So, it seems that Nacotheque has been doing one-offs for almost a year now. All very successful, all so much fun, but honestly, we'd love to find a bi-weekly weekend club that we could call home...We're still searching and we're sure something will fit soon. Until then come party with us once again this coming Friday night @ Delancey (downstairs)! We've got a great show, featuring Latina drag queens, Zemmoa, from Mexico Shitty and La Prohibida, from Madrid, Spain!

Flashion Victims

Friday, Oct. 27th!!!!

The Delancey (downstairs)

168 Delancey Street

11pm-4am

$10 at the door

Open bar 11pm-12am

Directions:

F to Delancey Street station

J to Essex Street station

Zemmoa

La Prohibida

Special one-off showcase/dance party presented by...
NACOTHEQUE + NYREMEZCLA.COM (formerly NYMosaico.com)
Friday, October 20th

Club Mundial
505 East 12th (btn ave a & b)
10pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

LIVE PERFORMANCE by ALEX LUG, a staple within the new Mexican electro movement!

DJS: Marcelo Cunning, Clauruxx, Amylulita

PLUS!! The official Atercipoelados cd release party!

LINKS:
Nacotheque.com
myspace.com/alexlug

DIRECTIONS:
F - to 14th Street/6th Ave. Walk to Ave A and 12th Street. Or
transfer to the L train and get off at 1st Ave stop.
L - to 1st Ave stop and exit near intersection of East 14th Street and
1st Ave. Turn right onto Stuyvesant Loop S, turn right onto Ave A,
turn left on 12th St.

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SUPER SPECIAL FIESTA OCTOBER 27TH!
FLASHION VICTIMS
w/ live performances by Zemmoa (Mexico) y La Prohibida (Madrid)!!!

THE REAL STORY OF THE SUPERHEROES
by Dulce Pinzon

Curated by Cecilia Jurado

October 20th to November 12th

Opening reception: October 19th 6 to 9 pm

Location: 32-70 85 Street (corner w/ North Boulevard)

Jackson Heights, New York

www.ygallerynewyork.com

Directions: 7 Train to 82nd St. - Roosevelt Ave.

Y Gallery and Augusto Yayiko are pleased to present the work of Mexican artist Dulce Pinzon, "The real story of the superheroes", a group of 15 photographs of Mexican immigrants dressed in the costumes of popular American and Mexican superheroes.

Dulce Pinzon reflects: After September 11, the notion of the Superhero began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of national and global crisis to acknowledge those who showed extraordinary courage or determination in the face of danger, sometimes even sacrificing their lives in an attempt to save others. However, in the whirlwind of journalism surrounding these deservedly front-page disasters and emergencies, it is easy to take for granted the heroes who sacrifice immeasurable life and labor in their day to day lives for the good of others, but do so in a somewhat less spectacular setting.

The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed. It?s a common for a Mexican worker in New York to work extraordinary hours in extreme for very low wages which are saved at great cost and sacrifice and sent to families and communities in Mexico who rely on them to survive.

In "The Real Story of the Super Heroes" series the artist makes a homage to all these people who work very hard every day for many others, including us. As well as she opens a question: who is the protagonist of our stories?.

Dulce Pinzón was born in Mexico City in 1974. She studied Mass Media Communications at the Universidad de Las Americas in Puebla Mexico and Photography at Indiana University in Pennsylvania. In 1995 she moved to New York where she studied at The International Center of Photography. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, the US, Australia, Argentina and Europe. Articles about her work have been published in different media such The New York Times, The Washington Post, Daily News, The Texas Observer, The Village Voice, Art News, American Photo.

In 2002 Dulce won the prestigious Jovenes Creadores grant for her work. She won an Honorific Mention in the Santa Fe project competition 2006 with "The Real Story of the Superheroes" series. Dulce is a 2006 fellow in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She currently resides in Brooklyn. *Fomenting the dialogue among other areas of the city Y Gallery stimulates the process of decentralization of the art galleries and institutions in New York.

For further information please contact:

Cecilia Jurado at 718 565 6285 or ygallery.newyork@yahoo.com

A VERY BUSY MONTH...:)

I loved the heading that the writers for thetripwire.com gave me for my live review of Maria Daniela's show in NYC. Let me know what you think of it;) xo

Live - Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser @ East River Bar | NYC
Our resident foreign language hipster hottie Amylu has a new must-hear band for you.




Somewhere on a rooftop in Mexico City, a cute girl poses for a photo dressed in a black jumpsuit dress, pink and black stripped leg warmers and an old school pair of Adidas roller sneakers. Fast forward to May of 2006: this picture was my very first introduction to an electropop group called Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser, from Mexico City. Little did I know that five months later I'd get to witness a live performance in New York City.



After being in other projects such as the famous Mexican electronic group, Titán, Emilio Acevedo created Sonido Lasser Drakar in 2001. While exploring new music and in search of new talent he came upon the lovely Maria Daniela and he asked her to join. Starting in 2003, with a cover of Aerolineas Federales "No Me Beses en los Labios" (Don't Kiss Me on the Lips), and then created the song "Super Vacaciones" (Super Vacations).


The duo then recorded the song "Miedo" (Fear), which originally came from a electrocumbia sampler from Sonido Lasser Drakar. Like many bands, including Cansei de ser Sexy (CSS), the group gained much success due to blogs and Myspace. Now working together under the full name Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser (Mari Dani for short), they toured on the "World Domination Tour" of the Mexican record label, Nuevos Ricos (New Rich), throughout Europe and the United States. Since then, they have continued to create an eclectic slew of Electronica songs and in 2005, they released their first, self titled, LP.



