Bardo Martinez of Chicano Batman, Lila Downs, Divino Niño, Arath Herce, Victor Web and Loyal Lobos have signed administration offers with Cosmica Artists. The indie file label and firm represents Latin expertise from different genres throughout Los Angeles, Miami, Austin and Mexico metropolis.
“Reaching our 20 yr anniversary at Cosmica Artists is such a proud second for me as I began this as a one individual firm, stuffing manilla envelopes with burned promo CDs, xeroxed bios and EPK’s,” Gil Gastelum, founding father of Cosmica, tells Selection. “Our new signings usher in a brand new chapter for Cosmica Artists, as we start to navigate the longer term with confidence and satisfaction. distribution, advertising, publishing, sync, and touring companions future and current has us all prepared for the subsequent 20 years.”
Martinez can be represented by Cosmica as focuses on a solo profession — a brand new LP, “Stones Throw Information,” is slated for 2025 — exterior of position because the lead songwriter and vocalist for the group Chicano Batman. The rock band shaped in 2008 with a contemporary tackle tropicália and indie-rock that led to 5 studio albums. In current weeks, the group introduced they have been occurring an “indefinite hiatus.”
Lila Downs is a Mexican singer-songwriter, whereas Divino Niño hail from Chicago and Colombia with revolutionary hyper-pop (Divino have been featured on Selection‘s Greatest Latin Albums of 2022). Arath Herce, Victor Web and Loyal Lobos are all up and coming artists rooted in pop.
The Cosmica crew represents Mexican singer/songwriter Carla Morrison, who lately offered out the Hollywood Bowl. Most lately, Guatemalan artist Gaby Moreno gained a Grammy for finest Latin pop album, and claimed a number of Latin Grammy wins. Cosmica additionally supported Mexican-American producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, David Garza on his pair of Grammy wins for co-producing Fiona Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”(finest different album and tune).
“It’s been a tremendous journey full of ups and downs, exhilarating highs and thrown underneath the bus lows,” mentioned Gastelum “We’ve taken all of it in and we maintain going. I take nice satisfaction in working with a tremendous employees and roster of expertise as we work onerous to create a protected and inventive house for all of us.”
