Sotelúm
| Sotelúm | |
|---|---|
 Sotelúm's 2015 promotional photo | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name |
Jorge Sotelo  Mexico |
| Also known as |
שלוּם סוטלו  Israel |
| Born |
December 1, 1989 Tijuana, Mexico |
| Origin | Sephardic |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer, musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Synthesizer, Trumpet |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Share The Light Music |
| Associated acts | Nortec Collective, Sonidero Travesura and Pato Banton |
| Website |
www |
Sotelúm (Shlúm «Lúm» Sotelo Hebrew: שלוּם; born December 1, 1989 in Tijuana) is a mod independent music artist,[1] listed by UABC Radio and other local press media as a very elemental post-nortec visionary in the Mexican avant garde of electronic music.[2][3][4]
Music career
From his early experiences as trumpet player, Sotelúm always express their affinity for Mexican folklore and Hebrew music especially sephardic brass and klezmer styles, but his music career began professionally in 2006 when he got grouped into a mariachi street band on the world famous Santa Cecilia square, where he practiced the Mexican music tradition, unnoticed until 2008.[2][4]
From 2008 Sotelúm performed live in many projects included Nortec Panoptica Orchestra, Pato Banton & The Ghostownians and Sotelúm & The Minarete Brass Orchestra (being this last project from his own production).[4][5]
In early 2010, with the help of Pato Banton Sotelúm founded Share The Light Music and launch his first studio LP; Minarete Brass an album that mixed Mexican folk music from the huasteca and tapatia regions with American standard styles like swing and jazz, clearly influenced by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.[4][5][6]
During hanukkah 2011, Sotelúm exposes their first formal approach to electronic music with the exposure of their first studio EP; Synthetiklezmer a bold and experimental fusion between sephardic brass and klezmer with the drum machines and synthesizers that introduce him to the EDM scene, the EP counted with the special collaboration of Gustavo Bulgach, Argentine-American clarinetist and bandleader of Klezmer Juice and Yiddish Tango Club.[1][2]
In 2012, and after continuous collaborations with Big Javy from Inspector and Sonidero Travesura, Sotelúm devotes his style with his second studio EP "Huastech", a craft that follows the mixing of folk music and electronic music heard in Synthetiklezmer, but this time with Mexican styles like mariachi and huasteca music. This material was produced and released in Guadalajara Mexico and many samples from Minarete Brass can be heard.[1][2]
In 2013, Sotelúm launched his third studio EP "Share The Light", that exposes the same synth/folk previous proffers but this time incorporating his own vocals and voice participations of the Mexican singer Linda Owlen and the Peruvian-Israeli singer Einat Schmal.[1][2][4][7]
In 2014, Sotelúm launched a homonym LP; "Sotelúm", that is just a compilatory craft of his entire EPs discography.[5]
Discography
LPs
- Minarete Brass (2010)
- Sotelúm (2014)
EPs
- Synthetiklezmer (2011)
- Huastech (2012)
- Share The Light (2013)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Official Web Site
- 1 2 3 4 5 UABC Radio
- ↑ AUDIOTIJUANA
- 1 2 3 4 5
- ↑ David RODRÍGUEZ / EL MEXICANO. "2011-08-23 – Aumenta ICBC sus actividades". Periódico El Mexicano. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ↑ Sandro Marchand / Grupo Epensa. "Conoce a Einat Schmal, la cantante de origen peruano que se abre paso en Israel".