SWEET ELECTRA, WHEN WE ABANDONED EARTH (SWEET ELECTRA)
[DUNKELBUNT]
A NEW DAY; LAYA PROJECT REMIXED
ADDIS ACOUSTIC PROJECT
AFRO ROOTS WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
AMADOU & MARIAM
ANTÓNIO ZAMBUJO
APHRODESIA
BALKANBEATS
BANCO DE GAIA
BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR
BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC
BOY WITHOUT GOD
C.J. CHENIER
CARLOS GOGO GOMEZ
CHOBAN ELEKTRIK
CHOPTEETH
CHRISTIANE D
CHRISTINE VAINDIRLIS
CLARA PONTY
COPAL
CUCHATA
DAMJAN KRAJACIC
DANIEL CROS
DEBO & FENDIKA
DEL CASTILLO
DR JAYANTHI KUMARESH
EARTHRISE SOUNDSYSTEM
EGYPT NOIR
ELIN FURUBOTN
EMILY SMITH
FANFARE CIOCARLIA VS. BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC
FEUFOLLET
FIAF PRESENTS WORLD NOMADS MOROCCO: MUSIC
FOOTSTEPS IN AFRICA
GECKO TURNER
GENTICORUM
GEOFF BERNER
GIANMARIA TESTA
GODS ROBOTS
GUARCO
HUUN HUUR TU
INDIAN OCEAN
IRENE JACOB & FRANCIS JACOB
JANAKA SELEKTA
JANYA
JERRY LEAKE
JOAQUIN DIAZ
JOEL RUBIN
JORGE STRUNZ
JOSEF KOUMBAS
JOYFUL NOISE (I GRADE RECORDS)
JUST A BAND
KAMI THOMPSON
KARTICK & GOTAM
KHALED
KHING ZIN & SHWE SHWE KHAING
KITKA'S CAUCASIAN CONNECTIONS PROJECT PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS
KMANG KMANG
KOTTARASHKY AND THE RAIN DOGS
LA CHERGA
LAC LA BELLE
LAYA PROJECT
LENI STERN
LES TRIABOLIQUES
LISTEN FOR LIFE
LOBI TRAORÉ
LO'JO
LOKESH
MAGNIFICO
MAHALA RAI BANDA
MIDNITE
MOHAMMED ALIDU AND THE BIZUNG FAMILY
MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING
MY NAME IS KHAN
NAWAL
NAZARENES
NO STRANGER HERE (EARTHSYNC)
OCCIDENTAL BROTHERS ON TOUR
OCCIDENTAL GYPSY
OREKA TX
ORQUESTRA CONTEMPORÂNEA DE OLINDA
PABLO SANCHEZ
PEDRO MORAES
RAYA BRASS BAND
SALSA CELTICA
SAMITE
SARA BANLEIGH
SARAH AROESTE
SELAELO SELOTA
SHYE BEN-TZUR
SIA TOLNO
SIBIRI SAMAKE
SISTER FA
SLIDE TO FREEDOM II
SONIA BREX
SOSALA
SWEET ELECTRA
SYSTEMA SOLAR
TAGA SIDIBE
TAJ WEEKES
TARANA
TARUN NAYAR
TE VAKA
TELEPATH
THE MOUNTAIN MUSIC PROJECT
THE NATIVE AMERICA NORTH SHOWCASE
THE SPY FROM CAIRO
TITO GONZALEZ
TOUSSAINT
VARIOUS ARTISTS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
WATCHA CLAN
WHEN HARRY TRIES TO MARRY SOUNDTRACK
WOMEXIMIZER
WOMEXIMIZER
ZDOB SI ZDUB
ZIETI

Bio

Sweet Electra

Producer, composer, and guitarist Giovanni Escalera was a pioneer of the late-'90s electronic music scene in his hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico. He formed the band Sweet Electra in 2002 and became a part of the Nopal Beat collective, eventually signing with EMI records for his first album.

When Giovanni was a teenager,  while his friends traded Latin American pop albums, he waited patiently each month for the latest British new wave imports to arrive at the local record store. Though he loves classic Latin dance beats, he creates sounds that are truly global, reflecting his omnivorous musical tastes. In addition to composing and producing for Sweet Electra, he's written scores and songs for several Mexican films and television shows. In his free time, he enjoys painting, shooting and making videos, and trying new ethnic foods in his current home borough of Queens.

In 2005, Giovanni relocated to Mexico City to join in on that enormous metropolitan's exciting art and music scene. When he was auditioning young women to fill the role of Sweet Electra's new singer, someone urged him to call a student at the city's prestigious Fermata conservatory named Nardiz Cooke. As soon as she opened her mouth to sing for him, Giovanni knew he wanted to collaborate with her. They immediately recorded the group's second album, CAMA.

Nardiz grew up in the hot and dusty northern Mexican state of Sonora, where she performed since she was a child, often in traditional mariachi groups. Her mother recalls her singing loudly in her crib--˜perhaps her father had a premonition when he named her after the beautiful Jazz standard "Nardiz."   Now that Nardiz, a mesmerizing and passionate stage performer, is enjoying the glittery Manhattan life, you can often find her during off-hours sitting on a stool at Schiller's Liquor Bar.

Both Giovanni and Nardiz enjoyed success and a strong fan base in Mexico City. But after performing at Joe's Pub for the Mexico Now Festival in 2006, they eventually made the big decision to pull up roots and try to make it in the world's greatest city, New York. The emotional and exciting year they spent settling into their new home inspired their latest album, When We Abandoned Earth. Surrounded by new friends and an inspiring new collection of artistic influences, they're broadening their outlooks while retaining their warm and fun-loving Mexican sensibilities.


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