Urban Native LA Band Aztlan Underground Honors the Spring Equinox with New Song, “Our Nature”

UPDATE: Video link corrected

Los Angeles, CA (March 19, 2012)— LA’s Urban/Native/Post-Punk fusion band, Aztlan Underground honors the reproductive forces of nature by releasing their new single,  Our Nature, on the spring equinox, March 20, 2012. The single is their first release since the success of their last self-titled album released in 2010 and will be available as a soft-launch on their soundcloud and youtube pages.

The retro/gothic sound of the new single takes the band in a fresh and intriguing musical direction while keeping true to the original Aztlan Underground sound. The dark tones in the single seek to juxtapose the darkness and negativity associated with the natural occurrence of sex with lyrics that praise the act as an essential part of life itself.

“Society often dictates that sexuality and procreation are to be narrowly addressed in the confines of certain people’s belief systems, but we feel that does not and should not apply to everyone,” said bandleader Yaotl. “Those of us that walk in the natural, Indigenous spirit world understand that the act of reproduction should be celebrated, honored, and enjoyed.”   The song was inspired by women artists— punk-electronica singer Hannin Elias and printmaker/digital artist Favianna Rodriguez Gianonni —both of whom espouse voracious political messages. Favianna’s most-recent work is a direct response to the current Republican Presidential candidates assault on women’s rights. “We looked to our sisters in the struggle for inspiration on this song. Earth is female, our mother, and if we punish and impose our will on her, she will react and lash out, just like many of the outspoken women of today, demanding to be heard. We have a lot to learn if only we would listen or pay the consequences that nature will reap. It’s all about balance, the ying and yang, the spring equinox,” said Yaotl.

The darkness vs light conflict is embodied in the spring equinox which witnesses the equal balance of day and night on this day. It represents the male and female forces, procreation, and new beginnings. Springtime brings an outburst of life and a chance to begin again. The band also looked to the Mayan Tzolkin calendar where the days of the spring equinox support the idea of renewal with greater wisdom and stronger grasp on one’s purpose.

Our Nature

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Lyrics

Hedonism permeates motivations
Human condition
Underlying lust
Feels good admit it
Immersion diversion
Swim in the liquid zoo
Feel the sensations
Of procreation 2x
The director we all ignore
Yet honor in our private lives 2x
The profane is also the sacred!!
The sacred and profane
Villainize creation with shame
The director we all ignore
Yet honor in our private lives 2x
For without it we wouldnt exist-repeat
Biological mechanisms
Animal proof
Walking molecular strucures
Animal proof
Scientific organisms
Animal proof
In the end
Dont feel shame
Embrace
Dont feel shame
Affirm
Dont feel shame
Insight
Embrace affirm insight
Incite! Insight!!

For those that have received them, here is your link to redeem your code.  Enjoy!  Remember, these codes are one-use only, so use them when you can download (the file is somewhat large, so a broadband connection is recommended).

For those that haven’t received one, we have something for you too: liner notes for those that have purchased a digital copy of the record!

Aztlan Underground Digital Booklet

TWELFTH ANNUAL
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
TO BE BROADCAST
ON WGWE-FM RADIO AND ON AWARDS WEBSITE
NOVEMBER 12TH
STARTING AT 6PM EST

Special Veterans Day Tribute To Take Place Thursday, November 11th
During National Native American Heritage Month

New York – On Friday, November 12th, at 7:00PM EST, the Twelfth Annual Native American Music Awards (N.A.M.A.) will be broadcast live via an audio stream by radio partner,WGWE-FM radio and on the Native American Music Awards website.  Indigenous Peoples Music & Single Feather Media will produce a live video stream of the awards program.  Additional reports and footage will be provided by Indian Country TV.  All live coverage will be able to be seen and heard on the Native American Music Awards webpage, NAMA 12 LIVE.
WGWE, 105.9 FM, is a commercial and FCC-licensed radio station owned by Seneca Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Seneca Holdings. Seneca Holdings is an investment and economic development company owned and chartered by the Seneca Nation of Indians, a sovereign Native nation located within the boundaries of western New York. The “GWE” serves all of the Seneca Nation’s territories and our neighbors by providing entertainment, information and Native cultural programming.
Recorded live at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY, the Twelfth Annual  Native American Music Awards will host over one dozen featured performances and appearances by Native American artists.
The Awards show will by hosted by legendary actor Wes Studi. Studi is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and Academy Award-nominated The New World (2005). He most recently portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC seriesKings, and Eytukan in James Cameron’s box office blockbuster Avatar.

