MPEACH

MPeach (AKA Mariana Martín Capriles) was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela—and she reps her native country hard. Although she's now based in Brooklyn, Capriles was a member of the now-defunct cult electronic band Todosantos, originators of the "tukky-bass" sound. Capriles' debut solo album, Malania—out September 25, via Dutty Artz—is a collection of supremely danceable pop tracks with roots in Venezuela's musical history—including traditional folk melodies, Changa Tuki, and Afro-Caribbean beats, along with broader influences like dembow, grime, hip-hop, dancehall, and kuduro.




Capriles likes to call her sound "Latino Del Futuro," and her bio positions her as part of an emerging group of artists like Pocz & Pacheko, Cardopusher, and DJ Yirvin whose music "profoundly impacted by their individual cultural roots while reconstructed to reflect their global Internet-Age upbringing."
"The album is a multimedia experiences where I layer varied disciplines like vocals, songwriting, video art and design," Capriles tells THUMP. "Sonically, [it] is a representation of my overall aesthetic through sonic cross-pollination of influences from Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. High energy dance beats meet low-end bass, and then flirt with rhythms rooted in traditions from my native Venezuela."

Stream the album above, and watch her self-directed video for "Latino del Futuro" below.


Malania is out September 25, 2015 on Dutty Artz

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MPeach
Malania
Dutty Artz; 2015

Hace seis meses, la venezolana Mariana Martín Capriles (mejor conocida y adorada por nosotros como MPeach) estrenó su sencillo "Malania". Hoy vuelve a ser noticia con el prometido estreno de un álbum homónimo, con la igualmente expectante multidisciplinariedad y complejidad que anunciaba al empezar el año.
Para comenzar, Malania es una exploracion bien juiciosa por diversas experiencias sonoras del Caribe, desde las lecturas contemporáneas que ofrece la electrónica (de hecho, la herencia de la patrimonial changa tuki de su tierra se nota y bastante). Y algunos títulos del tema hablan de ese catálogo de experimentos: "Boogaloo mutante" (un temazo donde el álbum se pone más arriba), "Reggae Fi Peach", "Rata tropical"... en fin, el mar que baña a Venezuela con sus muchos sonidos ha tocado también la propuesta de este álbum. Al lado de los títulos como referentes obvios, también descubrimos raíces de merengue y reguetón.

El álbum también expresa un divertido culto a sonidos clásicos pero que no se pueden interpretar al modo de antaño. Así aparece, por ejemplo, un tema que invoca "tumbao con saboco" (como si salsa fuera), pero donde reina un cadencioso tratamiento de hip hop y tropical bass. Y es que estamos ante el resultado de consumir música que el extravío de nacionalidades y generaciones ha cambiado: "Fuerza", por ejemplo, nos habla de una artista que canta desde Brooklyn, pero también desde una barriada de Caracas que hace tiempo tropicalizó el house con esa misma condición. Otro genial momento está en la discotequerísima "Préndelo", casi una suite que pasa por distintos picos que realmente logran prender al que la baile.

Disfrutemos, pues, de este álbum:



Además de dejarse bailar, MPeach también puede ser escuchada con mucho juicio, para divertirnos y para que nos entre un bonito mensaje, así es como le escuchamos invocaciones a la identidad o el hábil jugueteo lírico con rondas infantiles. Como muestra de lo primero, también se ha estrenado el videoclip de "Latino del futuro", casi un manifiesto para que aún en este tiempo (o con más razón hoy) sigamos cruzando la raya, marcando el tiempo, buscando el principio...



Ojo, además se anuncia un video por cada tema del álbum. Quedamos a la espera. - RBMA PANAMERIKA

MPeach (AKA Mariana Martín Capriles) nació y creció en Caracas, Venezuela y aunque ahora viva en Brooklyn, representa a su país natal bien duro. Capriles fue miembro de la ahora difunta banda electrónica de culto Todosantos, originaria del sonido "tukky-bass". Malania, su álbum debut en solitario—lanzado el 25 de septiembre vía Dutty Artz— es una colección de tracks pop supremamente bailables con raíces en la historia musical de Venezuela, incluyendo melodías folk tradicionales, Changa Tuki y ritmos afrocaribeños, junto a influencias más amplias como el debow, grime, hip-hop, dancehall y kuduro.



