Going to a Blanco Teta show is an immersive experience with high levels of relentless energy and madness.
The band itself describes its music as an experimental rock project, with the aggressiveness and simplicity of punk but with a great twist: relentless distorted noise soundscapes, edgy performance, transfeminist concept and an avant-garde approach. Based in Buenos Aires this quartet is a great live band with an unique sound, partly because of the presence of a cello.
Blanco Teta have been bringing their Latinx Experimental Grrrl Noise-Punk Rock to the stages of Europe since 2022. They played at Fusion Festival, Roskilde, Clandestino, Pohoda and Trans Musicales, just to name a few.
“With a manic fury they play a kind of punk that sounds like a crazy anime soundtrack, somewhat between the noiserock of Lightning Bolt and the rage of Melt Banana. The final result is utterly infectious but at the same time lightly scary with alienating rhythms, falsetto screams and heavy distortion. ” (Wybren Nauta, 3voor12 Friesland)
Insane dembow beats, cumbia, funk carioca or neoperreo – Chocolate Remix, the ‘Grande Dame’ of lesbian reggaeton, combines musical traditions from all over South America into a mix that just forces you to move. If you don’t sweat to this, you’re going to get burnt. So: unbuckle your seatbelts and go crazy.
Chocolate Remix plays around with sexual stereotypes and the sexual content that defines Reggaeton. Sexy, but never sexist, she makes a musical statement for sexual diversity. In 2017 the BBC named Chocolate Remix one of the most 100 inspiring and innovative women in the world and her song ‘ni una menos’ has become an anthem of the women’s movement in Argentina and beyond.
Chocolate Remix is the reggaeton and urban music solo project of producer, rapper, singer and DJ Romina Bernardo. It was founded in 2013 with the purpose of claiming a right to a historically sexist music genre from a queer and feminist perspective. The project takes advantage of the strong sexual content of this style and recreates it by addressing taboo subjects such as female pleasure and sexuality. It also denounces the problems the LGBTTIQ community frequently faces, such as discrimination, censorship and violence. With eloquent and sharp lyrics full of of satire and humor, the rapper dives into different styles of reggaeton and mixes it with cumbia, funk carioca, dembow, reggae, electronic music and other genres to convey a message of strong political and social content – music that invites us to dance and think.
Albums: 2017 Satira // 2021 Pajuerana // 2024 NEW ALBUM IS COMING
on stage: Chocolate Remix + DJ/Backing Vocal + 2 Dancers
photo: MoraDestroya_EstudioPlutonphoto: Marcha Del Orgullophoto:MoraDestroya_Estudio Pluton
In France and Italy we work in cooperation with Sonica Vibes.
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LasKumbia Queers
Get ready to rethink everything you know about cumbia! The unmistakably unforgettable Kumbia Queers from Buenos Aires will be back on the road in Europe! This non-binary and lesbian quintet blends the grimy, electronic-driven subgenre of cumbia villera with driven guitar rock for a uniquely dynamic fusion of traditional and cutting-edge sounds.
The band describes its style as 1000% Tropi Punk – with a wild mixture of Afro-Cuban and Latin American Cumbia influences, queerness and punk spirit, the musicians are reinterpreting Latin American heartache and macho posturings, bringing fun and politics together in their own captivating style.
“The spectacular beats promise change – here and now. But at the same time, the Cumbia rhythm keeps everything balanced and seductive.” (SPEX)
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“Kumbia Queers not only masterfully wove harder edge rhythms and danceable grooves, but they also did it with undeniable showmanship. There’s a little bit of a musical cultural shock when you first see the punk-rock clad women suddenly synchronize their dance moves on stage—cumbia style. There was head banging and hip swaying. It’s not your grandmother’s cumbia.”
The story goes back to the year 2007 where these musicians got bored of the punk rock scene, and decided to do something completely diferent: Cumbia. What started out as something just for fun, led eventually to the formaton of Kumbia Queers. As NPR Latino says, “they’re no punchline. They’re for real.” Many of the members of Kumbia Queers hail from the influential Argentinian ’90s punk trio She-Devils, who bring that combo’s signature grungy, DIY style to life with million-stream hits like “Mientes” and “Puesta”.
Experiencing the band live on stage exposes you to a relentless blast of tropical-punk originals, covers, and new tracks from the group’s latest album Fiesteria. A show with Kumbia Queers is more than just a concert; it’s a celebration of inclusivity and freedom where everyone is invited to let loose and join the party!
The band toured extensively all over Latin America, Europe and USA in their over 15 years of existence, playing shows on festivals like Rock al Parque (COL), Cosquin Rock (ARG), Lincoln Center NYC (USA), Vive Latino (ESP), Vive Latino (MX), Boomtown (UK), Sumarscene (SWE), Festival Mundial (NL), Poolbar (A), TFF Rudolstadt (GER), Colors of Ostrava (CZ), Antilliaanse Feesten (B), Festival de la cité Lausanne (CH), Fusion Festival (GER) and many more….
