Island Universe Story Two

by Helado Negro

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1.	Stop Living Dead 04:15	buy track
2.	Las Preguntas 04:18	buy track
3.	Detroit 03:43	buy track
4.	Enters 03:54	buy track
5.	We Will You 06:12	buy track
6.	Linea Doblado 01:25	buy track
7.	Wobble 03:29	buy track
8.	Mitad Del Mundo 03:01	buy track
9.	Circulo 01:36	buy track

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Island Universe Story Two is the second in an ongoing series of EPs from Roberto Lange, a.k.a. Helado Negro. Not designed to "tease" or "build up to" or kill time between the Helado Negro albums, these releases shadow the LPs, moving darkly alongside them—and, like a shadow, may be more easily described by what they aren't than what they are.

They aren't outtakes or afterthoughts or byproducts or B-sides. These are fully filtered, distilled, unified recordings, chapters in a continuous narrative. They're less like the flipside of a record than they are like the dark side of the moon: always present but (until now) just out of sight. "It's a parallel to the continuum of the album," explains Lange. They're "something next to the albums, on kind of their own timeline," a second stream, offering an alternate glimpse into Helado Negro's ongoing process. Says Lange, "This is more of what I do. I'm really making music every day."

But they aren't exactly about that process, either. Two is underpinned by collaborations—the orchestral sound on the opening "Stop Living Dead," for instance, was created with composer Trey Pollard and a double string quartet, and "Mitad del Mundo" features the talents of Wilco's Mikael Jorgenson—but the Helado Negro project has never operated in a vacuum. From his headquarters in Brooklyn, Lange has always quick to point out the importance of other people, sometimes in other places, who have contributed to his music, and of the collaborative dynamic itself: some aspects of his process, says Lange, "are wildly free, and some of them are very structured and have a large amount of direction. It's widely variable in terms of what freedoms are given and what control is taken."

Ultimately, "I like the idea of process," says Lange, "and then what happens on the other side, too. Both are important to me"—aesthetically satisfying product, as well as experimental process—and like any Helado Negro release, this latest chapter in the Island Universe Story delivers on both counts.

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released August 27, 2013

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Helado Negro Brooklyn, New York

A South Florida native, born to Ecuadorian immigrants and based in Brooklyn, his upbringing provides essential elements to his songwriting, including his consistently bilingual lyrics in English and Spanish. Exploring the expressivity within intense states of being, Latinx identity, and pluralistic sensibilities, his music can be characterized as lyrically personal and political avant pop music. ... more

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Apr 21

Eulogy

Asheville, NC
Apr 22

Cat's Cradle

Carrboro, NC
Apr 23

The Atlantis

Washington, DC
Apr 24

Webster Hall

New York (NYC), NY
Apr 26

The Sinclair

Cambridge, MA
Apr 27

Space Ballroom

Hamden, CT
Apr 28

Underground Arts

Philadelphia, PA
Apr 30

Thalia Hall

Chicago, IL
May 1

Turf Club

St. Paul, MN
May 3

Globe Hall

Denver, CO

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