Cabezas De Cera - Mexican Fusion Concert
Founded by brothers Francisco and Mauricio Sotelo from Mexico City, “Cabezas de Cera” (“Wax Heads”) stands out as one of foremost avant-garde bands in their country and major exponents of Latin America in their genre. Their music is a fusion of rock, jazz, Mexican traditional music, improvisation, and world music. Having toured extensively in Europe, Asia, the United States and Latin America, the band is celebrated for its boundary-defying music.
Doing their Chicago debut, “Hermandad” (‘Brotherhood”) takes us on a sonic journey that evokes a millennial past from a contemporary present, as urban beings who gaze from the roots toward the future through sound. With a selection of the best from their more than two decades of career, the Sotelo brothers duo immerses us in the whirlwind and color of contemporary Mexican culture: diverse, contrasting, and universal
The performance captivates the audience's sight and hearing, as “Cabezas de Cera” showcases a diverse array of shapes and metals in their unconventional instruments on stage. The Charrophone and the Jarana Prism, unique metal instruments hand crafted by band's percussionist Francisco Sotelo; the Chapman Stick, devised by Emmett Chapman from California in the early Protected content and electro-acoustic percussion will be the vehicle of this journey.
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