BALÚN JOINS LAKE GEORGE MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA FOR SPECIAL CONCERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 8/15/17

New York, New York - August 15, 2017 - Brooklyn based indie electronic band Balún will join the Lake George Music Festival Orchestra for a special concert entitled ‘Sounds of Our Time’ August 22nd, at the Lake George Festival Commons in Lake George New York. This concert highlights the connections between current popular music and contemporary and traditional classical music. On its face, Balún’s shoegaze-tinted proto-reggaeton may not seem an obvious fit in an orchestral setting, but a closer look at the band’s line up reveals a diverse musicality that is the foundation of Balún’s unique sound. Balún’s front woman and acclaimed classical composer Angélica Negrón supplies lush string arrangements while PHD ethnomusicologist and Puerto Rican folk music expert Nora Ruiz layers Tiple and Cuatro on top of José Olivares’ programmed beats and Raul Reymundi’s shoegaze guitars.

Exploring the rhythmic connections between pop and classical, the Lake George Symphony Orchestra will open the concert with a performance of Paul Dooley’s groundbreaking Percussion Concerto featuring solo percussionist Lisa Pegher. Following the concerto, Balún and the LGFSO will perform Balún’s original material with full orchestral arrangement. Sourced from Balún’s forthcoming LP Prisma Tropical (produced by Lawson White), many of the songs on the program already benefit from Angélica’s trademark “quirky approach to scoring” (The New York Times). The record’s expansive, cinematic scale can be heard on Balún’s latest single Teletransporte with its Björk-inspired combination of electronics and cascading strings. Teletransporte is the follow up to Balún’s La Nueva Ciudad, which entered Spotify’s Viral 50 chart globally and in 8 countries, and was one of Remezcla’s 10 Best Songs of 2016.

The ‘Sounds of Our Time’ concert at the 2017 Lake George Music Festival starts at 8pm, August 22nd in Lake George New York. Balún will perform a warm-up show aboard the Minne Ha-Ha Moonlight Cruise on Lake George August 19th, sailing at 9pm. More information about Balún, Angélica Negrón, Good Child Music, Lake George Music Festival, and the Moonlight Cruise can be found at balunonline.com, angelicanegron.com, goodchildmusic.com, lakegeorgemusicfestival.com, and lakegeorgesteamboat.com

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MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART SOUNDTRACK RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 6/28/17

New York, New York - June 28, 2017 - Acclaimed composer Angélica Negrón’s soundtrack to the documentary film Memories of a Penitent Heart will be released by Good Child Music on July 28th, 2017. Having premiered at Tribeca in 2016 and screened at festivals throughout the United States and Canada, the film will be nationally aired on PBS' POV documentary series July 31st 2017.

Memories of a Penitent Heart is a poignant and personal documentary by filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, chronicling her family’s journey through the trials of religion and AIDS in 1980’s Puerto Rico. The film is a co-production of the Independent Television Service and Latino Public Broadcasting with support from the Sundance Institute & the New York State Council on the Arts.

Recognized as one of classical music’s most promising young composers and as one of Puerto Rico’s most exciting indie musicians by NPR and the CUNY Center for Puerto Rican Studies respectively, Angélica Negrón’s work on Penitent Heart showcases her unique ability to summon emotional resonance at the intersection of the traditional and the electronic. Approaching the score in the same way the film’s archival format approaches its narrative, Negrón makes use of samples taken directly from the old 8mm home movies that compelled the film’s making. She pairs these found sounds with more traditional strings to create a deeply moving score that is quintessentially Angélica Negrón: “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative” (WQXR/Q2), and “mesmerizing and affecting” (Feast of Music).

Memories of a Penitent Heart - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was co-produced by Angélica Negrón and Lawson White (So Percussion, David Lang, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Bryce Dessner, Victoire / Glenn Kotche). More information about Angélica Negrón, Memories of a Penitent Heart, Good Child Music, and Lawson White can be found at: angelicanegron.com, penitentheart.com, goodchildmusic.com, and lawsonwhite.com.

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ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN SOUNDTRACK HEADED TO TRIBECA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 4/15/16

ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN SOUNDTRACKS OFFICIAL TRIBECA SELECTION

New York, New York - April 15, 2016 - Acclaimed composer Angélica Negrón’s soundtrack to the documentary film Memories of a Penitent Heart will be released by Good Child Music in 2017. The film is being premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 15, 2016, offering attendees an early listen to Angélica Negrón’s evocative score.

Memories of a Penitent Heart is a poignant and personal documentary by filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, chronicling her family’s journey through the trials of religion and AIDS in 1980’s Puerto Rico. The film is a co-production of the Independent Television Service and Latino Public Broadcasting with support from the Sundance Institute & the New York State Council on the Arts.

Recognized as one of classical music’s most promising young composers and as one of Puerto Rico’s most exciting indie musicians by NPR and the CUNY Center for Puerto Rican Studies respectively, Angélica Negrón’s work on Penitent Heart showcases her unique ability to summon emotional resonance at the intersection of the traditional and the electronic. Approaching the score in the same way the film’s archival format approaches its narrative, Negrón makes use of samples taken directly from the old 8mm home movies that compelled the film’s making. She pairs these found sounds with more traditional strings to create a deeply moving score that is quintessentially Angélica Negrón: “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative” (WQXR/Q2), and “mesmerizing and affecting” (Feast of Music).

Memories of a Penitent Heart - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was co-produced by Angélica Negrón and Lawson White (So Percussion, David Lang, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Bryce Dessner, Victoire / Glenn Kotche). More information about Angélica Negrón, Memories of a Penitent Heart, Good Child Music, and Lawson White can be found at angelicanegron.com, penitentheart.com, goodchildmusic.com, and lawsonwhite.com.

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Good Child to Release Angélica Negrón's Soundtrack to Memories of a Penitent Heart

Good Child is thrilled to announce the future release of composer and songwriter Angélica Negrón's moving soundtrack to the documentary film Memories of a Penitent Heart. The release date is TBA and will be announced in conjunction with the film's distribution.  In the mean time you can hear a sample of her emotional score in the film's trailer: