Name: This Is How You Smile
Brand: Helado Negro

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375 Media

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Release date

2019-03-08

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131516

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Helado Negro

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Rvng Intl

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Indie Pop / Shoegaze

RVNG Intl. is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2003 by [founder's name], the label has gained recognition for its unique and diverse roster of artists. In January 2014, RVNG Intl. was selected as Resident Advisor's label of the month, solidifying its reputation as a leading force in the music industry. Additionally, Tiny Mix Tapes named RVNG Intl. among their favorite labels of 2015.
With a commitment to pushing boundaries and showcasing innovative sounds, RVNG Intl. has become known for releasing groundbreaking music across various genres including electronic, experimental, and ambient. The label prides itself on fostering creativity and supporting emerging artists who challenge conventional norms.
RVNG Intl.'s catalog features an impressive array of critically acclaimed releases that have garnered attention from both fans and critics alike. With a focus on quality over quantity, each release is carefully curated to offer listeners a truly immersive musical experience.

Roberto Carlos Lange (born 1980), better known by his stage name Helado Negro, is an American musician. In 2019 he was awarded a United States Artists Fellow in Music and also the recipient of a 2019 Grants to Artists award in Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2015 he received a Joyce Foundation award.

A South Florida native, born to Ecuadorian immigrants and based in Brooklyn, Roberto Carlos Lange’s upbringing provides essential elements to his songwriting, including his consistently bilingual—English and Spanish—lyrics. Exploring the expressivity within intense states of being, Latinx identity, and pluralistic sensibilities, his music as Helado Negro is an engrossing statement achieved through lyrically personal and political avant-pop music. Half a decade and half a dozen albums since Helado Negro’s 2009 debut album Awe Owe, and multiple projects under various aliases, Lange has cultivated an untraditional approach to songcraft that places his voice on an adventurous musical impulse without shying away from familiar pop appreciation.

Helado Negro is now signed to and released his 2019 album This Is How You Smile through RVNG Intl., a Brooklyn-based music institution. This Is How You Smile received an 8.5 rating and Best New Music from Pitchfork.

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Roberto Carlos Lange, aka songwriter / producer Helado Negro, releases his new album Far In, on 4AD. His first release on the acclaimed label, Far In follows 2019’s deservingly acclaimed This Is How You Smile, a spellbinding and serene record that tracks Lange’s experiences as a Latinx individual reckoning with spiritual awakening. Far In embraces that mysticism, with Lange saying it ”’celebrates the ghosts,’ embracing pleasure and freedom to follow the metaphysical further.” Written in Marfa, Texas, during the brutal summer of 2020, it stands as a testament to resilience, as Lange says “escape is never out there, you have to go inward.”

This Is How You Smile

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