Helado Negro Releases One-Off Single ‘Ya No Estoy Aquí’
Helado Negro
Releases One-Off New Single
‘Ya No Estoy Aquí’
Far In World Tour Begins This Month
Today, Helado Negro has released the new single ‘Ya No Estoy Aquí’ alongside a video directed by Neuderts. The song is the first release since his album Far In came out late last year. “‘Ya No Estoy Aquí’ is a song about loneliness and alienation,”
Roberto Carlos Lange shares. “It’s about being lost within yourself and not knowing who you are. Making this song was catharsis; it was a way to get this all out and feel the texture of new perspectives.” The song’s title was inspired by the independent film ‘Ya No Estoy Aquí.’ “This movie moved me in ways that nothing else has moved in a long time,” Roberto explains. “It is about a young man from Monterrey, Mexico, who gets into trouble and is forced to leave for his safety to New York. The language barrier, the cultural isolation, and his characteristics spiral him more towards his loneliness and isolation. Music was his only solace. Songs that he would dance to by himself and disappear into the memory of being somewhere else with the people he missed and loved.”
‘Ya No Estoy Aquí’
Official Video Directed by Neuderts
Released last year Far In is Helado Negro’s first album on 4AD and the seventh full-length album in his catalogue. “Escape is never out there, you have to go inward,” Roberto reflects on developing an epic Helado Negro double album during these extraordinary times, embracing the dark of the unknown with openness, pleasure, and growth. Throughout Roberto’s career, imagined beings, ghosts and haunted machines appear in sci-fi stories and his own conjuring. On Far In, Roberto says he “celebrates the ghosts,” embracing pleasure and freedom to follow the metaphysical further.
Next week, Helado Negro will launch an extensive world tour with 30+ dates across the U.S. and Europe. Roberto and his partner, the visual artist Kristi Sword recently returned to Marfa for Kite Symphony, a multidisciplinary exhibition which opened in January. The project features a newly commissioned film, outdoor composition, installation, and a special Earth Day performance on 22 April. Sound is the throughline between these diverse elements of this long-term project.
HELADO NEGRO 2022 TOUR DATES
22 April – MARFA, TX, Ballroom Marfa (Kite Symphony performance)
26 April – ATLANTA, GA, Terminal West
27 April – NASHVILLE, TN, Basement East
28 April – DURHAM, NC, MotorCo
29 April – ASHEVILLE, NC, Grey Eagle
1 May – PHILADELPHIA, PA, Underground Arts
2 May – BOSTON, MA, Brighton Music Hall
4 May – WASHINGTON, DC, 9:30 Club
5 May – BROOKLYN, NY, Brooklyn Steel
9 May – CHICAGO, IL, Thalia Hall
10 May – MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Fine Line
13 May – PORTLAND, OR, Old Church *early show added*
13 May – PORTLAND, OR, Old Church *SOLD OUT*
15 May – SAN JOSE, CA, The Ritz
16 May – SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August Hall
17 May – LOS ANGELES, CA, Regent
18 May – POMONA, CA, Glass House
20 May – TUCSON, AZ, Club Congress Plaza
21 May – SANTA FE, NM, Meow Wolf
23 May – DALLAS, TX, Granada
24 May – HOUSTON, TX, White Oak Main Room
25 May – AUSTIN, TX, Mohawk
31 May – LONDON, GB, EartH
1 June – MANCHESTER, GB, Now Wave
2 June – BRISTOL, GB, Trinity
3 June – BARCELONA, ES, Primavera Sound Festival
4 June – ZURICH, CH, Theater Moods
8 June – WARSAW, PL, Jassmine
9 June – BERLIN, DE, Frannz Club
10 June – MANNHEIM, DE, Maifeld Derby
11 June – PORTO, PT, Primavera Sound Festival
13 June – AMSTERDAM, NL, Zonnehuis
14 June – ROTTERDAM, NL, Bird
15 June – LUXEMBOURG, LX, Rotondes
17 June – AARHUS, DK, Voxhall
18 June – OSLO, NO, Piknik i Parken Festival
HELADO NEGRO – FAR IN – OUT NOW
“A collection of quietly shimmering songs that demands to be played loud.”The Guardian **** “Latins avant-pop maverick delivers his most inviting music yet.”Uncut (9/10)“A leftfield masterpiece of dreamy bedroom Tropicália.”MOJO **** “Dappled with joyous, rhythmic love songs suited for the dancefloor alongside more somber, nature-minded tracks with lush strings, wind instruments, and piano.”Pitchfork“Far In is just another reminder that hope is up ahead.”Crack“Across the fifteen songs, Roberto Lange shifts between comforting dream-like compositions to flashbacks of the party from the night before.”Loud And Quiet
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