Featured Performers include: Aztlan Underground, Victoria Blackie, Dark Water Rising, Digging Roots, Gabriel Ayala, Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band, Joseph Firecrow, Nake Nula Waun, Oshki Giizhik Singers, Skylar Wolf, Trevor Jones & Young Gunz, The Boyz, Twice As Good and ventriloquist, Buddy Big Mountain.
Special guests include: The Iroquois Veterans Post #1587, who will be opening the show,Tohono O’odham Nation Vice Chairman Isidro B. Lopez, who will be introducing the new Waila category, Alyssa & Alex Cruz, Augusta Ceccioni Bates, Wolfsheart of Big City Indians, Blue Dog/Joni Buffalohead, Bo Johnson, Bobby Bullet St Germain, Chase Manhattan, Cody Blackbird, Dawn Avery, Deborah New Moon Rising, DJ DC, DJ Wooly, Donna Kay, Eagle & Hawk, Ed Ko, Gabriel Ayala, Gertie & The, T.O. Boyz, Glenn Ahhaitty, Gloria LaRoque, Injunuity, JJ Kent, Janet Rogers, Jason Slats, Jay Begaye, Jim Boyd Band, Jimmy Lee Young, Joanne Shenandoah, John McLeod, Kelly Montijo Fink, Ken Quiet Hawk, Larry Grizz Brown of Rainshadow, Marc Brown Blues Band, Merlin Kickingwoman of Kickingwoman Singers, Michael Bucher, Mwalim, Native Era, Arielle Tiensvold, Kelly Francis, Joseph Marshall, Night Shield. Original XIT, Peter Sackaney, PLEX, Randy McGinnis, Robe Williams, Ron Warren, Short Dawg The Native, Stephanie Harpe, Terry Lee Whetstone, Tohono O’odham Braves, Wind Spirit Drum, Yolanda Martinez.

The Awards program will commemorate the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month.  The show will be dedicated to Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness given the recent State of Emergencies declared on Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations as well as will honor our veterans and support those in active service.  All show participants will be wearing a yellow awareness bracelet or yellow ribbon pin in honor of these dedications.
The Native American Music Awards is the music industry’s largest and independent, organization consisting of national members dedicated to Native American music and are directly involved in the creation, marketing, recording, manufacturing and distribution of both contemporary and traditional music initiatives.
Visit the Native American Music Awards Website, www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com to cast your vote for the winners before November 12th!  Voters are currently visiting the awards website and casting their votes from all parts of the world.

Gabriely Ayala	Victoria Blackie	Wes Studi	Jan Michael Looking Wolf	Buddy Big Mountain

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Aztlan Underground Nominated for Four NAMMY Awards

The band will perform at this year’s Native American Music Awards
at Seneca Niagara Hotel and Casino, Niagara Falls, NY
Friday, November 12, 2010

Los Angeles (October 4, 2010) — Aztlan Underground is honored and humbled to receive four Native American Music Award (N.A.M.A.) nominations for this year’s event to be held in Niagara Falls, NY, on November 12, 2010. Voted on by over 300 National Advisory members and paid public members, Aztlan Undergrounds’ self-titled album Aztlan Underground (2009) received nominations in the Best Rock, Best Spoken Word, Best Duo or Group, and Best World Music Recording categories. Aztlan Underground will be present to witness the awards and also perform songs from their new album.

