“We really want to promote voices we feel are important to our communities, and amplify them.” – Estella Sanchez talking to Cap City Radio
Today our team is launching a co-op label and booking model called Sol Life. Do we know exactly what it looks like or how it will work yet? No. Do we believe that working with progressive spirits who show love and are dedicated to building new systems is the way forward? ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY. So join us. This isn’t just world music. This isn’t just hip-hop. This isn’t just electronic music. This is just who we fucking are. Info & line-up:
►SOL STAGE
Sonora (Peligrosa) 8:00 – 9:00pm
https://soundcloud.com/sonoraaa
Versatile and vibey producer/DJ out of South Texas known for mashing urban favorites with tropical rhythms on sweaty dancefloors everywhere.
MPeach (Dutty Artz) 9:05 – 9:50pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32725
Experimental Venezuelan vocalist, beatmaker & video artist based in Brooklyn who is at the intersection of Fine Arts & Music and North & South.
EchoSlim (Trinidad) 10:00 – 10:50pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32608
The embodied smashing of music genres into one individual producing riddims and DJing at dancehalls from Trinidad’s carnival to Bedstuy, Brooklyn.
World Hood (Sol Life) 11:00 – 11:35pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32912
Afro-Latin dub meets West Coast bass mixing familia, karma and kickdrums with roots in Africa, India, and California world hoods.
Quitapenas (Los Angeles) 11:45- 12:45am
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32779
Poly-rhythmic playas out of California’s Inland Empire who fell in love with the cumbias of Colombia’s cumbia king Andres Landero and continue the story for the next generation of diaspora rhythm lovers.
DJ Rat (Maracuyeah) visuals by caliXta (http://bit.ly/1EniSPx) 12:50 – 2:00am
https://soundcloud.com/maracuyeahdc-1
Ricos sonidos and perspectives from this DC-based DJ collective of fierce mujeres focused on rebalancing the world, one nation under a chicha groove.
►LIFE STAGE
Native Children (Sol Life) 8:25 – 8:55pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32164
Hip-hop’s children – native to the planet and children under the sun – Salvin spits lyrical truths over beats by Wisechild that could be heard at the Low End Theory if it was held in India.
Dre-T (Sol Life) 9:00 – 9:25pm
http://sollifemusic.bandcamp.com/album/sacramentality
Young elder statesman of a richer and modern hip-hop breed not seen since Rakim or KRS-One.
Olmeca (Los Angeles) 9:30 – 10:05pm
http://olmecaone.com/
Rapper and artivist wearing heavy politics on his sleeves since before it was cool, putting in work out of Los Angeles touring across the country proclaiming “Brown Is Beautiful”
Humble the Poet (Toronto) 10:10 – 10:40pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32165
Toronto-bred emcee and author flipping perspectives with lyrical dexterity and a charisma carrying a growing audience.
SETI X (Sol Life) 10:45 – 11:20pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32570
These are the vibrant sounds of extraterrestrial intelligence from this Los Angeles-based/SF-raised emcee and body/mind/soul rocker.
Teen Flirt (Mexico) 11:25- 12:25pm
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS32908
Atmospheric electronic music honoring the future bass and garage movement, using r&b samples and old school drum machines as his weapons.
World Hood DJ set (Sol Life) 12:30 – 2:00am
https://soundcloud.com/world-hood
