En La Marina

El pasado 19 de Mayo tuve la dicha de ir al festival musical de Red Bull Music en La Marina de Dyckman en el alto Manhattan donde estuvieron Riobamba, Rosa Pistla, Ivy Queen, DJ Nelson, DJ Negro, DJ Lobo, Maicol Superstar, Alberto Stylee & Ranking Stone. Eso fue un regalo para los amantes de lo que es la Vieja Escuela. Aqui os dejo unas palabras con Riobamba & Rosa Pistola.

On the 19 of May I had the pleasure of going to the Red Bull Music Festival at La Marina in Dyckman over at Washington Heights in Manhattan where Riobamba, Rosa Pistola, Ivy Queen, DJ Nelson, DJ Negro, DJ Lobo, Maicol Supertar, Alberto Stylee and Ranking Stone did their magic on stage. Here's an interview with Riobamba & Rosa Pistola.

Se llama Riobamba y su movimiento es el Apocalipsis. DJ orgullosamente Latina que esta lista para todo lo que viene para las mujeres y con buena música! 

Her name is Riobamba and her game is Apocalipsis. This fab DJ is a proud Latina that is representing women everywhere with great music!

Bionica: Tu set en el Boiler Room, lo vi en YouTube. Estuvo muy buena porque había de todo.
Riobamba: Gracias.
Bionica: Que es algo que nunca puede faltar en tus mezclas?
Riobamba: Definitivamente me gusta mezclar Oye Mi Canto. Me gusta ese sentido de unión, de orgullo por la cultura y todo eso y al fin siempre lo toco en mi set.
Bionica: ¿Cuál fue el tipo de música que mezclaste por primera vez?
Riobamba: La primeras mezclas fueron en fiestas familiares. Mi abuela siempre tenía cds grabados de salsa vieja y merengue entonces yo los tomaba y los mezclaba. Al mezclar quiero decir que los hojeaba antes de tocarlos.
Bionica: Que col. Vi en tu instagram que dijiste que hoy es uno de esos momentos que has estado esperando.
Riobamba: Umhmm.
Bionica: Para ti, qué es lo mas esperado de esta noche?
Riobamba: Definitivamente Ivy Queen ha sido una de las primeras artistas y también definitivamente una de las primeras mujeres de quien supe cuando empece aprender sobre el reggaeton. Para mi es un gran honor estar en el mismo lugar que ella.
Bionica: Muchísimas gracias.

Mientras entrevistaba Riobamba, Rosa Pistola llegó y se acerco a saludarla y me saludó a mi también con un beso y abrazo. No todo el mundo hace eso y como se dice que la grandeza una persona de mide en humildad les cuento que ella es una gran persona. También súper talentosa con una tremenda habilidad para las palabras.  

shirt: Casa Lambe Cu!0, jacket: Calvin Klein, boots: Doc Martens
camisa: Casa Lambe Cu!0, cazadora vaquera: Calvin Klein, botas: Doc Martens 

As I was interviewing Riobamba, Rosa Pistola walked in and stopped to say hello to her and without knowing me she greeted me with a hug & kiss too! Not everyone will do that. There is a saying that a person's grandeur is measured by their humility  and because of that I can tell you that she is a great person. She is also very talented with an incredible knack for words. 

Bionica: You're from Colombia?
Rosa Pistola: From Bogota, but my family is from a small town in Antioquia named Las Ceja. And everything that I love in this world is there.
Bionica: But you live in Mexico?
Rosa Pistola: Yes, I live in Mexico.
Bionica: What made you go to Mexico?
Rosa Pistola: Well it was very random. Life put me in a certain situation and I made the decision to go in a week. I honestly didn't think about it, but I'm happy with the decision I made.
Bionica: How long have you been in Mexico?
Rosa Pistola: 13 years.
Bionica: Oh wow, a long time.
Rosa Pistola: Yes.
Bionica: I heard your song La Linea del Sex (The Sex Hotline)
Rosa Pistola: Aha
Bionica: It's very sexual but it's great, the lyrics and how everything just fits. How do you do it (cómo lo haces)?
Rosa Pistola: Well actually what I do is look for and find talent and then I make a mix with high level artists or producers like King Doudou in this case. Then I make songs you wouldn't expect but very high quality.
El Habano is an underground reggaeton singer that's very famous in Mexico but has never received the credit he deserves. It's because, well his music can be a little much. With these collaborations I'm hoping that the world will be able to hear and know what Mexican reggaeton is. And this song sounds like Mexican reggaeton.
Bionica: When I heard your song I thought about Maxx Gallo a guy I had met at an event. He says that his style is a little alburero (has a double meaning).
Rosa Pistola: Ah yes, well Mexico is a country where the culture is somehow rooted in the albur (double meaning…) There are actual contests within the towns and that can be a little difficult to deal with because it's obvious that the more popular you become, well then they start to make these jokes about you… So you know, online bullying is hard.
Bionica: Tell me about your tattoos, this one (on your face, it looks like the phases of the moon) does it have to do with the moon?
Rosa Pistola: To be honest, I really did it because I saw that some indigenous people in the Amazon had it. I thought it was nice and so I got one too.
Bionica: Tell me about your style.
Rosa Pistola: Well I try to find inspiration in everything and I think that you can tell. I take a little bit from here and there and turn it into Rosa Pistola.
Bionica: What do you enjoy most about working with music?
Rosa Pistola: That I'm able to get things off my chest and get rid of so much $!#?

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