Helado Negro

Helado Negro
Helado Negro in 2020
Background information
Birth nameRoberto Carlos Lange
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Florida, United States
GenresLatin, folk, experimental, electronic
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, synthesizer, DAW, sampler
Years active2009–present
LabelsRVNG Intl.
Websiteheladonegro.com

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 Latine 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.

  1. ^ "United States Artists » Helado Negro". Unitedstatesartists.org. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Roberto Carlos Lange :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". Foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "2015 Joyce Awards Announced". The Joyce Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "United States Artists » Helado Negro". Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 16, 2019.