A Capriles le gusta llamar a su sonido "Latino del futuro" y su biografía la posiciona como parte de un grupo emergente de artistas como Pocz & Pacheko, Cardopusher y DJ Yirvin, cuya música está «profundamente impactada por sus raíces culturales que a su vez es reconstruida para reflejar su educación global en la era de Internet».

«El álbum es una experiencia multimedia donde uso capas de varias disciplinas como la voz, componer canciones, arte del video y diseño», Capriles le dice a THUMP. «Sónicamente, es una representación de mi estética general a través de una polinización cruzada de influencias sónicas provenientes de América Latina, el Caribe, Norte América y Europa. Ritmos energéticos de baile se encuentran con notas frías de bajo y entonces coquetean con ritmos enraizados en las tradiciones de mi Venezuela natal».


Escucha el álbum arriba y mira su video auto-dirigido para "Latino del futuro" abajo. - VICE Colombia

Who doesn't like some old-school Spanish reggae (also know as "The Noise") with a silky side of bass and smooth, buttery drums? Born from MPeach, and her collaborations via artists from Venezuela, Barcelona, and Brooklyn, this is global music at its very finest, taking cues from such movement as Miami Bass and the Caracas-born Change Tuki. "Malania" is drops March 10 on Dutty Artz. - THUMP

Last week, Caracas born and raised and Brooklyn-based artist MPEACH brought us the “breezy, bluesy” lead single, “Malania,” from her forthcoming album.

The hypnotic, slowed down departure from her frenetic Changa Tuki roots counts on composition by MPEACH and Sunsplash, production by her label Dutty Artz‘s own Chief Boima, and mastering by Cardopusher. Laidback rap verses collide with elements of reggaeton loops and Miami bass, transporting us to an unspecified Caribbean location.

On this Remezcla exclusive, MPEACH is flexing her skills as a designer and motion graphic artist with an animated lyric video for “Malania.” Diving into MPEACH’s layered subconscious, the video overlays old school computer screen grabs, textural patterns, and floating images of the artist, giving us a sneak preview of the video element of her live performance that she’ll be touring with throughout SXSW next week. - Remezcla

“Ooo lala….sexy, beautiful and exotic to the ears……MPEACH Me my dear!” -NERDY FRAMES (Rating: 5/5)
Mpeach preps her LP with the release of lead single Malania. The song in a chill-trap style has touches of dembow and Miami Bass, and is reminiscent of the sound of LA’s contemporary beat if it were transported to the Caribbean. The song was composed in collaboration between Mpeach and Venezuelan artist Sunsplash, produced by Dutty Artz’ Chief Boima, and mixed and mastered by Venezuelan super-producer Cardopusher.
MPeach (a.k.a. Mariana Martín Capriles) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Her experimental music is strongly influenced by a combination of Changa Tuki (Venezuela’s native ghetto-dance music), Afro-Caribbean beats and melodies rooted in traditional Venezuelan folk culture. She draws from a wide variety of musical inspirations, including “dembow, soukous, heavy bass, spanish reggae, hip hop, 4×4, grime, dancehall and kuduro,” making for a dynamic sound that stands all on its own. - Nerdyframes

Cuando dos chicas talentosas se unen para trabajar, no hay nada que no puedan lograr. Mpeach es un fresco rostro de la música electrónica venezolana, quien mezcla los sonidos del barrio venezolano con rítmicas dance, aires afro caribeños y por supuesto, ‘Changa Tuki’, la versión popular venezolana del House.

La guapa venezolana MPeach —conocida también como Mariana Martin Capriles— hizo equipo con la directora, Crystal Moselle, para crear el video de la canción “Venamo”, segundo sencillo del nuevo EP de la artista titulado “Vengo por ti”.

“Venamo” es una coproducción de Pocz y Pacheko que fue remixeada ya por Cardopusher, puros pesos pesados de la electrónica venezolana cuya fama va más allá de las fronteras de su país. Y el video, una muestra de la vids cotidiana en Venezuela, fue producido por la cineasta Crystal Moselle.

