La Sopa (rockolito music, 2012)
La Sopa (The Soup) is the debut album by Bang Data, a band from the San Francisco Bay Area. As the title of the album indicates, the band makes a musical soup, a hybrid mix of zany Spanish and English language vocals, combining cumbia, reggaeton, global electronica, rock en español, hip hop, mariachi and more.
“Our sound is like a soup and so are we…if you think about it, so is everybody else in the world…In this day of age, with internet and mobile devices, etc, all these different cultures are meshing together becoming a “sopa”. People are constantly influencing and inspiring each other whether its art, music, politics. The world is one big ass soup if you ask us!”
Bang Data members include two artists with Hispanic background MC Deuce Eclipse on lead vocals and musician/producer Juan Manuel Caipo who helped propel the Latin alternative music scene in the San Francisco Bay Area early on in his career.
La Sopa Tour Dates:
3/30 @ Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA (Official CD Release Party w/ Non Stop Bhangra)
4/27 @ The New Parish – Oakland, CA (w/ Locura)
4/28 @ Sebastopol, CA (w/ Locura)
6/23 @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall – San Francisco, CA (w/ Locos Por Juana)
8/02 @ Yerba Buena Gardens – San Francisco, CA
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Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
