Esperando el Tsunami

The film we did with Vincent Moon is out! And anybody anywhere can watch it. Just go to Host a Screening to sign up and create your own screening (watch it with friends, family or a group of strangers that you meet for the first time!)

The film follows Lulacruza as we search for Colombia’s musical nectar… We traveled to some remote areas of Colombia searching for the roots of it’s music. Along the way we listened to nature, dialoging and sometimes channeling the voices of the land, and improvised with local folkloric musicians.

Since it’s release 2 weeks ago people already organized over 50 screenings around the planet. People are getting together to watch in places like Colombia, Argentina, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, England, Russia, France, Portugal, Brazil, South Africa, Morocco, Indonesia, and more.

The funds for this project were raised through Kickstarter. Around 200 people donated to the project. Its been a collective creation! and that is why we want to share it FREE for everyone to watch and participate. Please spread the word.

Sign up here to watch it!

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2011 – It’s been an amazing year for us and we want to personally thank all of you for your support. We make music and art for a number of reasons, but we wouldn’t be doing any of this if it weren’t for all of you. Doing it Together and sharing what we find with others is the food that keeps us going and keeps us moving.

This year: we released Circular Tejido, a “genre-defying and border-collapsing” album that melts in your ear; we toured in the USA, playing some of our most epic concerts yet and discovering inspiring micro-communities of people spread across the country; we publicly raised over $15K through Kickstarter for a collaborative project with French filmmaker Vincent Moon in Colombia; we then traveled for almost three months through the country, getting to know some amazing local musicians and immersing ourselves in the voice of nature; and finally we released Esperando el Tsunami, the film that narrates some of the most profound experiences of our travel.

We had such incredible concerts this year!!! We finished it, in Argentina, opening for the legendary Colombian singer Toto La Momposina in El Gran Rex, one of Buenos Aires’ most important theaters.

Also, we were nominated and won a number of awards in Colombia’s No Illuminadas Awards.

We still can’t believe all that happened in 2011!

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There’s more to come in 2012! A new album, over a dozen outtakes to be posted in www.esperando.cc (with mini albums to download) from our travels, and a full-fledged tour where we travel to wherever you want us to go. Thanks for listening and being part of this radiant tapestry!

ale & luis

After months of work we are happy to announce the upcoming release of our collaboration with Vincent Moon, Esperando el Tsunami (Waiting for the Tsunami).

Thanks to the donations of almost 200 people through Kickstarter we traveled for 3 months through rural Colombia, listening to the voices of each place, recording nature soundscapes, having impromptu performances out on the field, and collaborating with the local folkloric musicians. You can read about our travels on our blog.

The result is threefold: a poetic sound & image film that follows Lulacruza through Colombia; a new album by Lulacruza recorded out on the field; and a website with dozens of outtakes and extra recordings of the groups we encountered.

All of the material will be distributed for free under a Creative Commons license. Go to the project’s website www.esperando.cc to sign up and be the first to hear about the worldwide premiere.

The advance premiere is taking place on November 4th, in Copenhagen, Denmark at CPH DOX, one of Europe’s most important documentary festivals.

Take a look at the first teaser below.

LULACRUZA SUMMER TOUR 2011

May 27-30 // Lightning in a Bottle Festival – 3 sets (Los Angeles, California)

June 24 // The Due Return (Santa Fe, NM)
June 25 // Communikey Garden Concert (Boulder, CO)
June 26 // The Laughing Goat (Boulder, CO)

July 1-4 // Priceless Festival – 2 sets (Belden, CA)
July 5 // Cafe Culture (Chico, CA)
July 6 // Haven Underground (Nevada City, CA)
July 7 // yo’garage (North San Juan, CA)
July 8 // The NeXus (Richmond, CA)
July 12 // The Light House (Los Angeles, CA)
July 13 // HM157 (Los Angeles, CA)
July 15 // BAMM.tv – private show (San Francisco, CA)
July 15 // The Red Poppy Art House (San Francisco, CA)
July 16 // The Red Poppy Art House (San Francisco, CA)
July 17 // GGCSL – private concert (Corte Madera, CA)
July 20 // Home Grown Cooperative Cafe (Mt Shasta, CA)
July 21 // Culture Works (Ashland, OR)
July 22-24 // Photosynthesis Festival (Olympic Peninsula, WA)
July 26 // 9th House – private concert (Seattle, WA)
July 28 // Hanuman Dub Temple – (Portland, OR)
July 29 // TLC Farm – small gathering (Portland, OR)
July 30 // Black Sheep Family Reunion Festival (Tidewater, OR)

After an amazing tour in the US this Summer, we will be based in Buenos Aires, Argentina for 4 months, working on the material we filmed with Vincent Moon during our travels through Colombia. There’s so much music (recorded by Andres Velasquez, our sound engineer) played by all these incredible musicians we met along the way! It will be a long but happy editing process….