Por supuesto, todo esto nos llega a través de NWLA, quienes continúan realizando una gran labor poniendo en red al talento latinoamericano emergente.

¡A disfrutar! - Coorslight MX

It always makes me super stoked when my homies create something rad. So I was extra mega stoked when two of my boos, Mariana Martin Capriles aka MPEACH and Crystal Moselle, teamed up and shipped out to Venezuela to collaborate on a video for Mariana’s new summer-time jam “Venamo”.

Caracas native Mariana, whose contagious rainbow-like energy pretty much brings the party to every party, used to be a member of the legendary Venezuelan electro-band Todosantos, the group that totally pioneered an innovative new sound called Tukky Bass. What the fuck. Who actually invents a brand new sound? Mariana does. So now she is all grown up and has gone solo, and her sound mixes multiple musical influences including electronic beats and Afro-Caribbean rhythms with traditional Venezuelan melodies. Oh and did I mention she’s also a visual artist, director and editor? Way to make me feel like Homer Simpson over here homie.

Crystal not only has the awesome-est personal style that I can only really describe as rastafarian Stevie Nicks (you’re welcome boo), but has also directed music videos for acts like The Rapture and The Virgins, and has collaborated with mega-director Spike Jonze to work on AsDSSka’s “Hold On” video. All this on top of directing videos for clients like Ralph Lauren, The New York Times, Levi’s, Lindsey Thornburg, Kate Spade, and Converse (just to name a few). No fucking bigs! Oh and her documentary on Warhol Superstar Taylor Mead was just part of a little thing called the Whitney Biennial and was an official selection for the Tribeca Film Festival. She MIGHT be the fanciest homie in our crew. And again, I feel like Homer.

These two are definitely bright shiny young things, but the biggest star of the “Venemo” video is the notoriously violent city of Caracas, which is captured beautifully by the ladies in a raw but positive light. This includes ghetto-dance style Changa Tuki dancers who kill the fucking game with not only their moves, but their whole steez. Fuck Beyonce, these kids are the truth! Changa is a name used to describe house / electronic music and is super popular in Venzuela. The term Tuki was originally used as a discriminatory slur against Changa dancers who came from the city’s favelas (ghettos), but was eventually embraced as the popular term for the scene. The video highlights these bad-ass lil’ dancers alongside the new-found acceptance their scene has generated.

So after checking out the video, I got super jealous that I wasn’t invited, obvs, so I sat down with the girls over some rose wine (Mariana) and kombucha (Crystal) to talk about the seemingly awesome experience. And just for shits and gigs I brought along the worst dude ever Mike Bogart to document the bro-down.

Heyyy guyyssss! Tell me 3 awesome things about each other:

Crystal Moselle: One awesome thing about Mariana is that she is the most loyal friend that I think I have ever had.

Mariana Martin Capriles: One awesome thing about Crystal, this is gonna get really corny, but she is seriously probably the person that has the most energy and drive to push you to achieve anything that you think you can achieve.

CM: Another awesome thing about Mariana is that she’s my only friend that I can call and say “Let’s go to the craziest ghetto in the world and like do a music video”. And she’s like “Yeah!” She’s my only friend that’s like super down to do the most insane shit in the entire world. Her and I together can take it all on perfectly.

MMC: I was like I actually might know some people there! Another awesome thing about Crystal is that she has a really amazing view on life and the world. I love letting her take me to places that even I have been to before just to see it through her eyes.

CM: Her love for black men

MMC: She really doesn’t give a fuck about anything and can make some really crazy weird shit be amazing. It could be quirky or weird or too out there, and she makes it into something amazing.

Our mutual friend Krissy said “This video is like living inside a Trapper-Keeper.” Thoughts?

CM: Yeah. I mean, a lot of bright colors and youth and weird textures.

MMC: Look at my dress, does that explain why the video looks like a Trapper-Keeper?

Yes, yes it does.

CM: Mariana is the late 80’s, early 90’s tropical version of a Trapper-Keeper

That’s like the greatest compliment ever. Where the hell did you find the awesome Changa Tuki dancer kids? And can I party with them?