What's so special about this group compared to the rest of the electropop that comes out of the U.S.? Well for one thing, all the songs are sung in Spanish. For another, there's a slight twist on what you might expect electropop to sound like coming from a couple of Latinos from Mexico City. There's no crazy sparkle makeup or lavish costumes with go go dancers. And it's not just the two of them on stage standing motionless in front of a laptop pushing buttons. Emilio has an intricate set of electronic drums and a bunch of other stuff I can't pronounce, while Maria stands in front of him singing and dancing with her own sort of dance moves. Nothing over the top, no crowd surfing or break dancing, but she's got something about her dance moves that are subtle but effective. Just a few swirling wrist movements with her arms up high over her head while marching in place and a childlike smile on her face. Also, unlike most stereotypical electropop, Mari Dani have created music for people who like to dance like punk rawkers. You know, jumping around in pogo-like excitement and shaking your fists in the air while flashing your middle fingers. To try and define their music to an American reader, I'd say Mari Dani have created an electropop with a sound that invigorates the current high energy scene music in Mexico as well as a mix of Latin/Cumbia drum beats with fun and sometimes crude lyrics. The song "Fiesta de Cumpleanos", lyrics translation: "My life, is worth nothing. Without the barbie look, I'm just a secretary. With my friends and other clowns I will celebrate my birthday with cookies and coffee and cake." Another song "Miedo" (Fear), lyrics translation: "I am very drunk and that aspirin I think it was an acid tab. With colored lights and smoke in my eyes." Depending on the listener, the lyrics may or may not be understood, but nonetheless, the music is very energetic and playful for everyone to enjoy.

The show in NYC was put on by Fresa Salvaje Productions, a Latin alternative party created by Dulce Pinzon and DJ Papichulo, at East River Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The party started at 9pm and by 11pm the club was packed wall to wall with a crowd of scenesters, both Latinos and Anglos, breaking the language barriers. Just like DeeLite once said in an interview with MTV News, "Music is an international language". Two people told me they found out about the show that very night around 9pm through a Myspace post and automatically changed their plans. They said they had found out about Mari Dani through Myspace about a year ago and had been listening to the group since. By 1am Mari Dani finally made their highly anticipated appearance and opened by thanking Fresa Salvaje for bringing them to NYC. They started with the song, "El Tuviera no Existe" (It Had Not Existed), to be followed by "Chicle de Menta" (Mint gum), "Fiesta de Cumpleaños" (Birthday Party), "Miedo" (Fear), and "Mentiras" (Lies-a cover of Mexican pop icon, Daniela Romo).

Throughout the show, Maria and Emilio were so in synch and performed without a pause in between songs, one song faster than the last. With an accelerating pace, the crowd got really into it with fists flying in the air, jumping up and down and twirling around in circles while drunkenly falling on top of each other and laughing. By the end of show everyone was covered in sweat like they had just come from a heavy rain fall outside.

Mari Dani recently performed at the Vive Latino Music Festival in Mexico and with Los Angeles Kitchpop band, Los Super Elegantes, who recently played the Starbucks Salon in NYC.

You can see mas party fotos at metro212.com and here

Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser

By Amylu Meneses

Gritos en el Pasillo

Nuts from everywhere! My friend from Madrid, Gonzalo Navas, was the voice for a movie called “Gritos en el pasillo” (English workingtittle “Going Nut”). I´m happy and proud to announce the end of the three long years of production of a lot of effort, a lot of heart and a little money the finished product of this animation film! The film is a story about a painter who was hired to create some light and color to the walls of a creepy sanitarium while trying to keep his own sanity as the task goes on!
More news coming soon.

TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS FRESA SALVAJE'S SPECIAL SHOW W/ MARIA DANIELA!!!! You gotta go see her before she's gone, seriously. This will blow you away!!! Maria is going on at midnight!! Details below...

FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER
Hosts: Sector Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan
DJ: PAPICHULO
October 7th
10 pm
$10
East River Bar
Williamsburg Brooklyn

Ok, ok so the new job is taking some time to get used to but I WILL be back in full force when I get used to the system. But for now, I wanna tell you about this fucking awesome show this Saturday night put on my lovely friends at Fresa Salvaje, Dulce Pinzon and DJ Papichulo. The show will be for the famous underground performer from Mexico Shitty, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser!!!! If you didn't read my blog entry back in May '06 about her, she's an electro/cumbia artist on Mexican indie record label, Nuevos Ricos. This will be her very first time to perform live in NYC so get your stinkin' culo over to East River Bar and shake it!!!!

Links:
Fresa Salvaje on myspace
Maria Daniela on myspace
Nuevos Ricos website

FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER. con Sector Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan and the one and only DJ PAPICHULO!! October 7th @ 10 pm. East River Bar in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

I've been away from my friends, my blog, and myspace...but for a good reason. I got a new job!! Coordinating events for a pretty cool publishing company, powerHouse Books. I miss my friends at Cornerstone and I miss having a laptop to dj with, haha. Ultimately, when I get myself situated at the new job I won't be staying at work til 10pm every night:/ Ya, I've been going into work at 9:30am and getting home around 10:25pm...

Anyway, come out and party with me this Saturday night at Nacotheque and help me remember what it's like to have fun!

xo Amylu

EL ESPÍRITU DE LA PROHIBIDA