- country:Puerto Rico
- style(s):Percussion, World
- label:Obi Music
- type:Band
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal, percussion, brass, salsa and latin band
- artist posted by:Discos Fiera
Line up
- Amarilys Ríos (Singer)
- Christian Nieves (Cuatro (puerto rico))
- Hector "Coco" Barez (Composer, percussion & conductor)
- Jerry Medina (Trumpet )
- Kiani Medina (Singer)
- Noemí La Niña del Cabo (Voice)
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*Project currently submitted for your consideration in the Grammy Awards list, category: worldmusic.
El LABERINTO DEL COCO (Coco’s Labyrinth) originated from the artistic vision of the Puerto Rican percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez and his desire to synthesize his wide-ranging musical experiences. Feeding the senses through his multi-layered compositions, Coco uses Bomba, the oldest musical tradition of African descent in Puerto Rico, as a link between his experiences in the Island and abroad. He invites his listeners to journey across an intriguing bridge between the old and the contemporary that will quicken their pulse and leave them still begging for more. His primary goal is to serve as a catalyst agent for audiences to release their everyday life concerns and to create a context where time is not a burden, but rather a creative tool to generate sublime experiences.
EL LABERINTO DEL COCO includes 13 songs that bring together more than 20 musicians and friends from Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, and Réunion Island (a French department in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar). This international collaboration promises an exciting rhythmic journey that will reward those who listen to it with a great deal of music, art, and culture.
ABOUT HECTOR "COCO" BAREZ
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on March 22, 1976, Héctor “Coco” Barez is one of the most active Puerto Rican percussionists of his generation. During his extensive career he has had the opportunity to represent the Island in both folkloric and popular music stages.
Coco received a BA in Physical Education from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Río Piedras. He studied percussion at the UPR, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico, and the Los Angeles College of Music (LACM) in Pasadena, California. Nevertheless, Coco attributes his highest level of learning to the
streets of Puerto Rico and its bomba and rumba percussionists such as La Familia Cepeda, Los Hermanos Ayala, Los Pleneros de la 23, Alfredo Rodríguez, Nicolás Lebrón, Paoli Mejías, Héctor Calderón, Víctor Emmanuelli, Samuel Gascot, and Raúl Rodríguez amongst others.
He was a member of the Ballet Folclórico Nacional de Puerto Rico “Areyto,” Pleni-bom, Los Pleneros de la 23 Abajo, Son del Batey, EL Bombazo de Puerto Rico de los Hermanos Emmanuelli, Taller Tamboricua, and Bataklán.
Coco worked for 8 years with the band Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, which played for the Puerto Rican rap duo Calle 13 for 10 years. He recorded in 4 of the 5 Grammy-award winning productions of Calle 13. He has also had the opportunity to perform and record with artists such as Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, Maná, Don Omar, Bacilos, Bayanga, William Cepeda, Cultura Profética, Tamela Hedstrom, Diana Fuentes, Jerry Medina, Mikrowaves, Mekong Express and Calma Carmona amongst others.
He is currently a member of the salsa band Bio Ritmo , Miramar (Boleros), that recently dedicated its debut album to the great Puerto Rican composer and songwriter Sylvia Rexach. Coco keeps a busy schedule touring with Miami based band Bacilos and constructing what is going to be the Laberinto del Coco Tour expected to start sometime around summer or all fall 2019. While teaching workshops and giving lectures on Puerto Rican percussion around the world.
Sponsors: Meinl Percussion, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Remo Drums Heads. Paiste Cymbals
Discography:
•Mekong Express (Egghunt Records 2018)
•El Laberinto del Coco (Obi Musica 2017)
• Soja- Poetry In Motion(ATO 2017)
•Miramar “Tributo a Sylvia Rexach”(Barbes Records 2016)
•Afro-Zen All-Stars “ Greatest Hits”(2016)
• Emerson Araujo” Emerson Sound(2016)
•MIstura Pura “Hollywood Spritz(Ubiquity Records 2016)
•1,2,3, Andres (2015)
• Keith Morris & The crooked Numbers” Dirty Gospel”(2015)
•Tamela Hedstrom “En este lado del Mundo(2015)
• Jeremy Simmons” Pie in the sky”(2015)
• Jerry Medina & La Banda” A Mi Manera”(2014)
•Calma Carmona “I Got Life”( 2014)
•Calma Carmona “ Bag of Bones”(2014)
• Diana Fuentes “Planeta Planetario”( Sony Music 2014)
• Bio Ritmo “Puerta del Sur (2014)
• Mestis “Basal Ganglia”( 2012)
• Tamela hedstrom “Tamela” (2012)
• Sono Sono Homenaje a Tite Curet Alonso(2011)
• Calle 13 “Entren los que quieran (Cd Released October 2010) Latin Grammy Winner)
• Calle 13 Los de atras vienen conmigo (2008 Latin Grammy Winner)
• William Cepeda y Angel Luis Torruellas (2008)
• William Cepeda’s Bomba Sinfonica (2007)
• Debora Brum (2007)
• Calle 13 “ Residente o Visitante” (Sony 2007 Latin Grammy Winner)
• Alejandro Sanz ”El Tren de los Momentos” ( Warner Music 2006)
• Siete Nueve” Trabuco” (2007)
• Homenaje a Rafael Hernández- Proyecto discográfico del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño: “Nuestra Versión” (2006)
• La Sista “Majestad Negroide”, (2006)
• Edgar Abraham “Wine Sax”, (2006)
• Anthony Carrillo “Guapería Rumbera”, (2006)
• Maná: “Labios Compartidos Remix”, (2006)
• Velcro: “El Album”, (2006)
• Calle 13: “Calle 13”, 2005 (Latin Grammy Winner)
• Los Rufianes: “Nada Personal”, (2005)
• Heineken Jazz Fest 2004: “Edgar Abraham”, (2004)
• Andres Avelino: “Aliento de Vida”, (2004)
• Debora Brum “Brasileira”, (2004)
• Felix Alduen”Candela” (2005)
• William Cepeda: “Heineken Jazz Fest 2003”, (2003)
• Bayanga “Bayanga” (Ras Records/ Sanctuary Records 2002)
• Cultura Profética: “Diario”, (2002)
• Planéalo “Más Allá”, (2001)
• Cultura Profética: “Cultura En Vivo”, (2000)
• Especial del Banco Popular: “Raíces”, 2001
• Edwin Colón Zayas: Amigos del Tiple Vol. 1.
DVD’s/documentaries:
•Raíces del Banco Popular
•Queridos Reyes Magos del Banco Popular
•Documentary 10 En La Musica
•Documentary Sono Sono Homenaje a Tite Curet Alonso
•Las Carpetas (Musical Composer)