Latin alternative

Latin alternative, or "alterlatino", or "Patchanka", is a brand of Latin rock music produced by combining genres like alternative rock, lofi, chillout, metal, electronica, hip hop, new wave, pop rock, punk rock, reggae, and ska with traditional Ibero-American sounds, in Latin Europeans and Latin Americans countries (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Catalan languages).

History Rock music has been produced in Iberian America since the late 1950s. Some rock bands started to use unusual instruments such as maracas and quenas. In the late 1960s, artists like Santana started using a different technique to make rock music; by incorporating influences of Latin jazz. Its sound was incorporated by young Latino-players in the US, as an answer to the rock en Español movement in Americas and Spain led by bands like Héroes del Silencio, Caifanes or Los Prisioneros.

In the early 1990s, it was used by Mexican bands such as Maldita Vecindad and Café Tacuba, they were accepted on the Latino circuit in the US, especially by the Mexican community. Subsequently, experimental musician Lynda Thomas earned recognition and commercial success with alternative music in the same decade.

With the passage of time and many musical styles in the US-Latin, Latin alternative has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself. Today, many music journalists and fans regard Latin alternative as a subgenre of rock en Español, and like rock en Español, it may be further divided into more specific genres of music.

Events and media coverage The most known event of Latin alternative is the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) that every year gathers a large number of bands from all over the Americas and Spain. The conference was co-founded by artist manager Tomas Cookman and music executive Josh Norek. It was first held in New York City in 2000, moved briefly to Los Angeles, and then returned to New York. The 2009 event featured artists from across the Americas including Argentina's Juana Molina, Puerto Rican hip-hop and reggaeton outfit Calle 13, Colombian group Bomba Estéreo, Brazilian singer-songwriter Curumin and Mexico's Natalia Lafourcade, and was profiled along with the wider Latin alternative scene in an article in The New York Times.

The best known radio show and podcast in the Latin alternative music genre is The Latin Alternative, co-hosted by Josh Norek and Ernesto Lechner. The program launched in 2009 and currently airs on 50 public radio stations each week and is available as a podcast on Spotify and Apple.

Notable bands and artists by country

Argentina Karamelo Santo Bersuit Vergarabat Cabezones Érica García Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Juana Molina Nathy Peluso La Yegros Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Vicentico Los Auténticos Decadentes Los Piojos Todos Tus Muertos

Brazil Chico Science Marcelo D2 O Rappa

Canada Alex Cuba Santa Lucia LFR The Mariachi Ghost

Chile Joe Vasconcellos La Floripondio Chico Trujillo Juana Fé Tiro de gracia Los Bunkers Los Tres Mon Laferte Daniel Puente Encina Rubio Alex Anwandter GEPE Pedro Piedra Spiral Vortex CAF De Pereiras Lanza Internacional Lopez La Brígida Orquesta Camila Moreno

Colombia Andrea Echeverri Aterciopelados Bomba Estéreo Cabas Carlos Vives Estados Alterados Juanes Lido Pimienta Monareta Ondatrópica LosPetitFellas Nicolás y los Fumadores

Costa Rica Akasha Debi Nova Escats Gandhi Jose Capmany Pneuma

Cuba Addys Mercedes Porno Para Ricardo Alex Cuba Madera Limpia

Dominican Republic Alex Ferreira Carolina Camacho Toque Profundo Rita Indiana

France Mano Negra

Guatemala Di WAV Gaby Moreno Jesse Baez Easy Easy Mabe Fratti

Italy Talco Rein Egin Subsonica Notagitana

Japan Porno Graffitti

Mexico Cecilia Toussaint Caifanes Lynda Thomas Café Tacvba Tijuana No La Lupita La Gusana Ciega Molotov Control Machete El Gran Silencio Plastilina Mosh COhETICA Jumbo Zurdok Kinky Zoé Akwid Cartel de Santa Mexican Institute of Sound Nortec Collective Bostich Fussible Natalia Lafourcade Ximena Sariñana Los Concorde Ely Guerra Julieta Venegas Sonex Ed Maverick

Peru Aly Cat

Panama Los Rabanes

Puerto Rico Calle 13 Circo Draco Rosa Zayra Alvarez La Secta Allstar Puya

Radio Pirata Mattador

Nonpoint

Spain Amaral Amparanoia Bebe Chambao Che Sudaka Enrique Bunbury Jarabe De Palo Héroes del Silencio Rosalía Love of Lesbian Macaco La Mala Rodríguez Ojos de Brujo The Pinker Tones Radio Futura Christina Rosenvinge Ska-P Vetusta Morla

United States Bang Data Grupo Fantasma Hip Hop Hoodíos Origen Orixa Ozomatli Pacha Massive Ritchie Valens Santana Very Be Careful Yerba Buena Quetzal Aaron Andreu

Uruguay Hablan Por La Espalda Diego Janssen La Vela Puerca No Te Va Gustar Peyote Asesino Sante Les Amis

Venezuela Arca Los Amigos Invisibles Devendra Banhart Jeremías Rawayana Simon Grossman La Vida Boheme

Record labels for Latin alternative music Nacional Records Afonico Music Doula Music Happy-fi Six Degrees Records Surco K Industria Cultural EMI Latin Waxploitation Round Whirled Records

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