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Straight out of the Bay Area in early 2008 Bang Data was born, bringing you a mix of slick and melodic guitar, gritty synth & bass, over banging electro-acoustic rhythms; making this the perfect canvas for Deuce Eclipse’s bilingual rhymes and melodies. Bang Data’s sound is a mash-up of styles combining hints of Latin, Reggae, Hip-Hop & Rock.


Bolívar Blues is Zoë & Benja, a example of what happens when North meets South. From Venezuela to Brazil, from US to Mexico, we cross borders with soul.
Diana Gameros    http://
www.dianagameros.com
Bay Area singer/guitarist Diana Gameros plays a wonderful mix of traditional Latin songs and her own soulful and passionate songs.



Direct from San Francisco’s fertile music scene, LoCura taps into the diverse sounds that have a rich history in the Bay Area, weaving them together in an uncanny way to reveal their common roots. Mixing Flamenco with Reggae and Cumbia with Ska through contagious rhythms and multiple languages, their music takes you on a ride through a day in the emerging globalized experience.


YeYe Suarez    http://www.yeyesuarez.com/
Interdisciplinary artist and arts-educator she incorporates traditional dance and music from the African Diaspora in Latin America, original poetry, theater and lyrical compositions into a performing journey of emotions in search of collective healing and unification.



Blending Hip Hop culture with a revolutionary state of mind. Raw G is notorious for passionate flow and deep poetry. She has performed with artists such as KRS-One, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Mobb Deep, Blackalicious, Ghostface Killah, Ozomatli, Ana Tijoux, Mala Rodrigues and many more.

 
Currently residing in Oakland, the members originate from all over California but blend effortlessly in the studio and on stage. They have performed alongside Immortal Technique, Chingo Bling, Michael Franti, Goapele, Bambu, and ZionI among others.

 
Favi Estrella   http://faviestrella.tumblr.com/
Born in San Francisco in 1989, Favi has frisco eyes towards the universe, flor y canto & nueva canción movement.

Founded in 1998, Reporte Ilegal has been spreading music to the masses for over a decade. Comprised of two MC's, RE2 and Spia104 and a producer Z Darek they created a group that broke away from the commericalized American-influenced hip hop coming from Mexico.


DJ Leydis  http://djleydis.wordpress.com/
DJ Leydis was born and raised in Cuba. Involved in the Cuban HIP HOP movement since it’s inception, DJ Leydis helped organized some of the countries most respected and attended events and community programs.



DJ Julicio http://djjulicio.com/
Deejay Julicio moved to San Francisco, California in November 2010 and has performed in many clubs in the Bay Area including Before12, Mezzanine SF, Elbo Room, Rockit Room, The New Parish, Som Bar, Eve Lounge to name a few. He was also a featured DJ at the Oakland Canabbis Cup 2011.

DJ Juan Data   http://
www.djjuandata.com/
Freelance music journalist by day (and a comic book aficionado) Juan Data puts on his wrestler mask by night and transforms into his DJ alter-ego to rock the party with his characteristically eclectic play-list, experimental mixes and outrageous performances.



Turbo Sonidero Futuristico http://turbosoniderofuturistico.tumblr.com/
After producing Hip-Hop for over 10 years, in 2006, he was inspired to produce Cumbia after a trip to Mexico, where he was introduced to Cumbia Poblana; a style of Cumbia that is heavily synth and sampled based. Upon his return to California, he combined his Hip-Hop production skills with Cumbia creating a new style he calls Tumbia. Currently Turbo is working on two E.P.s. One for Caballito Records from Spain and the second for Choles Records from McAllen, Texas.




Afoutayi Dance Company
To promote Haitian Folklore through teaching dance, music and culture to benefit and enrich the local community while simultaneously promoting cultural diversity, self-empowerment and leadership through the arts


Cunamacué  http://www.cunamacue.org/
Cunamacué's mission is to promote the continuity of Afro-Peruvian culture, representing it not as a point in time, but as a living, vibrant and evolving form whose music and dance can be used as a means of expression.


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