hngry. you know, like the hippos.

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In San Antonio de Padua, Buenos Aires, Argentina, a six-year-old boy picks up an electric guitar for the first time. He feels the sharp steel strings and smells the wood while playing his first chords. This moment sparks a lifelong passion for music. 

Raised in an inner-city environment, his childhood was half on the streets and half playing music with friends. At an early age he started experimenting with drugs and also playing in local bands. 

Soon, drugs became a problem and he started feeling a lack of motivation and self esteem. He eventually leaves his hometown for New York City at the suggestion of his sister, in an intent to save him from a deep depression. In Rockaway Beach, Queens, Juan Zaballa becomes Tall Juan and begins his music career with the support of his New York friends, releasing albums that reflect his personal growth and experiences. His first album, 'Olden Goldies', reflect his English language learning journey and pays homage to his early punk music influences, showcasing his simplistic yet powerful songwriting while 'Atlantico' reconnects him with South American rhythms, displaying his musical growth.  His latest release, 'Raccoon Nights', showcases his evolution as a musician and producer, exploring psychedelic-pop with a blend of synthesizers and new wave overtones. Throughout his music, Tall Juan expresses his emotions and experiences, evolving his sound while maintaining his authentic voice inviting a diverse group of collaborators to join him on his journey

Rocco of the Snow is a New York City-based multi-instrumentalist & producer/engineer hailing from Buffalo, NY. In his music, you'll hear his Romantic era/Jazz sensibilities mixed with four-on-the floor dance grooves, funky key-basslines, analog synth-heavy production, and introspective bordering on self-indulgent lyrics, always coming together with the intention of holding melody to be paramount.  

He was raised on Radiohead,  Ben Folds Five, Brad Meldau, Sergei Rachmaninoff, & Jamiroquai, but later fell in love with contemporary artists such as Little Dragon, James Blake, Jack Garratt, Vulfpeck, Bibio and Grizzly Bear, to name a few.  He tours internationally on keyboards, bass and guitar. He writes, records and performs with several artists including Gin Wigmore, The Reign of Kindo, Todd Carey & Jackson Harris. He has also performed with Ginuwine, Jessie James Decker, Cody Simpson and is a founding member of the Buffalo-based band The Etchings. 

When he's not on the road, he scores music for films and produces for other artists.  Rocco of the Snow can be heard performing live all over NYC, either playing with friends or solo with his one man operation- sanging, banging on keyboards, doodling guitars, slappin da bass and squashing drums all at the same damn time. 

Philosophy: we are beings of frequency. As such, we strategically use sound and light in an effort to raise the collective vibration of the whole. We are designers of our own reality. As such, we aim to see how much heaven we can pull out of this earth. We are collectively deciding our future. So it's decided then-we're making it awesome!

Inquires:
cautiousclaycontact@gmail.com
Booking: 
Lee Anderson | landerson@teamwass.com
Len Chenfeld I lchenfeld@teamwass.com 
Press:  
Frazer Lawton | frazer@ryko.co

Stardust EP out now. Performed, Recorded and Produced by Chris Kyle.

Daniel Tortoledo is a Venezuelan/American singer-songwriter currently residing in the city of Vienna. His high-energy indie/rock music style has been often compared to the likes of The Kinks, David Bowie, The Beatles, Blur and The Strokes. Upon his departure from New York City in 2022, Tortoledo began to play in the local Vienna music scene along with Joost Scheltes (guitar/vocals), Gabriel Espinal (bass) and Alex Kühmayer (drums).  Daniel Tortoledo & The Sound Machine was created.

Chris Kyle is following