Helado Negro

HELADO NEGRO

Monday September 7, 2009
8pm Concert

Helado Negro Explored The Five Boroughs In A Rare Comprehensive NYC Tour, Followed By The Rest Of The U.S., Also Prefuse 73 Collaborator Leb Laze Remixes “I Wish”.

In celebration of the release of Awe Owe (out August 4th on Asthmatic Kitty), Helado Negro took a week long tour of the five boroughs of New York. Yes. You read that correctly. Go back and reread if necessary. All. Five. Boroughs. As far as we know, this tremendous feat has only been accomplished by 50 Cent. Until now.

Starting off in Queens, Helado Negro brought their perfectly-timed-to-late-summer sounds to each of the City’s boroughs, and concluded the tour with a ride on the Staten Island Ferry to play on the mysteriously floating borough itself. Helado Negro consisted of Roberto C. Lange (voice, guitars, etc.), Jason Ajemian (percussion), Isaac Lekach (guitar, voice and vibes),Jason Trammell (drums), Oliver Chapoy (guitar), Jon Philpot (voice and percusion) and Shannon Fields (guitars, etc.). The motley crew then scaped from New York (sans Chapoy and Philpot) and take their music to the southeastern portion of the United States. This powerhouse band includes members of Savath & Savalas, Yeasayer, Stars Like Fleas, Guy Fantastico, and Born Heller. Details are here.

While on tour, Roberto Lange met up with painter/kinetic sculptor David Ellis in Charlottesville at the Bridge to score a new sculpture by Ellis. Learn more about the opening night for this exhibition here. Ellis also helped out on an amazing new music video for the vastly bearded Helado Negro, which you can see here.

While we have your attention focused on Helado Negro, download the new remix by Leb Laze of Helado Negro’s “I Wish”. Leb-Laze sublets the original and does a little redecorating while his walkman jams So So Def deep cuts and his dog Atomic starts pulling things out of the cupboards. Listen to the Leb Laze remix of “I Wish” here.

Helado Negro Tour Dates:

08-22, Saturday: Queens, NY – The Jackson (w/ Rad Unicorn)

08-23, Sunday: Bronx, NY – Bruckner Bar & Grill (w/ Jason Ajemian with The Highlife)

08-24, Monday: Manhattan, NY – Cake Shop (w/ Tavo Carbone, The Silent League)

08-25, Tuesday: Brooklyn, NY – Sycamore (w/ Luluc)

08-27, Thursday: Staten Island, NY – Martini Red

09-03, Thursday: Pittsburgh, PA – Garfield Artworks (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-06, Sunday: Lynchburg, VA – Speakertree Records (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-07, Monday: Charleston, SC – Redux Contemporary Art Center (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-08, Tuesday: Greensboro, NC – Lyndon Street Artworks (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-09, Wednesday: Atlanta, GA – 529 (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-10, Thursday: Jacksonville, FL – Eclipse (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-11, Friday: Birmingham, AL – Bottletree Cafe (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-12, Saturday: Nashville, TN – William’s House (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-13, Sunday: Asheville, NC – BoBo Gallery (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-14, Monday: Baltimore, MD – Talking Head (w/ Jason Ajemian)

09-15, Tuesday: Brooklyn, NY – Southpaw (w/ Jason Ajemian)

“Helado Negro is what Gal Costa might sound like if she spent the past decade listening to Animal Collective, French electronica, and a bit of hip-hop—which it sounds like [Roberto] Lange has.” – TheFADER.com

“a bilingual (largely instrumental) album that manages to be tropical, folkloric, mysterious, metaphysical, solemn and spacey.” – Latina.com