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Cypress Hill's Eric Bobo Teams Up With Chilean Producer Latin Bitman
Photography by Salvador
Rojas
Cypress Hill Percussionist Eric Bobo Teams Up With Chilean
Producer Latin Bitman for ‘Ritmo Machine,’ A Funky Mix of Electronic Beats and
Live Latin Percussion
Guest Artists Include Chali 2na (Jurassic 5), Sen
Dog (Cypress Hil), Ana Tijoux, Money Mark & Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys),
P-Nut (311) and Sick Jacken (ThePsycho Realm)
Nacional Records is proud
to announce the November 22nd release of ‘Welcome to the Ritmo Machine’, a new
collaboration between CYPRESS HILL's percussionist Eric Bobo and mix master
Latin Bitman. With a funky blend of hip-hop beats, live instrumentation, and
guest appearances, Ritmo Machine is a border-crossing culture clash of
electronic, hip-hop and Latin music.
Eric Bobo, the son of Latin jazz
legend Willie Bobo, brings exciting live percussion to Latin Bitman’s signature
fusion of dub, electronica and hip hop. Bobo’s funky percussion sounds were
first unleashed to the world on the Beastie Boys’ classic albums ‘Check Your
Head’ and ‘Ill Communication’. Together as ‘Ritmo Machine’, Bobo and Bitman’s
collaboration also features guest appearances from Money Mark & Mix Master
Mike (Beastie Boys), Sen Dog (Cypress Hill), Ana Tijoux, P-Nut (311), Chali 2na
(Jurassic 5) and Sick Jacken (Psycho Realm).
Chilean beatmaker Latin
Bitman connected with Bobo earlier this year during Cypress Hill’s Lollapalooza
tour in South America. The two musicians got together to record ‘Welcome to the
Ritmo Machine’ in Argentina, and the sparks caught fire. The resulting album is
a conversation between two artists with similar tastes but very different
backgrounds. Bobo and Bitman’s fusion of electronic and acoustic rhythms
produces a unique hybrid made of equal parts old-school hip-hop, traditional
Latin music and progressive electronica.
Eric Bobo, who recorded and
toured with the BEASTIE BOYS during their groundbreaking albums of the early
'90s, has been a full time member of Cypress Hill since he first connected with
the legendary hip-hop crew at Woodstock in 1994. His debut solo album ‘Meeting
of the Minds’ was released by Nacional Records in 2008, followed by his
critically-acclaimed underground mixtape collaboration with Beat Junkies’ DJ
Rhetmattic. Earlier this year, Bobo’s infectious percussion was featured on
Cypress Hill’s hit single “Armada Latina” along with Marc Anthony and Pitbull.
Eric Bobo made his public performance debut at the age of 5, playing
on-stage with his father, Latin jazz legend Willie Bobo. When Bobo was 15, his
father passed away and he took over Willie's band for a full year while still in
high school. In the '80s, Bobo became part of the emerging NYC hip-hop scene,
and eventually joined the Beastie Boys. Bobo has since recorded and performed
with a diverse range of artists, including The Black Crowes, 311, Gnarls
Barkley, Rage Against The Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Ella Fitzgerald, and Fort
Minor (feat. Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park).
Following the launch of his
critically-acclaimed self-titled debut, Latin Bitman made his U.S. performance
debut in the summer of 2008 at Central Park SummerStage in New York City. His
2010 follow-up album ‘Colour’ was described by ‘Billboard’ as “a musically
adventurous collage of dub, bossa nova, lounge, hip-hop and electronica” and was
featured EA Sports’ soccer-themed video game ‘FIFA’ and TV shows such as
‘Dexter’ and ‘90210’.
Growing up surfing on the northern coast of Chile,
Bitman combines the relaxed beach vibes of his childhood with the funky urban
sounds of his cosmopolitan home of Santiago. Surfing dominated Bitman’s
childhood with a passion that started at the young age of 9. He eventually
became a serious contender on the world stage, representing Chile in the Olympic
games of surfing in Huntington Beach, California. While Bitman’s focus would
move towards music, surfing remains in the soul of his songs.
RITMO
MACHINE ‘WELCOME TO THE RITMO MACHINE’ TRACK LIST
1. Welcome To The Ritmo
Machine
2. Maestro
3. Witness This Heat (feat. Chali 2na)
4. La Calle
(feat. Sick Jacken & Ana Tijoux)
5. This Day
6. Save My World (feat.
Mix Master Mike)
7. Senny Sosa (feat. Sen-Dog)
8. Sangre
9. Follow Me
(feat. Money Mark)
10. Sabe (feat. Pato Machete)
11. The Ooohs
12.
Brazil
Stream Album: www.nacionalrecords.com/preview/ritmomachine
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