“The San Francisco Bay Area has always been a hotbed of musical creativity of all kinds. The latest export is the jam-band grooves of Gilberto Rodriguez y Los Intocables and the track, “Totonita Encatadora.” …the minimalist trance-like groove seems to fall somewhere between a slow cha cha cha, chicha-like cumbia from the Peruvian jungles and old school Chicano soul. This is music designed for the dance floor, so even though the track’s 13 minutes may seem long, if you’re dancing, it’s over before you know it” – Felix Contreras, NPR alt.Latino
“This is a heated vision of tropical intoxication from Bay Area combo Gilberto Rodriguez y Los Intocables. It’s Chicano Soul power on a sidewalk glide through time and space. Ojalá is a slippery rola, cat-calling to the cosmos in stretched out summertime chants. The saunter is propelled in slithering twists and sways by fluid percussion, trumpets, guitar, keys and bass. These are sweaty spells laced with fruit juice and sticky intentions.” – Mark “Frosty” McNeill, Red Bull Radio
Drop the needle & start navigating the heat of a Backyard Rumba with Los Intocables, led by Gilberto Rodriguez. We present Modern Chicano Soul creased down the middle of Bay Area Guaguanco street rhythms accompanied by overdriven Bass and expressionist trumpet lines in full color. Groove laden tracks bring the cruise to life and steal a kiss on the tropics of an eternal brown-eyed summer.
“Sabor Maracuyá is a sonic reflection of a long journey. It has the ethos of Caetano Veloso’s Transa, full of Afro-Latin grooves with a spontaneous lyrical flow that transcends labels. It’s a feeling that is unique to the thoughts and the mind that created it.” – Bardo Martinez (Chicano Batman)
Photo by Fernando Rodriguez
Los Intocables are Ahkeel Mestayer on all Percussion, Ruben Sandoval on keys, brothers Carlos and Jorge Rodriguez on trumpets & Gilberto Rodriguez on guitars and vocals featuring guest vocals from Ilia Correa Sepulveda on Bahía Caliente.
The Earth Girl Helen Brown Center for Planetary Intelligence Band (E.G.H.B.CF.P.I.B.) is pleased to join forces with In the Red Records & Empty Cellar Records, presenting the first vinyl release of their proto planetary series: Four Satellites Vol. 1. Double gate-folded LP (3 sides + etching), the release is a collection of songs and information from the band’s 2017 consumer recycled cassette series. Spring: MERCURY: fire; Summer: MARS: war; Fall: SATURN: communication; Winter: VENUS: love. Classic black or green and gold all proceeds benefit 12 earth-minded organizations.
The band, related media artists and technicians includes: Heidi Alexander, Jamie Barron, Jamin Barton, Eric Bauer, Aylin Beyce, Emilee Booher, Ryan Browne, Tim Cohen, Grace Cooper, Dave Cousin, Brad Caulkins, Mikal Cronin, Bart Davenport, Brigid Dawson, John Dwyer, Chris Fallon, Lars Finberg, James Finch Jr., Davin Givhan, Dylan Hadley, Dustin Hamman, Kiran Harlow, Wilder Harlow, Graeme Gibson, Tahlia Harbour, Anna Hillburg, Douglas Hilsinger, Warren Huegel, Emmett Kelly, Nora Keys, Shannon Lay, Raven Mahon, Rusty Miller, Charlie Moonheart, Jack Name, Ethan Novikoff, Tim Presley, Ty Segall, Dave Sitek, Sean Smith, Sonny Smith, Kelley Stoltz, Enrique Tena, Alica Vanden Heuvel, Lida Vanden Heuvel and Mikey Young.
PEACE
– E.H.G.B.C.F.P.I.B.
Photography by Aeschleah DeMartino
peaking out of the static
everyday waves of the 24 hour news cycle
the exhausting hum that crackles in your ear’s periphery.
the ancient cathode ray tube flickers from the mind-rubble
the black and white mosaic of foamy fetor…
a human woman’s face ( isn’t it? )
a message from off planet
perhaps a near future transmission
“al is not lost…..crackle……..hold on tight to a moment of friendship……crackle……..”
a homemade memorandum of love
a dispatch of hope
a blip of boisterous buoyancy
thank the heavens! it’s the much needed and long awaited manual of prosperity
we all have it in us
we can live well and not be a proxy for evil and horrors
we can choose
be light
be love
be alive
we are all human
we are all one
the dispatch repeats in all known formats
swirling through space
arcing past each habitable planet
jettisoning this message
jettisoning this message
horns to speak the truth loudly
drums to hold a danceable meter for the masses
bass to rattle the floor of static apathy and WAKE UP
keys to chime to finer details in the transient air around the core
and of course the omni-relatable and perfectly delivered
song of beauty
here for only a moment in time
with a message as warm as the sun itself
and so so needed
look up to the sky
it’s not too late
for fans of the late great Masekela, jah wobble, bow wow wow, benga, the Eurythmics, early Robert palmer, the pretenders the cure, even the go-go’s
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