The movie and website with all the films, music and outakes will be ready in OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2011.

BLOG: You can read the blog of our travels in Colombia at www.blog.lulacruza.com

IDEA: See a video about the original idea and see how we funded the project with help from many people around the world:  www.lulacruza.com/colombia

INTERVIEW: Read a very good interview about Vincent’s experience in Colombia (in spanish):  http://www.shock.com.co/actualidad/articuloshock-vincent-moon-un-nomada-lunatico-de-paso-colombia

Expect music and collaborations from Lulacruza and:
- Aterciopelados
- Teto Ocampo
- Rocio Medina
- Urian Sarmiento
- Cantadoras en Guapi
- Marimbero Baudilio Cuama en Buenaventura
- Grupo Guascanato en Ladrilleros
- Comunidad Arhuaca en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Jorge Henríquez, palabrero wayuu
- Cecilia Bonivento, cantante wayuu
- Louis Towers
- Son Palenque
- Paito Sixto Salgado
- Sexteto Tabalá
- Las Estrellas del Caribe
- Majín Diaz
- Bahia trio
- Agusa y the Original en Guapi
- Anne Swing
- La Burgos de Las Alegres Ambulancias
- Chirimia del Rio Napi
- Frente Cumbiero Transnacional

Back up north!, kicking off this summer’s USA tour with two shows in LIB

We are SUPER excited to play at this year’s Lightning in a Bottle Festival. Hope to see the California family journeying with us during two special sets.

Saturday May 28th Lulacruza will be playing the Lightning Stage – a more upbeat dance set
Sunday May 29th Lulacruza will be closing the festival with a more intimate, late-night, far-out set.

Tickets at the festival’s website: Lightning in a Bottle
To see a list of our upcoming USA shows, scroll down further.

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Vuelta al norte!, comenzamos nuestra gira de verano por USA con dos conciertos en LIB

Estamos MUY emocionados de tocar en Lightning in a Bottle. Esperamos ver a toda la comunidad Californiana bailando y viajando con nosotros en dos conciertos muy especiales.

Sabado Mayo 28 Lulacruza va a tocar en el Lightning Stage – un set mas bailable para el calor del mediodia.
Domingo Mayo 29 Lulacruza va a cerrar el festival con un concierto de madrugada, intimo y viajero.

Entradas en la pagina del festival: Lightning in a Bottle.
Para ver una lista de nuestros conciertos en USA, miren mas abajo.

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TOUR USA 2011

May 27-30 // Lightning in a Bottle Festival – 3 sets (Los Angeles, California)
June 24 // Corazón (Santa Fe, NM)
June 25 // Mercury Cafe (Denver, CO)
June 26 // The Laughing Goat (Boulder, CO)
June 28 // House Concert (Boulder, CO)
July 1-4 // Priceless Festival (Belden, CA)
July 5 // Cafe Culture (Chico, CA)
July 6 // TBA (Nevada City, CA)
July 7 // Yo’garage (North San Juan, CA)
July 8 // The NeXus (Richmond, CA)
July 10 // TBA (Santa Cruz or Big Sur, CA)
July 12 // House Concert (Los Angeles, CA)
July 13 // HM157 (Los Angeles, CA)
July 14 // BAMM.tv (San Francisco, CA)
July 15 // The Red Poppy Art House (San Francisco, CA)
July 16 // The Red Poppy Art House (San Francisco, CA)
July 17 // GGCSL (Corte Madera, CA)
July 20 // TBA (Mt Shasta, CA)
July 21 // Culture Works (Ashland, OR)
July 22-24 // TBA (Olympic Peninsula, WA)
July 30 // Black Sheep Family Reunion Festival (Tidewater, OR)
// more Oregon & Washington shows TBA