KALMO EPK
Artist Information
Label: Self released
Genre: classical, electronic, jazz, latin.
Hometown: Montreal
Influences: Radiohead, Thundercat, Olafur Arnalds, Piazzola and Vicente Amigo.
Sounds Like: explosions in the sky, helios and nils frahm.
Bio
KALMO started as a solo electronic and classical music project by Mexican producer and guitarist Bernardo Alvarado Rojas. After graduating from music university in Montreal and releasing his debut EP “Life is a Dream” in March of 2018, he felt the need to transform Kalmo into a collaborative instrumental electronic band. Jazz bassist Richard McLeish was then invited to join the project, a musician from Vancouver Island that decided to move to Montreal to immerse himself in the strong jazz tradition that inhabits the East Coast island. After releasing their single “Shadows and Reflections” in October 2018, classical clarinetist Lucia Sanchez joined the band, a Colombian artist that chose Canada to be the place to furder flourish as a classical music perfomer. Lastly indie rock drummer and Montrealer Alexis Duval joined the collaborative project. Together they explore the combination of their particular musical styles with an upbeat approach, but more importantly they seek to bring beauty, excitement and joyful rhythms rooted in tradition to their audience. They believe in the unlimited healing power of music and in its capability to bring people together and make them vibrate under the same roof.
Present and Future Releases
Kalmo is released their debut single as a full band on the 14th of August of 2020. Their single, titled “Dancing Light”, is the first release of two that will support the promotion of their upcoming full length album, “Incorporea”. With this album they attempt to venerate their favourite quality of music: its incorporeity. The quality of music that makes it so powerful and unstoppable . Dancing Light marks the beginning of KALMO's new musical journey. The next single will be released on September 25th and the full length album on the 25th of October. We hope it speaks to you. You can read Dancing Light’s press release here.
Press and REVIEWS
“The top-grade musicianship in this track stands out from the crowd.”
Ryan Cahalin, Get Some Magazine
“Dancing Light is a meditative piece – minimal, melodic and mesmerising. At times it feels as if it exists on another plane of reality, but there is a touchstone of the cultural and traditional to it. The echoing guitar feels lifted from a Western and elevated into something futuristic.”
Graeme Smith, York Calling
“If atmospheric journey vibes are your thing. You’ll absolutely love Kalmo’s new single, Dancing Light.”
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