CALLE 13 Receives THREE Premios MTV Nominations

In Recognition of Their Critically-Praised Album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, The Groundbreaking Brothers From Puerto Rico Receive Nominations For:

Best Group or Duo – Best Urban Artist and Best Video (Electro Movimiento)

RESIDENTE OF CALLE 13 Will Also Host

The LOS PREMIOS MTV 2009 Broadcast
Event will Air Thursday, October 15th on MTV Latin America and MTV Tr3s in the US

In Other Calle 13 News, The New Single  & Video For “Fiesta de Locos” (“Festival of Lunatics”) Has Just Been Released.

“Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 just released the video for "Fiesta de Locos," the fourth single from the pair’s latest album, Los de Atras Vienen Conmigo. The song, which imagines Residente and Visitante as a couple of mental patients, was inspired by Emir Kusturica’s Balkan gypsy-punk rock music. Filmed during a concert in Buenos Aires last year, the video captures the general revelry of the audience with a few “crazy” little moments spliced in between. Watch carefully for two women making out; a priest getting down; and a guy hugging a rooster. I can’t wait to see if Rene brings this kind of lunacy to Los Premios MTV 2009, when he hosts the show on Oct. 15 in Los Angeles. “Participating in these awards is a tool for me to communicate in ‘living color’ what I truly feel,” the outspoken singer said. “In other words, thanks to MTV I’ll be able to tell millions of people whatever I want all at once . . . ha, ha, ha. This is the first time—and probably the last—that I will appear as host so don’t miss it.” I know I’ll be watching!” - Latina

Press Acclaim Also Continues For Calle 13’s Recently Released Debut Film Documentary Sin Mapa” (Without a Map). 

Now available on DVD and via download at iTunes, the film captures Calle 13’s journey of enlightenment through the less traveled mountains, rivers and villages of Peru, Colombia, Argentina and more in a quest to discover the true indigenous culture, music and peoples of South America.

“With ‘Sin Mapa,’ Calle 13 reaffirms its commitment to the underprivileged… ‘Sin Mapa’ documents the travels of Calle 13 through poor and indigenous communities of Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Argentina, giving a sample of the commitment that this duo has toward communities of scarce resources… what began as a personal journey in search of a connection with the natives of South America, resulted in a documentary that Calle 13 hopes will serve as educational material about the realities of the region.”- Associated Press

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Praise For Calle 13’s Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

“4 STARS - hitmakers with globe-trotting tastes, a riotous sense of humor & unstoppable groove”- Rolling Stone

“4 STARS - A wickedly clever manifesto… highly addictive… Consider reggaeton redefined” - Blender

“Visionary…  Few urban acts, in any language, match so much ambition to so much fun.”-NY Times

“Calle 13 is one of the sharpest hip-hop acts in any language” - Slate

 “a genre-redefining triumph” –  Village Voice

“simply the best album of the year" – Para Todos Magazine

“Brilliant… another madcap mix of music genres” – Conde Nast Traveler

“One of the best albums of the year in any language” — Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

“determined to tell the truth about sex, politics and urban music… Residente's verbal pyrotechnics are astonishing… the voice of a new generation… a new idealism, [that] gives us all hope” – Newsday

 “an explosive new album…Calle 13 are urban prophets at the vanguard” – People en Español

"without a doubt one of the best albums of the year” – El Nuevo Herald

RESIDENTE OF CALLE 13 TO HOST
 LOS PREMIOS MTV 2009 
Event will Air Thursday, October 15th on MTV Latin America and MTV Tr3s in the US
(SEE FULL MTV PRESS RELEASE BELOW)
 
In Other Calle 13 News, The New Single "Fiesta de Locos" ("Festival of Lunatics") Has Just Been Released. See The Online Video Premiere Today At:
http://www.univision.com/content/video.jhtml?cid=2065967&channelName=Videos&_requestid=40157

RESIDENTE OF CALLE 13 TO HOST LOS PREMIOS MTV 2009  

Event will Air Thursday, October 15th on MTV Latin America and MTV Tr3s in the US

MTV Latin America announced today that "Residente" from the highly-acclaimed urban/alternative music group Calle 13 will host this year's edition of Los Premios MTV 2009. This year's multi-city celebration will air live from the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles on MTV Latin America and MTV Tr3s in the US on Thursday, October 15th. The show will also air on MTVs around the world and on select broadcast stations throughout Latin America, details to be announced. 

"Residente will bring an amazing dynamic to this year's show," commented Jose Tillan, Executive Producer for Los Premios MTV 2009.  "He is one of the most talented and beloved musical artists in his genre and his irreverent and outrageous personality make him a perfect fit for our event."

"As a Latino I am very happy to be able to participate in Los Premios MTV Latin America," commented Residente.   "Participating in these awards is a tool for me to communicate in 'living color' what I truly feel.  In other words, thanks to MTV I'll be able to tell millions of people whatever I want all at once ... ha, ha, ha.  This is the first time - and probably the last - that I will appear as host so don't miss it. Afuego!"

