New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ LA Ritmo) The Latin Alternative
Music Conference (LAMC), the biggest event in the world for cutting-edge bilingual/bicultural music, will return to New York City this summer from July 11th - 14th. The highly-anticipated 13th Annual LAMC is a "must play" event for developing and established acts alike. Registration is currently discounted at only $99 until May 31st.
Today we're announcing the annual set of Central Park SummerStage free concerts, with acts ranging from breakout young stars like 3BallMTY, Ximena Sariñana and DJ Raff to established icons likeKinkty, Mala Rodríguez and Los Auténticos Decadentes. Among the events still to be announced soon is a free concert at Prospect Park's Celebrate Brooklyn Festival as well as showcases across New York City.
This year's panels will include many of the music industry's most prominent decision-makers discussing timely and relevent topics affecting the music industry today.
With past conferences averaging more than 1,250 music industry attendees and 25,000 concert fans each year, the 13th LAMC promises to be yet another exciting year. This four day conference providing networking opportunities with the genre's leading artists, music entrepreneurs, journalists, marketers, managers and programmers, is the most extensive to be offered by a Latin music conference to date.
Mala Rodríguez / Ximena Sariñana / Profetas
Wed. July 11, 2012 | 7pm - 10pm
A veteran rap star from Spain, Mala Rodríguez rose to fame quickly, earning plenty of attention with her socially minded lyrics and strong femininity. Arising from the fertile hip-hop scene of Seville during the late '90s, her debut album, Lujo Ibérico, established her immediately as one of Spain's notable female rappers. The hit single, "Yo
Marco el Minuto" cemented her place on the Latin hip-hop world. Her follow up albums, Alevosia and Malamarismo found Rodríguez experimenting with new sounds but remaining a potent rapper and thoughtful lyricist. Her newest release, Dirty Bailarina spawned the single "No Pidas Perdón" which won the Latin Grammy for "Best Urban Song."
When Mexican vocalist Ximena Sariñana released her debut solo album Mediocre, in 2008, Rolling Stone gave it four stars and praised it as "one of the strongest debuts from a female singer-songwriter since Norah Jones' Come Away With Me." Sariñana's self-titled English language debut is a collection of songs that showcase her striking voice, thoughtful lyrics and offbeat personality. The album not only reflects Sariñana's wise-beyond-her years demeanor, but also the kind of sonic growth and experimentation expected from a risk-taker.
Profetas is a hip-hop duo formed by the African female voice of Antombo Langangui and the Colombian MC
Pablo Fortaleza. They have become one of the essential groups pioneering urban music in Colombia. Their fusion of Afro-Colombian music, reggae, rock and hip-hop has driven the band to tour across Latin
America and Europe, with Colombian newspaper
El Tiempo calling the band "a revelation of Colombian hip-hop." Profetas newest album,
Baila continues the group's mix of "high-energy, socially conscious, sophisticated tracks" says MTV Iggy.
Kinky / Los Auténticos Decadentes /
3BallMTY / DJ Raff
Sat. July 14th, 2012 | 3pm - 7pm
Known for their energetic live shows, Kinky was the winner of the "LAMC Discovery Contest" back in 2000. Kinky's music draws from funk-rock as well as electronic dance music, resulting in a unique hybrid that has garnered them an international following. The five-piece band from Monterrey, Mexico released their self-titled debut, Kinky in 2002, which was met with critical acclaim. Over a range of albums including Atlas,
Reina and Barracuda, a string of singles became huge hits such as "Más". The band's upcoming album Sueño de la Maquina incorporates hip-hop influences into their trademark electronic sound and will be released via Nacional Records on July 17th, 2012.
Los Auténticos Decadentes is one of the most famous bands in Argentina with a career that spans over thirty years. The group's infamous party anthem sound is a mix of ska, carnival and rock. Their first hit was the single, "Veni Raquel," which set the tone for the irreverence and ironic humor that they have become famous for. Many of their songs are classic anthems of Argentine nightlife, such as "Corazón" and "La Guitarra."
With a debut single that has soared to #1 on the Billboard charts in the US and across Latin America,3Ball MTY specializes in club sounds that take inspiration from regional folk songs, electro-house sounds, and elements of cumbia and hip-hop. Comprised of Monterrey DJs Erick Rincón, Sheeqo Beat and DJ Otto, the DJ crew's debut album Inténtalo has created a buzz in the music scene by blending traditional northern Mexican styles with electro beats to produce a riveting new sound. 3Ball MTY bring an unmatched energy to their music, leading The New York Times to call their sound "a stunning aerobic workout of fusion" with a "robust sense of history and a keen urge to destroy and update it."
DJ Raff's blend of creative sampling, beats, keyboard arrangements and scratching have earned him a place amongst Latin America's most highly regarded and groundbreaking DJs and music producers. Currently living in Spain, regularly performing in Barcelona's experimental electronic music scene, DJ Raff's most recent album "Latino & Proud" was featured in EA Sports' video game 'FIFA 2012'.