MMC: First of all, they would love to party with you. Second, the label that released my EP, Abstractor, is also a collective and have a blog and throw parties in Caracas. Pocz and Pacheko from Abstractor would always bring a couple of the Changa Tuki dancers to their parties, so I was always like I want to make a video with them! When I went down (to Venezuela) to do the Abstractor showcase and release the EP, one of the djs for the party was DJ Yirvin, who is one of the originators of Changa Tuki movement. His style is called “Hard Fusion” and he has been doing this since the early 2000’s. He had invited a bunch of the kids and they were there doing the craziest dance moves, up in the club and in the streets. These kids are serious, this is what they do for life! I went there, did the show, met a bunch of them, partied with them and I was just like I need you to come and be a part of this video! I mean I had completely told Crystal that I already had the dancers, because I knew I just needed to go to this party and find them.

I feel like Caracas is really the main character in this video. Did you guys get to chill with any bad-ass gangsters while there?

MMC: Caracas is basically the main character for this video. There’s a lot of social-political mayhem happening in Venezuela right now which has created a big division in the city. So part of making this video, in the sense of what I wanted to portray as an artist, was to show that being involved with art and music and cool amazing things that we all care about while also representing our culture, can bring us all together. We don’t need to be divided, we can actually all enjoy being in this city and being Venzuelan together. There’s a lot of favela hardcore rap and other types of really violent representation of the city in videos, which I love and needs to happen because people need to see that reality, but also I wanted to bring a different flavor and ingredient and show a different side of the city. You don’t want to just eat bread and rice and tortillas, you want to eat meat and tomatoes and stuff too. I know my examples are strange.

CM: They’re all about food always.

MMC: Crystal has this really amazing way of finding the beauty in everything, which I was talking about before, and she presented the city through this amazing positive filter.

It kind of reminds me of kids in South Central LA Crunking.

MMC: It definitely has that vibe. A funny amazing thing is that a lot of people are saying on Twitter that this video represents Caracas in such a truthful way. I think it’s really funny and amazing because the person that shot it is not Venezuelan. She’s very talented at capturing the true essence of things.

CM: I dated a Venezuelan once.

That TOTALLY counts dude. So now tell me about the gangsters that you guys chilled with.

MMC: While we were shooting, friends would come hang out or whatever. So there’s this kid Reke who’s actually one of Venezuela’s biggest rappers, and he was there the last night that we shot. He’s been doing his thing for a while, I remember going to his first battle in like ’99 because I had friends that were involved in that scene. He’s from one the hardest barrios in the city and he made it out through hip-hop.

Did you get to carry a fun gun at all while on set or have security guards?

CM: Oh yeah. We had the OG security. Like a bodyguard.

Like Kevin Costner?

CM: Pretty close actually. He was the Venezuelan Costner.

Dude. I need to meet him and marry him immediately.

MMC: He wanted to marry Crystal!

CM: He was like a ninja. We would have three cars and he would step outside the cars and like watch us and look around, he always knew everything that was happening at all times. It was actually really special having him on set.

Um slash HOT. Speaking of hotness, give me the on set gossip. Any hook-ups? Fights? Love triangles? Spill it:

CM: Mariana was definitely in love with one of the dancers.

MMC: He actually just posted on Facebook that I’m his impossible love.

No drunken makeout sessions?

CM: Let’s just say yes, there were some hookups.

MMC: There were actually funny fights. The funniest fight was Crystal being like “Hold it! If you want me to direct this video you need to speak in English right now. You cannot speak in Spanish.” We actually did speak English about 75% of the time, but when things start happening really fast we would just immediately switch to Spanish.

CM: And I would freak out. (shakes head angrily)

What was the deliciousness that you were you eating at the end of the video and will you make it for me?

MMC: That’s a hot dog, Venezuelan street-style, with mayonnaise, cheese, onion sauce, avocado, cabbage, fries, and hotsauce.

Do they cure hangovers?

MMC: They can cure everything that you have. I could make it for you but there’s a Venezuelan street style hot dog stand in Rockaway that’s the best, it’s called Santa Salsa.

Describe the “Venamo” video using only food terms:

CM: South American pop-rocks mixed with a Venezuelan street hot dog. And rum.

