La Santa Cecilia, September 24 @ Green Dolphin

RATIOnation.com and Arteyvidachicago.com present:
Officially part of the 2010 Chicago World Music Festival schedule:
La Santa Cecilia
September 24, 2010
8pm doors | 11pm show
$10 in advance | $12 at the door
GREEN DOLPHIN 2200 NORTH ASHLAND
Tickets on sale now: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/112841
Biography
La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin Culture, Rock and World [...]
Faithless- Not Going Home (erotic version)

Brand new single Not Going Home from Faithless, Get a free download of new track Sun To Me by clicking here
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Bomba Estereo – Aguasala

Bomba Estéreo make psychedelic cumbia and are from Bogotá, Colombia. The group, a musical project formed by Simón Mejía [w/ singer Liliana Saumet] in 2005, represent a new sound coming from Colombia. Their music merges folk sounds from the Colombian caribbean coast like cumbia, bullerengue and champeta mixed with electronica, reggae and hip-hop producing an [...]
Kinky – El Tiempo

Kinky is a five member band from Monterrey, Mexico which consists of members Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Gongora, and Cesar Pliego.
Their music is a mixture of rock, dance, and techno, but the Latin influence pours through each song. They sing mostly in Spanish but some of their songs [...]
The Flashbulb – Arboreal

The Flashbulb has released a new album entitled Arboreal which contains 17 tracks of cinematic electronica. Pre-order Arboreal CDs are available now via the Psymbolic sound shop and digital album downloads will be active starting June 8th, 2010.
Benn Jordan, the man behind the project, combines real instruments and electronic programming to create rich soundscapes. His [...]
The Hundred In The Hands – Tom Tom

We want to make music and keep making music and we want that music to be really very good. We’re using pop-forms and structures because we like songs; Kinks songs, Beatles songs, Michael Jackson songs; absorbing the lessons of the pop classics, folding the present into the past toward the future to create dub histories; [...]
Netsky – Iron Heart

So here it is, the debut album from drum + basss hotest property. Not since the explosion onto the scene of High Contrast way back in 2001 have we witnessed an artist rise to prominence so quickly.
In under a year Netsky has released massive 12s on some of the biggest labels in Drum+Bass, and has [...]
Parov Stelar – feat. Lilja Bloom “Coco”

With his unmistakable sound-mix of Jazz- and Swing samples and electronic music, Parov Stelar has secured his own unique position in the world of music. His eagerly awaited fourth album “Coco” was released in spring 2009. With the live show of the Parov Stelar Band many of the well known tracks from his albums and [...]
Underworld – Scribble

Oh the wires are alive with rumblings from the heart of Lemonworld and slowly but surely Underworld’s latest creations are edging their way onto the airwaves across the globe..
On Thursday Zane Lowe featured the first release “Scribble” from Underworld’s forthcoming album. A development on the drum and bass feel good jam [...]
Russian Red – Perfect Time

Perfect Time” Una bonita canción compuesta por Jairo Zabala aka Depedro y Lourdes Hernández aka Russian Red. Con la colaboración de músicos de Calexico. Ahora han hecho este videoclip a modo de felicitación navideña.
Mistabishi – From Memory (Matrix Remix)

Hospitals rogue trader Mistabishi continues to deliver drum+bass of the wildest kind, this time with a remix from the don Matrix. The virus stalwart has taken Mistabishis vocal reminiscing and re-written the tune in his own mould. Soaring synths and the very tightest dancefloor beats are present and correct, and the [...]
Ugress

Ugress is an electronica project from Bergen, Norway. The man behind this project is Gisle Martens Meyer.
Ugress has released four albums: Resound, released in 2002, climbed to the second place on the official Norwegian chart board. A second album, Cinematronics, was released two years later. It reached the third place on [...]
Bomba Estéreo, Monday July 26 @ Green Dolphin

RATIOnation.com, Fuze and MacondoChicago present:
8pm doors | 9pm show
$10 in advance | $15 at the door
GREEN DOLPHIN 2200 NORTH ASHLAND
Tickets on sale now: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/112830
Bomba Estéreo came together as a project organized by Simon Mejia in 2005, forming within the rich underground electronic scene that has become Bogota, Colombia. Recruiting fierce singer Liliana Saumet to join the [...]
Palenke Soultribe Interview + DirtyMix

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Picture by Julieta R. Àlvarez
Palenke Soultribe:
Critically-acclaimed LA-based Colombian , Palenke Soultribe, have taken electronic music to new heights by deconstructing Afro-Colombian rhythms and blending them with underground beats and exploratory synthesizer sounds. Palenke Soultribe (PST) represents the new generation of Colombian musicians ready to break all the rules.
Palenke Soultribe : Dirtymix
Interview [...]
Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible (full band live show)

Hoy and Hola Mexico Film Festival presents:
Nortec Collective
Thursday, May 20 2010
930pm doors | 10pm show
$10 at the door
Green Dolphin 2200 N. Ashland
The Opening Night Fiesta….
“Hola Chicago!!! Featuring the screening of “It Happens in One Day”
Followed by an after-party concert performance of the Mexican Electronica Ultra-band Nortec Collective (FULL BAND).
This event is sponsored by
Chuchito Valdés, Thursday May 6th @ Rumba

RATIOnation.com and Arteyvidachicago.com present:
Back by popular demand…
Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés – (Pianist, arranger, composer, bandleader)
Thursday May 6th
Doors open at 7pm
Showtime 8pm
Djs after the show.
Preferred seating in the main salon will have to eat dinner
Tickets $15 in advance
Tickets available now: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/107115
About Chuchito:
Born in Havana Cuba, Chuchito Valdes comes from one of the most distinguished musical families in Cuba. [...]
Alex Cuba, Thursday June 10th @ Rumba

RATIOnation.com and arteyvidachicago.com present:
ALEX CUBA
June 10, 2010
9pm doors | 10pm show
$15 in advance | $20 at the door
Rumba 351 W. Hubbard
Tickets on sale now: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106124
Singer-songwriter Alex*Cuba hails from Artemisa, Cuba (1 hour west of Havana) and resides in Smithers, B.C. (14 hours north of Vancouver). Musically, he lives everywhere in between. His trademark sugarcane-sweet melodies, [...]
Dave Moreno ‘The Witching Hour’ No.05 2009-11-22

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For all of your electronic, house, and progressive dance music needs. A little delayed as some ninja got lost. Every week live from www.dirtyradio.org
Mark Knight & D.Ramirez V Underworld – Downpipe

The tallest building in Dublin city was wired up with two huge 100,000 Euro screens.
The combination of Underworld’s unmistakable talent for drawing on primal energies and Mark Knight and D.Ramirez’s unquestionable production skills and knowledge of the Dance Floor tells a powerful story that is ahead of the curve and pays off with a monster riff in the drop.
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñiero, Sunday November 22, 2009 @ Alhambra Palace

Grammy-Nominated
SEPTETO NACIONAL de IGNACIO PIñEIRO
An 82-Year Musical Institution of Traditional Cuban Son
SPONSORED BY ARTE Y VIDA CHICAGO
presented by Sound Culture and Mateo Productions
An exclusive evening with Cuba’s legendary and timeless son ensemble Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, the 2004 GRAMMY-nominated Cuban son group founded by master musician Ignacio Piñeiro in Cuba in 1927. The [...]


























