Helado Negro | |
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 Helado Negro in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roberto Carlos Lange |
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) Florida, United States |
| Genres | Latin, folk, experimental, electronic |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, synthesizer, DAW, sampler |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | RVNG Intl. |
| Website | heladonegro |
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[1] and also the recipient of a 2019 Grants to Artists award in Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.[2] In 2015 he received a Joyce Foundation award.[3]
Lange's songs are bilingual in English and Spanish and explore Latinx identity, drawing on his upbringing in South Florida as the child of Ecuadoran immigrants.[4]
Helado Negro released his 2019 album This Is How You Smile through RVNG Intl., a Brooklyn-based music institution. This Is How You Smile[5] received an 8.5 rating and Best New Music from Pitchfork.
- ^ "United States Artists » Helado Negro". Unitedstatesartists.org. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ "Roberto Carlos Lange :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". Foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ "2015 Joyce Awards Announced". The Joyce Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ "United States Artists » Helado Negro". Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 16, 2019.