“Its a great honor to be recognized by the Native community and to be acknowledged as Native artists,” said band vocalist Yaolt. “The fact that the NAMMYs are inclined to view, understand, and erase any political borders and dividing boundaries when it comes to Native artistry is a big step in the decolonization process. It is the art of music that unities us and brings a higher consciousness to all Native people here and around the world. This is the profound importance of these four nominations.” The 12th Annual NAMMY Awards show is a celebration of music honoring the outstanding achievements of today’s leading Native American artists. The program features over a dozen performances by some of today’s leading Native American artists along with awards presentations in over 30 categories.

Inspired by the recent political distress in the southwestern state of Arizona, Aztlan Underground has been on the road with their “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges” Tour this year, and joined The Sound Strike boycott— a musician-led boycott of the state. Also this summer, the band members led an anti-drugs educational and music workshop for the Nuu chah nulth Nation in Canada and have been promoting their new album to new and loyal fans. The new self-titled album features an evolution towards a more global, humanitarian struggle. Traditional indigenous rhythms, modern industrial sounds, and the hypnotizing sense of timelessness of the songs stretch the boundaries from standard compositions to become 8- to 9-minute nonconformist journeys. Collaborating as a circle with no bosses and no leaders, each member contributes their personal story to the creation of a song. Four versions of the same story are told in four different ways at the same time. The bilingual English and Nahuatl (language of the Aztecs) album, Aztlan Underground (2009), is available now on iTunes and in select stores.

LINKS

Aztlan Underground: www.aztlanunderground.net

Facebook: www.facebook.com/aztlanunderground

YouTube: www.youtube.com/aztlanug

N.A.M.A.: www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com

The Sound Strike: www.thesoundstrike.net

About the NAMMY Awards
Founded in 1998, the NAMMYs is the world’s first official and largest awards show for Native American music initiatives.N.A.M.A. celebrates the rich cultural heritage of this nation’s first people and promotes cultural preservation and renewal on a national level. The organization is committed to preserving Native American culture and continuing the traditions through music initiatives. They aim to raise the awareness level and appreciation for the history and culture of all Native American people to the public at large, both nationally and internationally.

About Aztlan Underground

Aztlan Underground’s music reveals the unrestrained voices of global indigenous peoples combining hypnotic Native rhythms with modern industrial sounds. For 20 years, they have cultivated a grassroots audience across the world from Europe to Australia and Canada to Venezuela. At home, they are an institution influencing a new generation of musicians, bands, and free-thinkers. They challenge their audience to look within, to their own life-giving forces, and human potential. Their new self-titled album features an evolution towards a global, humanitarian struggle while remaining true to their name and beliefs by playing political rallies, underground venues, and anywhere the doors open.

Collaborating as a circle with no bosses and no leaders, each member contributes their personal story to the creation of a song. Four versions of the same story are told in four different ways at the same time. With this ritual, Aztlan Underground has independently produced and distributed three albums: Decolonize (1995), Sub-Verses (2001), and the self-titled album Aztlan Underground (2009). The band’s albums reflect a process of self-discovery and realization evolving from the anger of Decolonize to the new self-titled album featuring an evolution towards a more global, humanitarian struggle. The new album maintains the indigenous infusion of sounds and timelessness where the songs stretch the boundaries of the standard composition and become 8- to 9-minute nonconformist journeys.

**The new self-titled album “Aztlan Underground” (2009) is available now on iTunes and available in select stores including Amoeba Records.

***Images, album and select downloadable songs available to press upon request.

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 Nominees Announced for the
Twelfth Annual Music Awards
To Be Held On Friday, November 12, 2010
At Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino
In Niagara Falls

Featuring Performances By Top Nominees & Special Red Carpet Event By Radio Partner WGWE-FM

September 20, 2010 – New York, NY. Nominations for the 12th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced today by The Native American Music Association & Awards, reflecting the combined votes of the NAMA Advisory Board Membership Nominating Committee.

