Alternative Chicago Music Scenes: Festival of Latin Electronic Music
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Community Movement Building Through Music Series 2: On the eve of the Festival of Latin Electronic Music in Pilsen, I caught up with its founders Charly Garcia & Stephanie Manriquez at the opening symposium and art show at Efebos to find out a little bit more about this emerging local scene. I found out that despite the differences in culture, musical genre and language, this scene has seen many parallels to our Pinoy music scene–developing a sense of community and identity outside of the mainstream in a very fasionable DIY style!
This podcast is the second installation of “Community Movement Building Through Music” here on the CPMS podcast and features an interview with Executive Director Stephanie Manriquez of FMEL with a live performance by Ángel Sánchez Borges and (one of my favorites) Carlos Icaza, drummer of Plastilina Mosh.
Find out more about FMEL on their website at http://fmelchicago.com/ or email them at fmelchicago@gmail.com