Comprised of brothers René Pérez ('Residente') and Eduardo Cabra ('Visitante'), Calle 13 is one of the most sonically innovative and socially outspoken groups in Latin music today. With a distinctive style that unites unrivaled lyrical wit with an adventurous fusion of urban, alternative and numerous world music influences, the Puerto Rican duo has become a globally recognized voice of Latino youth. 

In a career span thus far of just four years, Calle 13 has already won extensive critical acclaim and wide award recognition - including a GRAMMY, five LATIN GRAMMY awards, a Billboard Music Award and a Los Premios MTV Tongue for "Most Promising Artist".  Calle 13 has likewise become highly in-demand among their musical peers, having already recorded collaborations with artists such as Shakira, Cafe Tacvba, Ruben Blades, Alejandro Sanz, Mala Rodriguez, Vincento, Mercedes Sosa and Nelly Furtado.

Nominees for Los Premios MTV are selected by a "Music and Video Academy" comprised of music industry professionals and fans.  Winners for most of the categories are chosen by viewers' votes through MTV Latin America's website www.MTVla.com.  Last year alone, over 12.5 million viewers logged on to vote for their favorite artists across all categories, breaking the previous year's record by more than 1 million users.

Los Premios MTV reflects the music and attitude of youth in Latin America today.  The show brings together a variety of artists from different genres from Latin America and other parts of the word -- making it a truly unique multiplatform music experience.

MTV has a long history of creating exciting music events with 19 locally produced award shows annually around the world in countries such as Australia, Germany, India, Japan and Russia, among others.

Q&A Sessions: Calle 13’s Residente

En nochelatina.com No se lo pierdan!! Sin Mapa a la venta ya!

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CALLE 13’s “SIN MAPA” To Be Released On July 28^th

In Their First Film Documentary, The Socially Outspoken And Critically Praised GRAMMY Winners From Puerto Rico Take Viewers Along On A South American Journey “Without A Map” That Looks To Shed The Trappings of Modern Celebrity In Order To Find The True Indigenous Music, Culture And Spirit of A Continent

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Also Continuing Their Support For The Chart-Topping Album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, Look For CALLE 13 To Perform July 11^th At Central Park Summer Stage In New York As Headliners Of The 10^th AnniversaryLatin Alternative Music Conference. Following Subsequent European Tour Dates, Residente & Visitante Will Then Return Again For A Premiere Screening Of “Sin Mapa” At The New York International Latino Film Festival On July 29^th

With a truly innovative fusion that merges unrivaled lyrical wit with urban, alternative, and a wide array of Latin music influences, the Puerto Rican brothers known as Calle 13 quickly rocketed to stardom as a leading generational voice for Spanish speaking youth throughout the world. The group’s rapidly escalating fame saw lyrisist/frontman Residente and musical director/ production genius Visitante landing on the biggest stages in many of Latin America’s most glamourous cities.  But once the stage lights had dimmed and with the deafening crowd noise fading behind them as they were quickly moved on to the next sold-out concert, the intellectually hungry duo realized they were missing out on the opportunity to truly understand the unique culture of the continent in which they were already finding so musch musical inspiration.  As a result, the duo made a comittement to their own artisitc growth and decided to spend more than a month traveling on their own to discover the true indigenious culture, music and peoples of South America.

Set for release by Sony Music Latin on DVD and through iTunes on July 28^th, “Sin Mapa” (Without a Map) is Calle 13’s documentary experience of this journey of enlightenment through the less traveled mountains, rivers and villages of Peru, Colombia, Argentina and more in a quest to infuse their artistry with a broader global understanding.

While “Sin Mapa” is sure to vault the duo into the ranks of respected young Latin filmmakers, their groundbreaking music of course remains their passport for world-travel, with critic’s still praising their chart-topping latest album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo (The Ones Left Behind Are Coming With Me), and its most recent single “La Perla”. The epic length single finds the legendary Rubén Blades joining the GRAMMY & multiple LATIN GRAMMY winning duo for an impassioned portrait of community (even in the midst of poverty)  and a reminder of what we should still treasure most in life.

“Daddy Yankee has two daddies. They’re also Puerto Rican, call themselves Residente (rapper, writer) and Visitante (programming, instrumentation) and are known worldwide as Calle 13… What they do is music, absorbing like sponges the local rhythms of every city, town, and village they set foot in and mixing them with rap and arguably the best lyrics in Spanish-language alternative music…  Los de atrás vienen conmigo (“Those behind are coming with me”), Calle 13’s powerful third album, delivers the greatest beating ever

suffered by the duo’s critics, the single “La Perla” is the knockout punch. The song (“The Pearl”) is named after a San Juan neighborhood, but it is the symbol of the whole album’s intention: a message of unity in diversity to every single poor neighborhood in the Americas. Its rhythm is the usually dark, thunderous Afro Uruguayan candombe, this time softly played Brazilian style… and it has a rap written and executed to perfection by Panamanian salsa great Rubén Blades (who also sings in the chorus). A match made in Caribbean heaven, but directed to all barrios in the Americas… Whether or not you are familiar with salsa or candombe, the song instantly grabs you by the balls…  “La Perla” has Latin Grammy written all over it”.