The 12th Annual Native American Music Awards will be held on Friday, November 12, 2010 at the Seneca Entertainment Center in the Seneca Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York.

Tickets are on-sale now through www.Ticketmaster.com, all ticketmaster outlets, and at the Seneca box office (716) 501 2444.
Tickets are $25.00, $35.00 and $50.00. Special discounted hotel rates are available for NAMA attendees at $159.00 plus tax and fees per night on a first come first serve basis and by calling 716-299-1100 or 1-877-8SENECA (73-6322).

Both new and established artists share the list of nominations throughout a diverse array of 30 music categories spanning all genres. This year’s top nominees are the cause-driven; Jan Michael Looking Wolf with his CD, "Breakin Free" and Joseph FireCrow with his distinctly new sound on "Face The Music" who are both tied with five (5) nominations and are both contenders in the Record of the Year category.

Other leading nominees feature the slightly more edgier bands; Aztlan Underground with their self-titled recording, and Digging Roots with "We Are" who both received four (4) nominations each alongside solo artists Michael Bucher for his "Believe" CD and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Nokie Edwards of The Ventures (Wipe Out, Hawaii Five-O) who also received 4 nods for his solo instrumental effort, "Hitchin’ A Ride."

Country artists like Shane Yellowbird (3), Quatisi (3), and new artist Victoria Blackie (2) dominante as multiple nominees. Leading with three (3) nominations each are; R. Carlos Nakai, Jim Boyd, Johnny Whitehorse, Eagle & Hawk, Samantha Crain and composerBrad Clonch of Injunity. Joanne Shenandoah is featured on a collaborative effort with Shiela Applegate and received two (2) nominations for her musical work as well as did a young group from the Rosebud Reservation, Nake Nula Waun and their producer/creator, Frank Waln who have been trying to fight the teen suicide epidemic on their reservation by performing for free and giving away CDs to their peers.

All with two (2) nominations are; Allen Mose Jr. & Orion Jay Mose, Gabriel Ayala, Anthony Betoney, BlueDog, Douglas Blue Feather & Danny Voris, Indigie Femme, JJ Kent, Kelly Montijo Fink, Kicking Woman Singers, Lone Bear, Mwalim, Plex, Sayani, Segweh, Spiritwing, and Yvonne St. Germaine.

"These nominations throughout all 30 music categories reflect an impressive and diverse array of talent from across the country," said Awards President Ellen Bello. "We have received entries from artists overseas and in Europe as well.

This year will also feature a new music category for Waila Music, or Chicken Scratch, a form of dance and polka music from Southern Arizona. It’s truly an exciting year for Native American music and we look forward to nothing less than a spectacular Awards celebration this year.”

Public voting to determine the winner of each category will commence in the next few days and will be open to the general public. Anyone interested in voting can visit the Awards website, www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com. Music from all nominees is currently featured on the audio players on the website.

Tentatively scheduled to perform at this year’s 12th Annual Native American Music Awards show taking place on 11/12/10 will be top nominees; Joseph FireCrow, Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band, Digging Roots, new artist Victoria Blackie and American idol semi-finalist Charly Lowry with her band, Dark Water Rising with more to be announced. 

See below for a complete list of official nominees for the 12th Annual Native American Awards:

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ARTIST OF THE YEAR 
JJ Kent – The Other Side of JJ Kent 
Joanne Shenandoah – Enchanted Garden 
Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Band 
Joseph FireCrow – Face The Music 
Michael Bucher – Believe 
Shane Yellowbird – It’s About Time 
 
B

BEST BLUES RECORDING 
Get Up & Get Out – Bluedog 
Guitar & Vocals – Larry Burnett w/Don Chapman 
If That’s All Right With You – Twice As Good 
Indian Casino – Blackhawk Blues Band 
Let Me Be – The Graywolf Blues Band 
Shades of Gray – Cecil Gray & The Flying Eagle Blues Band 
 
