2013 Copyright © All Rights Reserved NUTOPIA THE BAND

Produced by: Nutopia
Recorded and Mixed by: Mike Mulet @ Sound Art Recording Studio (Yauco, PR)
Cover Art by: Luis Pagán (www.lpagan.com)


Wired for Explosion

Fernando García - Drums
Amarilys Ríos - Vocals
Lara Serrano - Vocals
Rafa Maya - Barril
Sebastian Laverde - Percussion
Will Barry - Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Spyros Rassias - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone
Julio Montalvo - Trombone
Roque Martínez - Alto Sax

Cuembé Na' Ma'

This is my Berklee Senior Showcase piece. Emphasis was put on Sampling, Granular Synthesis, FM/AM synth and Physical Modeling. Rhythmic variation and  restless spacialization contribute to the pieces sometimes nervous character.

Wet Marble

"House of Love (Ogbe Yekun)," ÌFÉ's second single is a ghostly, beckoning musical offering. Recorded live using improvised electronic instruments, ÌFÉ mixes Cuban Rumba with the digital sounds of Jamaican Dancehall, creating a musical space and expression altogether its own. At times tender, at other moments seductive and flirtatious, the song is an invitation / an offering to those forces that walk among us and a reminder that life is nothing if not a constant act of giving to receive.

OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fmYYm0s-uws
BANDCAMP: https://grupoife.bandcamp.com
ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/house-love-ogbe-yekun-single/id1072947224
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HfR62fhMBIBYPoDvOh6pv
WEBSITE: http://www.ife-music.com

MANAGEMENT
LAURÉNE CHANSON
ife.alovesupreme@gmail.com

US PRESS CONTACT: 
PAUL DRYDEN 
paulfdryden@gmail.com

BOOKING:
ETIENNE ZILLER
e.ziller@3pomprod.com

HOUSE OF LOVE (Ogbe Yekun)

Fernando García is a drummer, percussionist, and composer well versed in
a wide variety of musical styles. Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto
Rico, García started in music at a young age, and by 16 he was already playing
gigs in Puerto Rico’s reggae scene. He also performed, as a student, at the Tito
Puente Amphitheater on various occasions for the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest.
These early experiences inspired him to study music further at the Inter American
University of Puerto Rico. During his time there, he had the opportunity to take
lessons with Héctor Matos, who would go on to become a life long mentor and
friend.
Fernando was awarded the Juan Luis Guerra scholarship to study at
Berklee College of Music’s graduate campus in Valencia, Spain. Berklee Valencia
gave Fernando the opportunity to study with great artists such as Victor Mendoza,
Mariano Steimberg and Alain Pérez, and Yoel Páez, among others. This proved to
be a time of great focus and personal development in performance and
composition.
He then moved to New York City where he established himself as a
drummer, percussionist, composer and educator. Along his career, he has had the
opportunity to play as a sideman with many great artists such as Abraham Laboriel,
Perico Sambeat, Ricardo Pons, Pepe Rivero, Alain Pérez, Guillermo Klein, Julio
Montalvo, John Benitez, and Ximo Tébar, among others. As a bandleader he has
two albums out: Desde Arriba (Fernando García Music 2012) and Subidor
(Fernando García Music 2013) in where he mostly explores the folkloric and very
rhythmic bomba music of his native Puerto Rico and succeeds in fusing it with the
harmonic and improvisational aspects of jazz.

Cuembé Na' Ma'

Fernando García Music

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