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I grew up listening to Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King-the R&B and popular music of that time. She also played piano and wrote songs for some of the artists on my dad’s label. My dad was a record producer, and my mother was a DJ. García: I grew up in the music business listening to all kinds of Latin music. What led you to create music that spans a multitude of regions? Your productions skip across continents, from Jamaican dancehall to Afrobeat to American funk and electronic music. It would mess with my head, going into this little creative cave to come out and there’d still be light. It took me a while to acclimate to the hot L.A. When we started recording, it was really difficult for me to be able to adjust my creativity during the day, even though there’s no light in the studio. It makes you more reflective, exploring those inner conflicts. For me, the north star, and its light within the darkness, is love. The motivation comes from reconciling the dark aspects of the psyche. When I’m singing, I imagine myself as this character. That’s where most of the inspiration I draw comes from, in terms of lyrical and character motivation. García: For me, darkness is freedom to play. That gives you a grounding so you’re not just in total blackness. Darkness is liberating if you know there’s a north star or a moon above. There’s always hope and striving for a distant light-something that anchors it. It’s not just lost in the dark with no direction. Even though these songs happen at night and in the dark, there is always some kind of distant light which the music is moving towards. And so there’s also a liberation that can happen in the dark when people aren’t necessarily looking at you-like, true freedom. I think it’s especially illustrated in our song “La Oscuridad.” Marcos was talking to me about what that song meant for him, and while coming up with the theme of the album, he opened my eyes to the concept of having fun on the beach at night. There’s a stereotypical, superficial idea that we have of darkness, like Star Wars, where there’s a dark side, and where evil, scary, and bad things happen at night. Wilder: After talking with Marcos, my idea of darkness deepened a little bit. What’s your personal relationship with darkness?
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So even though I’m not necessarily the full night creature that Marcos is, the night energy is something that is very much a part of my life. I play late gigs deejaying on Thursday through Saturday nights. Even though I am a ‘regular-schedule’ person with a day job, I also work many nights as a DJ. You wouldn’t know if it was sunrise or sunset. Also, our studio has no windows, and so even working during daytime, it felt like there was this permanent darkness-we would never see sunlight. Like Marcos said, he’s a night person, an insomniac. Charlie works during the day and he goes to sleep like a normal human at a normal hour. Marcos García: You’re totally wrong about that.
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We caught up with the pair, who enlightened us on what it means for them to embrace their personal night visions.īased on the name of your new record, Night Visions, I’m assuming that you two are nocturnal-the kind of people who operate more creatively and energetically at night. Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track It’s a matter of raising consciousness, and we can do that in a subtle way.” “I don’t feel like it has to be pedantic. “I try to be suggestive, rather than hitting you over the head with anything,” says Garcia, over the phone from his downtown LA studio. The xylophone-driven “Tumbo Paredes” argues for creativity as a way to resist oppression. Over a backdrop of whirling pan flutes, the kuduro-inspired “Ya Te Toca” encourages all people to stand in solidarity with women. Take “Vamos A Batalla,” a glowing, multi-layered production that doubles as a call to action to create a better world. Buoyed by Wilder’s knack for funky, cross-continental beats, and García’s warm, lively croon, the duo crafts songs that could power dance floor activity into the wee hours, while also offering cunning socio-political commentary. Their first collaborative full-length, Night Visions, demonstrates their prowess at forging infectious tropical grooves to soundtrack nights full of endless possibilities. Wilder) and Chico Mann (née Marcos García) make quite the pair. Known for their love of Latin funk, Afrobeat and Caribbean-inspired rhythms, LA-via-New York globetrotters Captain Planet (née Charlie B. Chico Mann and Captain Planet by Azul Amarel