MMC: Actually, there’s a take in the video that they made me edit out where I was drinking a bottle of rum out of the bottle while driving the truck at like 10 or 11 in the morning.

Is that legal down there?

MMC: I mean it’s not legal, but….

CM: The cops do this thing called “Night Shopping” where they stop your car and take all your shit. So we don’t know what’s legal down there.

If you could spend a day drinking rum with one director, alive or dead, who would it be and why?

MMC: I would love to drink rum with Robert Rodriguez. That would be fun. I’m sure it would be an amazing adventure. I think his work is amazing and a lot of fun and my kind of hustle.

And cause he’s a stone cold fox. Have you ever seen him?

MMC: He was actually married to a Venezuelan woman for a long time. He’s hot, but his brain is hotter.

I see a future love connection. If you could spend a day doing shrooms with one director, who would it be and why?

CM: Francis Ford Coppola. Duh. ‘Cause I love him.

Now let’s talk about the real REAL star of the video. Where the hell did you find that awesome hat and can I borrow it?

CCM: I brought it for you! I got it outside the L train Morgan stop in Brooklyn, there are people with little stalls selling stuff outside the subway.

Love you bitches, can’t wait to see what crazy shit you come up with next! - CULTIST

The playlist – Latin American: MPeach, Julio Iglesias, Survival Mode and more
Latin American music of the future from MPeach, Spanish standards from the bestselling Julio Iglesias, and big-band sounds from pioneering salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri
Julio Iglesias in a swimming pool, circa 1984.
Guinness World Records bestselling male Latin artist … Julio Iglesias. Photograph: Santi Visalli/Getty Images
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
Wednesday 30 September 2015 11.26 EDT

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Venezuela: MPeach – Latino del Futuro
The multidisciplinary project of singer/producer/artist Mariana Martin Capriles comes with a mission statement of sorts, by defining her music – contemporary dance beats influenced by traditional Latin American rhythms – as “latino del futuro”. This single, from her great debut album Malania, concentrates the warmth in her production, but her addictive LP shows she’s got a whole lot more in her bag of tricks – down-tempo baile funk, anyone?

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Venezuela: Survival Mode – Rumba Deep
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Right on the heels of lead single “Malania” off her forthcoming album, NYC-based, Venezuelan party starter MPEACH is in Austin at SXSW this week playing a few showcases, starting with a set tonight at Russian House. Brush up on all things MPEACH before the showcase with our Essential Facts/Essential Tracks series, featuring the artists we’ll be covering at this SXSW 2015.

ESSENTIAL FACTS
Known as: Mariana Martín Capriles, a.k.a. MPEACH, a boundary-crushing producer with roots in Caracas’ Changa Tuki scene, now with with more than ten years as a multidisciplinary artist living in NYC.

Background: Caracas, Venezuela.

Sounds like: A raptor house rave on the edge of the apocalypse that’s not afraid to experiment, with one foot in her Internet-age upbringing, the other in Venezuelan regional music, be it folkloric or what might fall into the vanguard. Her newest single from her forthcoming EP on tropi-global label Dutty Artz, “Malania,” dips into a breezy, slowed down dembow with hints of Miami bass, counting on futuristic production love from quite literally all over the map, with Rio’s Chief Boima, Barcelona’s Cardopusher, and Brooklyn/Guadalajara’s Sunsplash on the team.

Take a dip into her discography to see just how comprehensive her sound is; “Boogaloo Mutante” owns up to its promise with a distorted, remixed ’60s sound, “Ritmo Loco” taking a dip into reverb-drenched electronica equivalent to the disorienting feeling of an afternoon of intense equatorial sun with MPEACH chanting “sabor caribeño/ron coco sol,” or her Vengo Por Ti debut EP that truly established her sound, with co-producer credits going to Changa Tuki maestros Pacheko & Pocz.

Why you should see her showcase: MPEACH is the ultimate avant-hustler; with a full-length album in the works, she manages to cut no corners in the production of her live show, taking on performance of her tracks, as well as production/performance of live visuals and styling. Catch her set to be transported through an immersive take on her changa/hip-hop/kuduro/4×4 rave vision, and maybe you’ll even catch a sneak peak of the upcoming release. - Remezcla