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Meet MPeach, the Rising Venezuelan Artist With a Debut Album on Dutty Artz

She's part of an emerging group of artists merging high-energy dance beats with rhythms rooted in traditional Venezuelan music.
Michelle Lhooq
The Supermaniak

MPeach (AKA Mariana Martín Capriles) was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela—and she reps her native country hard. Although she's now based in Brooklyn, Capriles was a member of the now-defunct cult electronic band Todosantos, originators of the "tukky-bass" sound. Capriles' debut solo album, Malania—out September 25, via Dutty Artz—is a collection of supremely danceable pop tracks with roots in Venezuela's musical history—including traditional folk melodies, Changa Tuki, and Afro-Caribbean beats, along with broader influences like dembow, grime, hip-hop, dancehall, and kuduro.

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MPeach (AKA Mariana Martín Capriles) was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela—and she reps her native country hard. Although she's now based in Brooklyn, Capriles was a member of the now-defunct cult electronic band Todosantos, originators of the "tukky-bass" sound. Capriles' debut solo album, Malania—out September 25, via Dutty Artz—is a collection of supremely danceable pop tracks with roots in Venezuela's musical history—including traditional folk melodies, Changa Tuki, and Afro-Caribbean beats, along with broader influences like dembow, grime, hip-hop, dancehall, and kuduro.

Capriles likes to call her sound "Latino Del Futuro," and her bio positions her as part of an emerging group of artists like Pocz & Pacheko, Cardopusher, and DJ Yirvin whose music "profoundly impacted by their individual cultural roots while reconstructed to reflect their global Internet-Age upbringing."

"The album is a multimedia experiences where I layer varied disciplines like vocals, songwriting, video art and design," Capriles tells THUMP. "Sonically, [it] is a representation of my overall aesthetic through sonic cross-pollination of influences from Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. High energy dance beats meet low-end bass, and then flirt with rhythms rooted in traditions from my native Venezuela."

Stream the album above, and watch her self-directed video for "Latino del Futuro" below.

Malania is out September 25, 2015 on Dutty Artz

Follow Michelle Lhooq on Twitter

Upcoming Shows:

10/02 @ Picó Picante [Cameo Gallery] Official Release Party – Brooklyn, NY

10/03 @ Reverse Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

Capriles likes to call her sound "Latino Del Futuro," and her bio positions her as part of an emerging group of artists like Pocz & Pacheko, Cardopusher, and DJ Yirvin whose music "profoundly impacted by their individual cultural roots while reconstructed to reflect their global Internet-Age upbringing."

"The album is a multimedia experiences where I layer varied disciplines like vocals, songwriting, video art and design," Capriles tells THUMP. "Sonically, [it] is a representation of my overall aesthetic through sonic cross-pollination of influences from Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. High energy dance beats meet low-end bass, and then flirt with rhythms rooted in traditions from my native Venezuela."

Stream the album above, and watch her self-directed video for "Latino del Futuro" below.

Malania is out September 25, 2015 on Dutty Artz

Follow Michelle Lhooq on Twitter

Upcoming Shows:

10/02 @ Picó Picante [Cameo Gallery] Official Release Party – Brooklyn, NY

10/03 @ Reverse Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

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