Bio Ritmo

PRI’s The World “Global Hits” Radio Feature with Rei, Marlysse & Giustino

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Reporter Bruce Wallace Radio Interview with Rei, Marlysse & Giustino of Bio Ritmo
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Latin Beat Magazine Feature: Bio Ritmo U.S.A.’s Original Indie Salsa Band

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FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome to our first issue of the year – Volume 21, Number 1, February 2012. We are pleased to feature the Richmond, Virginia-based salsa group “Bio Ritmo” (“Bio”-English for life and “Ritmo” – Spanish for rhythm) who are currently celebrating their 20th anniversary … Read More

…Most groundbreaking post-salsa bands of the last decade

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By Chris Burek

Maintaining their status as one of the most groundbreaking post-salsa bands of the last decade, Bio Ritmo continue to mix clave and cascara with wailing solos, spacey synths and otherworldly percussion some 20 years after a chance encounter between three friends in a Richmond, VA art school. … Read More

Paris Dj’s: “La Verdad” Top Ten Best Album of 2011

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:03:09 +0000

La Verdad, the new album from the Salsa for the people band from Richmond, Virginia, Bio Ritmo, will be released September 20th on Electric Cowbell Records on 12″ vinyl and CD, marking the band’s 20 year anniversary. Unfortunately, they will not be coming to Paris, but only to play in … Read More

Wax Poetics Magazine: Bio Ritmo Continues to Evolve Salsa Dura

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Wax Poetics, Latin Issue (November 2011 – December 2012)
Hard Copies Still Available from WaxPoetics.com
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Descarga.com: Best Album of 2011, DJ Alert and Very Highly Recommended

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:05 +0000

Editor’s Pick:
Best of 2011 Award Winner

Of all of the working salsa bands today, there are only a few who transcend the conventions established 40 some odd years ago. Bio Ritmo is one of those few post-modern orchestras that turn things a bit sideways. With arrangments that stretch and … Read More

Salsa ‘misfits’ Bio Ritmo find global fans with 20th-anniversary album La Verdad

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:27:06 +0000

Indy Week – Music Feature

by Sylvia Pfeiffenberger

Bio Ritmo doesn’t look like a traditional salsa band: A mix of Anglos and Latinos, the members don’t wear uniforms on stage. Instead, they dress with individual style, from punk and working-class to velvet-and-polyester vintage-clad dandies.

Its Latin rhythmic framework remains essentially

..Es ist herrlich andres, erfrischend und wunderbar schräg

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:50:56 +0000

LatinMusik.com

Die Sonne scheint hell in die Wohnstube, ein leichter Durchzug weht vom Balkon durch den Raum. Die italienische Kolbenkaffemaschine drückt das Wasser durch den Kaffe bis die Tasse dreiviertel voll ist. Ich trage den Espresso auf den Balkon, setzte mich hin und geniesse die Wärme und Aussicht, im Hintergrund … Read More

Qui sont donc ces musiciens porteurs d’une salsa avec un tel impact de modernité sans en dénaturer l’expression?

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:58:56 +0000

Salsapaca: Musica Afroamericana.

Que se cache-il derrière le diable cornu en feuillage à l’expression si désespérée? Et qui sont ces drôles d’oiseaux qui y ont établi domicile dans le trou des orbites et le cœur? Cette pochette psychédélique agit déjà comme une interrogation.
Qui sont donc ces musiciens porteurs d’une … Read More

“La nueva salsa bien pensada con anclaje en el estilo old school”

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:18:12 +0000

La salsa es de esos estilos que no tienen puntos medios. Hay gente que la ama y otros que la odian. Conocemos a pocos que te digan “me gusta un poquito”. A nosotros los de Cassette la verdad es que nos gusta la música en general. No encontramos todavía ningún