 
C

BEST COMPILATION RECORDING 
Colours of My Life – Stephanie Harpe, Jason Burnstick, W.T. Goodspirt,
Don Amoro, Tewanee Jospeh 
Moon of the Drum – Terry Lee Whetstone 
Rise Up – Various 
The Best of Drumgroups.com NAC Compilation Vol 1 – Various 
The Night Before; The Best of David Searching Owl – David Searching Owl 
Walking With the Spirits – Randy McGinnis 
 
 
D

BEST COUNTRY RECORDING 
Hitchin’ A Ride – Nokie Edwards 
It’s About Time – Shane Yellowbird 
Moving On – John McLeod 
The Other Side of JJ Kent – JJ Kent 
SOS – Quatisi 
Wanted Man – Victoria Blackie 
 
E

DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR 
Chris Ferree – Unbound 
Cody Sunbear Blackbird – Raven Speaks 
Joseph Strider – Meanings Within Meanings, Within Meanings 
Marc Brown – Long Time Coming 
Samantha Crain – Songs In The Night by Samantha Crain 
Victoria Blackie – Wanted Man 
 
 
F

DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 
Dark Water Rising – Dark Water Rising 
Indigie Femme – Indian Souvenir 
Kicking Woman Singers – The 4th Coming 
Nake Nula Waun – Always Ready 
Sayani – Sacred Fire 
Segweh – Segweh 
 
 
G

BEST FEMALE ARTIST 
Deborah New Moon Rising – Stories From The Social Fire 
Kelly Montijo Fink – Songs of War & Victory 
Quatisi – SOS 
Shanise – Okeymow Maskiki Vol III 
Tinesha Begaye – Horses Are Our Journey 
Yvonne St. Germaine – Turning My Day Around 
 
 
H

BEST FOLK RECORDING 
Amor Deveras – Yolanda Martinez 
Believe – Michael Bucher 
Hiding Behind The Sun – Peter Sackaney 
Indian Souvenir – Indigie Femme 
Scrapbook – Bobby Bullet st Germaine (Strawberry Island) 
Songs In The Night by Samantha Crain – Samantha Crain 
 
 
I

FLUTIST OF THE YEAR 
John Bear – Pure Passion 
John Two-Hawks – Wind Songs 
Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Road 
Jonny Lipford – Turn The Page 
Joseph FireCrow – Face The Music 
R. Carlos Nakai – Dancing Into Silence 
 
 
J

BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING 
Doo Lado Shi diyin da – Larry Kaibetoney 
Hoop of Life – RainSong: Terry & Darlene Wildman 
Out of the Rainshadow – Rainshadow 
Sacred Fire – Sayani 
Songs of War & Victory – Kelly Montijo Fink 
Turning My Day Around – Yvonne St. Germaine 
 
 
K

DUO – GROUP OF THE YEAR 
Allen Mose Jr. & Orion Jay Mose – Holistic Blessings 
Aztlan Underground – Aztlan Underground 
Bluedog – Get Up & Get Out 
Digging Roots – We Are 
Fawn Wood & Dallas Washkahat – ‘Til The End 
Injunuity – Fight For Survival 
 
 
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BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING 
A Tribute To Walter Flett – Me’tis Fiddler Quartet 
Fight For Survival – Injunity 
Hitchin’ A Ride – Nokie Edwards 
Red River Jig – Arvel Bird 
Remembrance – Gabriel Ayala 
Rollin’ Like Thunder – Douglas Blue Feather & Danny Voris 
 
M

BEST MALE ARTIST 
Anthony Betoney – That’s An Old Song 
Jay Begaye – Horses Are Our Journey 
Glen Ahhaitty – No More Lies 
Kevin Yazzie – Hope 
Lone Bear – NDN Moon 
Mike Sullivan Sr– Love, Lies & Lullabies 
 
N

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING 
A Time for Healing – Cecile Moosomin 
Dakota/Lakota Traditional Church Songs – Sacred Harmonies 
Hope – Kevin Yazzie 
Okeymow Maskiki Vol III – Shanise 
Reconnected – Brian Stoner & Verdell Primeaux 
Unity – Alex Turtle & Johnny Monroe 
 
