Balún
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AUG
11
2023
Katonah, NY
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
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JUL
08
2023
Portland, OR
Wapato Island Farm
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APR
12
2023
Central East Austin, TX
Museum of Human Achievement
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OCT
23
2022
New York City, NY
C'mon Everybody
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MAY
01
2022
Brooklyn, NY
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
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APR
29
2022
Brooklyn, NY
300 Ashland
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About Balún
Brooklyn-based electronic indie band Balún self-identify as transnational. The quartet that broke out of the San Juan indie scene a decade ago has since undergone a formational odyssey through the industry, academia, and the stateside Puerto Rican experience. Balún’s long-awaited sophomore album Prisma Tropical focuses an incredibly wide field of genres and influences into a revelatory sound that evokes both of the band’s homes and the distance between them. Heavy doses of tiple, bomba barrel drum, and dembow work alongside loops and layers of shimmering synths to accomplish something explicitly of the island, yet fluent in the language of global pop. Tied together around the magical realism of singer Angélica Negrón’s lyrics, Balún’s deep understanding of reggaeton's Jamaican dancehall roots has transformed their shoegaze pop into “dreambow.”
Balún's new LP 'Prisma Tropical' was released July 20th 2018 via Goodchild Music and premiered on NPR’s First Listen. Their single 'La Nueva Ciudad' Premiered on Remezcla and was Spotify Latino's Song of the Day, breaking into the Viral Charts globally and in 8 countries including Spain, Mexico, Chile, & Argentina. 'Prisma Tropical' was one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2018, placed #4 in Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Latin Albums of 2018, and The New York Times named “Años Atrás” one of the best 65 songs of 2018.
Balún's new LP 'Prisma Tropical' was released July 20th 2018 via Goodchild Music and premiered on NPR’s First Listen. Their single 'La Nueva Ciudad' Premiered on Remezcla and was Spotify Latino's Song of the Day, breaking into the Viral Charts globally and in 8 countries including Spain, Mexico, Chile, & Argentina. 'Prisma Tropical' was one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2018, placed #4 in Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Latin Albums of 2018, and The New York Times named “Años Atrás” one of the best 65 songs of 2018.
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Genres:
Shoegaze, Indie, Dembow, Electronic
Band Members:
Shayna, José, Nora, Bayoán, Angélica, Raúl
Hometown:
Brooklyn, New York
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Concerts and tour dates
Past
AUG
11
2023
Katonah, NY
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
I Was There
JUL
08
2023
Portland, OR
Wapato Island Farm
I Was There
APR
12
2023
Central East Austin, TX
Museum of Human Achievement
I Was There
OCT
23
2022
New York City, NY
C'mon Everybody
I Was There
MAY
01
2022
Brooklyn, NY
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
I Was There
APR
29
2022
Brooklyn, NY
300 Ashland
I Was There
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Fan Reviews
About Balún
Brooklyn-based electronic indie band Balún self-identify as transnational. The quartet that broke out of the San Juan indie scene a decade ago has since undergone a formational odyssey through the industry, academia, and the stateside Puerto Rican experience. Balún’s long-awaited sophomore album Prisma Tropical focuses an incredibly wide field of genres and influences into a revelatory sound that evokes both of the band’s homes and the distance between them. Heavy doses of tiple, bomba barrel drum, and dembow work alongside loops and layers of shimmering synths to accomplish something explicitly of the island, yet fluent in the language of global pop. Tied together around the magical realism of singer Angélica Negrón’s lyrics, Balún’s deep understanding of reggaeton's Jamaican dancehall roots has transformed their shoegaze pop into “dreambow.”
Balún's new LP 'Prisma Tropical' was released July 20th 2018 via Goodchild Music and premiered on NPR’s First Listen. Their single 'La Nueva Ciudad' Premiered on Remezcla and was Spotify Latino's Song of the Day, breaking into the Viral Charts globally and in 8 countries including Spain, Mexico, Chile, & Argentina. 'Prisma Tropical' was one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2018, placed #4 in Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Latin Albums of 2018, and The New York Times named “Años Atrás” one of the best 65 songs of 2018.
Balún's new LP 'Prisma Tropical' was released July 20th 2018 via Goodchild Music and premiered on NPR’s First Listen. Their single 'La Nueva Ciudad' Premiered on Remezcla and was Spotify Latino's Song of the Day, breaking into the Viral Charts globally and in 8 countries including Spain, Mexico, Chile, & Argentina. 'Prisma Tropical' was one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2018, placed #4 in Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Latin Albums of 2018, and The New York Times named “Años Atrás” one of the best 65 songs of 2018.
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Genres:
Shoegaze, Indie, Dembow, Electronic
Band Members:
Shayna, José, Nora, Bayoán, Angélica, Raúl
Hometown:
Brooklyn, New York
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