Café Tacvba are back with "Un Par De Lugares," their first single in 4 years, after their last album “El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco.” The song was released on Friday, September 23. The track was recorded back in July at the Soga Recording Studio in Morelos, Mexico and produced by their long-time musical partner Gustavo Santaolalla. It was mixed by legendary engineer Mick Guzauski (Michael Jackson, Prince, Eric Clapton, Daft Punk ).
“This is a song that talks about the feeling of absence and how we go to a pair of places - our mind and our heart - to recover the thoughts and feelings that help us alleviate the pain ," Rubén Albarrán, the band’s frontman, said in a statement.
Café Tacvba is headlining La Tocada Festival this Saturday September 24th at The Observatory in Santa Ana. This will be the first time that the new single is performed live. It's a great festival line up with Natalia Lafourcade, Carla Morrison, Leon Larregui and more. They will also be going on a mini tour around the US, with a few dates in California and Chicago.
UPCOMING CAFE TACVBA U.S. TOUR DATES:
September 24 - La Tocada Festival - Santa Ana, CA
October 1 - Santa Barbara Bowl (with Thievery Corporation) - Santa Barbara, CA
October 2 - Greek Theater (with Thievery Corporation) - Berkeley, CA
December 20/21 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
About Café Tacvba
Café Tacvba is a band from Ciudad Satélite, Mexico. The group was founded in 1989 but gained popularity in the early 1990s. They’ve always had the same musical lineup of Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Emmanuel "Meme" del Real Díaz (keyboards, piano, programming, rhythm guitar, melodica, vocals), José Alfredo "Joselo" Rangel Arroyo (lead guitar, vocals), and Enrique "Quique" Rangel Arroyo (bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals).
Mexican folk music player Alejandro Flores is considered the 5th “tacubo ,” as he has played the violin in almost every Café Tacvba concert since 1994. Since the Cuatro Caminos World Tour, Luis "El Children" Ledezma has played the drums in every concert but is not considered an official member of the band.
Their musical style covers a wide variety of genres, though it is most commonly labeled as Latin Alternative/Rock en Español. Their music has been heavily influenced by Mexico's indigenous population and folk music traditions, but also by punk and electronic music and other bands on the Mexico City scene.
They’ve won five Latin Grammys, a Grammy for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album for “Cuatro Caminos,” an MTV VMA for International Viewer’s Choice Award and an ALMA Award.
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