 
O

BEST NEW AGE RECORDING 
Jim Boyd – Voices From The Lakes 
Sheila Applegate w/music by Joanne Shenandoah – Enchanted Garden 
Joseph FireCrow – Face The Music 
R. Carlos Nakai – Dancing Into Silence 
Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Road 
Ron Warren, Dawn Avery, Ash Dargan – Red Moon 
 
 
P

BEST POP RECORDING 
A Sunny Day – SpiritWing 
Lifestyle Muzik – Bigg B 
Nightwatch – Sentinel 
SOS – Quatisi 
The Liberation Sessions – Mwalim 
We Are – Digging Roots 
 
 
Q

BEST POW WOW RECORDING 
Boys Will Be Boyz – The Boyz 
Live In Alexis – Blackstone 
Many Tribes, One Nation – Warscout 
One Voice, One Nation – Thunder Mountain Singers 
The 4th Coming – Kicking Woman Singers 
The Elk Dreamers – Elk Soldier 
 
 
R

BEST PRODUCER 
A Michael Martinez, Lee Herrera, Mac Suazo, Tom Bee – neXt eXit 
Frank Waln – Always Ready 
George Parker – Late Night Sessions 
Gloria Larocque – Colours of My Life 
Jan Michael Looking Wolf, Donald Blackfox, Shawn Justice – Breakin’ Free 
Robert Doyle– Dancing Into Silence 
 
 
S

BEST RAP / HIP HOP RECORDING 
BrainStorm – Plex 
I Love California – Short Dawg Tha Native 
It Comes Natural – Lady Xplicit 
Sex, Drunks & Hip Hop – Night Shield 
Tribal Tribulations – Chase Monchamp/Chase Manhattan 
Voice The Vision – Native Era Presents Arielle Tiensvold n Mista Futuristic 

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The Native American Music Awards congratulates all of this year’s nominees.

NAMA 12 is sponsored by: The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino, WGWE, 105.9 FM, a commercial and FCC-licensed radio station owned by Seneca Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Seneca Holdings and Bandzoogle who will be offering a special promotion to all NAMMY artists in the coming weeks.

MEDIA ALERT

{20 year musical institution and freethinkers}

“Some bands write songs, but Aztlan Underground composes storms.” LA WEEKLY

“Before there was a Rage Against The Machine, there was Aztlan Underground raging against the injustices of the world.” Scenestar

AZTLAN UNDERGROUND

Set to perform in Arizona, Chicago & Los Angeles

WHO:

Socially conscious world-renowned Aztlan Underground, an institution among Los Angeles groups and freethinkers. For nearly 20 years, Joe “Peps” (bass, rattle, flutes), Ignacio “Caxo” Lopez (drums), Yaotl (vocals, percussion) and Alonzo Beas (guitar, keyboard, synth) have cultivated a grassroots audience across the world, intriguing foreign audiences with their respect for the ancient ways and songs of ancestors mixed with the modern, industrial sounds of today.

Aztlan Underground’s music is a collaborative circle with no bosses and no leaders; each member contributes their personal story to the creation of a song. Four versions of the same story are told in four different ways at the same time.

“We’re simply a vehicle to inspire and send a message to empower, and enlighten. The world is at stake–the war–we’re all part of the puzzle. Everyone is being conscious, aware that the earth is speaking and things are changing.” – Peps

“It’s about the language of expressing what we see in one another, helping give voice to the voiceless and shedding light on injustice.” – Caxo

“It’s a reality check about the frailty of life.” -Yaotl

“It is significantly inspired by the mystery of where we come from and where we go when we die.” – Alonzo

WHAT:

Aztlan Underground is set to perform in Arizona, Chicago, Los Angeles in support of their newly released album Aztlan Underground, a record that is a spectrum of urban tribalism mixed with post-punk fusion. To the band: “This album is a callout, a document, a cry, of love for humanity and for the Earth.” Just as nature’s forces work to balance, Aztlan Underground is a merging of guitar, bass, drum, voice, and flute sounds implemented into a modern day context. The self-titled third album is currently available in digital format. Hard copy is due out in the early 2010.