-          Enrique Lopetegui, San Antonio Current – June 6, 2009

MORE SAMPLE PRAISE FOR Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

“Visionary…  Few urban acts, in any language, match so much ambition to so much fun”-The New York Times

“4 Stars-hitmakers with globe-trotting tastes, a riotous sense of humor & unstoppable groove”- Rolling Stone

“4 STARS - A wickedly clever manifesto… highly addictive… Consider reggaeton redefined” - Blender

“Calle 13 is one of the sharpest hip-hop acts in any language” – Slate

“a fearlessly experimental style of urban music unlike anything else … simply magnificent” - ALL MUSIC

“the Latin American kings of urban music… [Calle 13] dominates popular [Latin] culture”  – Associated Press

“a genre-redefining triumph” –  Village Voice

“simply the best album of the year" – Para Todos Magazine

“Brilliant… another madcap mix of music genres” – Conde Nast Traveler

“One of the best albums of the year in any language” — Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

“determined to tell the truth about sex, politics and urban music… Residente's verbal pyrotechnics are astonishing… the voice of a new generation… a new idealism, [that] gives us all hope” – Newsday

“ARTIST OF THE WEEK… Calle 13 [have] a rich history of raising a proverbial fist (and finger) and calling out injustices like they sees ‘em with swift lyrical metaphors” – MTV

“even more provocative, more conceptually and lyrically challenging, and more musically adventurous than its two predecessors -- which already have made [Calle 13] one of the most raved about and relevant acts in Latin music… Los de Atras champions the everyman”- Miami Herald

“an explosive new album…Calle 13 are urban prophets at the vanguard” – People en Español

“a new level of Residente and Visitante’s socio-political… revolutionary” – Latina

“Calle 13 is still defying labels… [they are] outright hilarious” - Billboard

“It seems like just about everyone is claiming to be a maverick these days, but few have the cojones to actually be one…loaded with smart, funny lyrics” – Washington Post Express

“Calle 13 excel with defiant and daring lyrics… a new pan-american vision” – La Opinion

"without a doubt one of the best albums of the year” – El Nuevo Herald

“[Calle 13] are in a totally other league… a future classic… a musical work of art…  Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo will become a new best friend.”-La Onda Tropical (blog)

“A Latin Eminem vocalizing the anger simmering within Latinos across the world…  pure unfiltered genius…English speakers should consider learning Spanish just for [these lyrics]

- Bilingual Distortion (blog)

Calle 13 apoya a nativos de Bagua

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Lima (Peru.com).- En conferencia de prensa, ‘Residente’, vocalista del dúo Calle 13  (que también lo integra ‘Visitante’), señaló que está bien que los indígenas de Bagua hayan defendido sus tierras. Sin embargo, aclaró que no aprueba la violencia que dencandenó la muerte de varios policías. ¡Lee, vota y opina!

 

“Son pocos los países que apoyan a los nativos, uno de ellos es Venezuela. Por ello, hasta la gente de Brasil se está yendo allá porque respetan sus derechos. Está bien que los nativos (de Bagua) se hayan defendido, pero lo hicieron porque lamentablemente se los ha hecho a un lado siempre”, señaló.

 

NO A LA VIOLENCIA

 

“Más allá de lo que puedan conseguir de esas tierras, ellos tampoco debieron permitir que haya violencia. Las cosas no se deben resolver de esa manera (por la policía y los nativos), porque la violencia forma parte del pasado. Ahora se dialoga y no se actúa atacando”, agregó.

 

“DEFIENDAN EL CUSCO CARAJ…”

 

De otro lado, el intérprete de ‘Atrévetete’ dijo que los peruanos deberíamos defender la ciudadela inca. “Cuiden y defiendan a Machu Picchu, protéjanla de los ‘gringos’ (turistas). Saquen ese hotel que está ahí, si quieren conocer que le cueste y caminen caraj…”, sostuvo.

 

“UN SALUDO A LA TIGRESA”

 

‘Residente’ no desaprovechó la oportunidad para mandar un saludo a Judith Bustos, más conocida como ‘La Tigresa del Oriente’. “Un saludo desde acá. Yo la ví en Youtube y la respeto porque sino no tuviera tantos seguidores en la red. A Wendy Sulca también la conozco por ‘Café Tacuba’ que me hizo escuchar el tema de ‘La tetita’”, indicó.

 

LO QUE DEBE SABER

 

Calle 13 realizará un concierto hoy miércoles en el Parque de la Exposición. Los integrantes prometieron tocar todos sus éxitos, entre ellos ‘FBI’, que le cantan al barrio de ‘La Perla’ en Puerto Rico.