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Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass To Feature Austin Artists

The 2020 edition will be a virtual, three-week celebration of Latinx music across the United States, including Austin.

Orion Garcia of the Austin-based collective Peligrosa will be among the featured artists during the Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass music series in December.
Orion Garcia of the Austin-based collective Peligrosa will be among the featured artists during the Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass music series in December. (Red Bull)

AUSTIN, TX — Red Bull has released details for the second annual Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass virtual showcase spotlighting Latino artists and producers from five U.S. cities, including Austin.

The series began in Miami last year to showcase the bi-cultural sounds of Latin-inspired American bass music. Expanding its focus this year, the 2020 edition will be a virtual, three-week celebration of Latinx music across the United States, showcasing Latino artists and producers across five cities: Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco, organizers wrote in an advisory.

Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass will run over three consecutive weekends in December, featuring four hours of content each day via diverse sets by more than 30 artists. Texas-based artists, whose sets will be streamed from Austin from Thursday, Dec. 10 to Saturday, Dec. 12, include production stalwart Maceo Plex (Dallas), founder and director of Austin-based Las Cruxes Veronica Ortuño (Austin), and eight DJs from the Austin-based collective Peligrosa, including nu-cumbia pioneer El Dusty (Corpus Christi) and Orión García (Austin). The audio from all sets from Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass’ three-week run will be available to access on-demand via Red Bull Radio on Mixcloud, according to Red Bull officials.

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"With Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass, Red Bull will celebrate unique Latinx communities and bring cultural sounds from all three coasts of the U.S. (East, South and West) together like never before," officials wrote. The series is a multicultural twist on Red Bull’s United States of Bass live series with a stacked roster that represents a taste of the eclectic and innovative range of Latin sounds, including Reggaetón, Latin Trap, Moombahton and Global Bass. Highlights from the other four cities represented in the series include J Balvin producer/collaborator and five-time Latin Grammy winner Sky Rompiendo, Grammy and Latin Grammy-nominated Colombian singer Kali Uchis and heralded Karol G producer/collaborator Ovy On The Drums, among many more. Returning as co-curator for the event is multi-platinum, Grammy-winning producer Frank ‘El Medico” Rodriguez.

To amplify Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass, Red Bull commissioned four artists, each from a different coast, to collaborate on the series’ visual identity. The key visual, showcased above, is a collaboration between Milkman (West Coast), KneetoFace aka Danielle Estefan (East Coast), and Julian Duron (South Coast). Continuing this unity-through-art approach, the artwork was creatively directed by additional Latinx artists: renowned muralist Austin “Jiminai” Cashell and stylized artist portraits were created by New York-based artist and designer Ivana Cruz.

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Officials said the full schedule for the 2020 edition of Red Bull Estados Unidos de Bass will be announced soon. For more information, visit the Red Bull website.

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