he met and immediately related with the group. By the years, the group has grown to incorporate Zumbi Richards on trombone and bombardino (euphonium), Nicholas Tozzo on congas, tambor alegre and percussion and Evan Marley Hegarty on keyboards.
The music’s title “Primera Luz” interprets to first mild. It pertains to everybody who’s come out of the pandemic or a difficult scenario with a brand new optimistic perspective. The band explains, “There’s something really particular in regards to the readability a brand new day brings. Every day is a rebirth, an opportunity to begin once more. And with that first mild comes hope and steering.” The music was impressed by the beginning of Nicolás’ daughter, Lucia.
Nicolás provides, “My child daughter was born on New Yr’s Day 2021. The pandemic was raging and life was nonetheless very a lot in disarray, however her beginning introduced a radiant mild to my household at a a lot wanted time. She jogged my memory of my function, my mission, so I wrote Primera Luz as a message of inspiration, to anybody whose path could seem obscured by the clouds of their thoughts.”
The observe was recorded within the Summer time of 2022 at Lechehouse, the studio run by GRAMMY Award successful guitarist, producer and engineer Beto Martinez. The band is not any stranger to Beto’s work or studio, since they created 2018’s Suelta EP there and have been desirous to return to report extra songs. Superfónicos states, “Everytime we step into that studio, we really feel like we’re again house. Recording is such a private expertise and we really really feel like
Beto is a part of the household. All of us belief him and know the music will obtain the love and
consideration solely household can present.”
Austin followers can catch Superfónicos dwell on December third throughout the annual vacation sing-along, tree lighting and downtown stroll introduced by KUT/KUTX. The carols start at 6 p.m. when crowds collect on the south garden of the Capitol grounds to sing songs of the season. At 7 p.m. would be the countdown to the lighting of the downtown vacation tree at eleventh St. and Congress Ave. After the tree lighting, stroll Congress Avenue for buying, and free dwell music and leisure for all ages. Extra data might be found here.
Lastly, Superfónicos shall be performing in Austin on New Yr’s Eve (12/31) at The Far Out Lounge with Grupo Fantasma. Tickets and data here.
With the discharge of a brand new single and rather more music to return, the band will proceed their momentum into 2023!
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