We are in the latest installment of Club de las Serpientes over at MTV Brazil! A couple of weeks ago we met with Rodrigo Maceira from Si No Puedo Bailar and this is what he wrote about that experience. Check it out!
Another show in July with lots of bandszzzz!
BANDS:
Imaginary Weapons
Balún
Windy Hill Mill
Dorako
Neoangin
PLACE:
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Ave. (between S 1st and S 2nd st)
Brooklyn
Subways: L (Bedford Ave Station), J,M,Z (Marcy Ave Station)
DATE: 8 PM, July 29, 2009
PRICE: Free!
Website: http://www.glasslands.com/
Read MoreHi everyone. Balún is back this summer and we have a new band member. Say hello to Leo who comes from the bands El Medio and Paraguay Lo-Fi. We are very happy that he’s joining us. We used to play in another band with him way back in 2000. To celebrate the occasion we have a show coming up in Brooklyn!
BANDS:
Balún
City Center
Windy Hill Mill
PLACE:
Coco66
66 Greenpoint Av (Between Franklin & West Streets)
Brooklyn
Subways: G (Greenpoint Ave Station)
DATE: 9 PM, July 16, 2009
PRICE: Free
Read MoreAnother show with our buddy minusbaby and from Puerto Rico Go Organ. The 8-bit summer of love. is here.
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 • 9 PM―12 AM
minusbaby, Balún and Go Organ!
with visuals by Paris and outpt
with visuals by Paris and outpt
Don Pedro • VIEW MAP
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, USA
21+
Free Dollars
(copy + paste from minusbaby’s site, thanks!)
Read MoreWe played 8static 5 in Philadelphia and we have some pictures and a live recording to share. It was a lot of fun and we thank Don a.k.a NO CARRIER for inviting us!
The song is called “Las Abejas” and it’s new. Soon we’ll release that song, along with other new ones, on an MP3-EP with 8bitpeoples. Stream/download: http://bit.ly/7wQs
Here a couple of links to pictures from that night: FLICKR 1, FLICKR 2
And this is us performing “Muchas Muchas Veces”.
Read MoreSo finally, after weeks of talking about this, now you can watch online our collaboration with Tatiana Arocha as part of PSST! 3.
Scarlatta Le Voyage Boto from PSST! on Vimeo.
HIGH-RES VERSION HERE
Read MoreGreat news! PSST! 3 will have a screening in NYC on the 25th of March and Balún is going to perform in the event! We are going to be playing before the films (at 7:30 PM). The screening will be held at Galapagos Art Center in Brooklyn. This will another duo show, and we’ll be playing new material that we’ve been working on. Tickets are very limited so be sure to buy them before the show!
Angélica wrote the Global Ear: San Juan piece for the April 2009 issue of the magazine and the folks at The Wire put up a site with a bunch of MP3s of the bands mentioned in the article including Balún. Woohoo!
http://thewire.co.uk/articles/2260/
Read MoreSo we got another round of the “duo shows”. This time we’ll be playing at Lit Lounge in NYC (March 21) and 8static in Philadelphia (April 11) with our friend minusbaby. We are very excited as we have never been to Philly before. And as usual we’ll be playing new music. Here are the fliers for the shows:
Hi all we recently worked on an animated short film with graphic designer Tatiana Arocha for the collaborative film series PSST and the trailer of the project is out for everyone to check it out. We wrote the music for the piece, so it’s a new song!
See the trailer here: http://psstpassiton.com/?page_id=347
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Code by NO CARRIER
Music by Alex Mauer
Art by minusbaby
This looks much better in an emulator and even better on a NES – so download the ROM here: http://www.no-carrier.com/pulsewave/pulsewave_0109.nes
Read MoreHappy new year! Balún is back for a special 8-bit show as a duo!
Welcome to the new year; a new year of colors changing from white to yellow to green to blue to red to white again. While the animals sleep and sleep and sleep in their caves, and people try and try and try to stay warm in the cities, the Centennial Boy wanders about and about and about.
This January 31st 2009, join us in celebrating the Centennial Boy’s 100th birthday at Pulsewave at The Tank. Music will be provided by 6955, Balún, Low-Gain and OxygenStar with visuals by Jean Y. Kim, minusbaby, outpt, and Paris Treantafeles.
You have been most cordially invited, so please, drink to stay warm and feel free to dance and dance and dance!
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
9 PM—1 AM
$10 • All Ages
The Tank
354 West 45th Street
Between 8th and 9th Avenues
BY SUBWAY
A, C, E, N, Q, R, W, 1, 2, 3, B, D, F, V, S, or 7 to 42nd Street