DATES:

• Friday, December 4^th
  First Friday Art walk Conspire Art gallery 901 N. 5th St, Phoenix AZ 85006
  9pm All Ages, Free
• Saturday, Dec 5^th
  University of Arizona Huehuetlahtokan-Floricanto gathering, Tucson, AZ
  7pm All ages, $10 student, $15 Gen Admission
• Saturday, Dec 12^th
  Casa Aztlan, Casa Aztlan (www.casaaztlan.org), 1831 S. Racine Ave, Chicago, Ill
  7pm All Ages
• Thursday, Dec 17^th
  Granada 17 S. 1^st St, Alhambra, Ca 91801
  8pm $8 All Ages

Available at the following digital outlets: Amazon.com, Rhapsody, iTunes, lala.com, Napster, CDBaby (see the store for purchasing info).

Interviews, review copies contact Mariluz Gonzalez at Vesper PR at (818) 667-6403 or via email at mgonzalez@vesperpublicrelations.com

For more information about Aztlan Underground, visit:
youtube.com/watch?v=_NQH2daMT7U
aztlanunderground.net
myspace.com/aztlanunderground

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{20-year musical institution and freethinkers}
AZTLAN UNDERGROUND

“Some bands write songs, but Aztlan Underground composes storms” – LA Weekly

“Before there was a Rage Against The Machine, there was Aztlan Underground raging against the injustices of the world” – The Scenestar

“Whether you like it or not, Aztlan Underground is forcing you to stop and listen” – Al Borde

Vesper Public Relations: Los Angeles Monday October 26, 2009. Socially conscious world-renowned Aztlan Underground, an institution among Los Angeles musical groups and freethinkers.

For nearly 20 years, Joe “Peps” (bass, rattle, flutes), Ignacio “Caxo” Lopez (drums), Yaotl (vocals, percussion) and
Alonzo Beas (guitar, keyboard, synth) — along with past band members — have cultivated a grassroots audience across the world, intriguing foreign audiences with their respect for the ancient ways and songs of ancestors mixed with the modern, industrial sounds of today.

Fresh off their record launch party at The Troubador in West Hollywood, Aztlan Underground is scheduled to perform in Southern California and Chicago in the coming months.

Aztlan Underground has been bringing their socially conscious sounds since 1989 and has since performed all over the world and even opened for Rage Against The Machine during their Battle of Los Angeles tour of Mexico City.

Aztlan Underground’s new record is a spectrum of urban tribalism mixed with post-punk fusion. To the band: “This album is a callout, a document, a cry, of love for humanity and for the Earth.” Just as nature’s forces work to balance, their music is a merging of guitar, bass, drum, voice, and flute sounds implemented into a modern day context.

Initially disregarded as stereotypical American Yankees, Aztlan Underground shocks and awes foreign audiences with their respect for the ancient ways and songs of ancestors mixed with the modern, industrial sounds of today. They have performed with every socially relevant act, from Rage Against the Machine, Manu Chao, to Fermin Muguruza, and Dead Prez. Aztlan Underground remains true to their name and beliefs by playing political rallies, underground venues and anywhere the doors are open.

The self-titled third album is currently available in digital format.

Available now at the following digital outlets:
Amazon.com, Rhapsody, iTunes, lala.com, Napster, CDBaby

[visit the Store for purchasing information]

For more information, please contact Mariluz Gonzalez at Vesper PR at 818-667-6403 or via email at mgonzalez@vesperpublicrelations.com or Maryl Celiz at 323-899-9960 or via email at maryl.celiz@gmail.com

For more information about Aztlan Underground, visit:
YouTube
The Official Aztlan Underground Site
MySpace