Helado Negro — Live on KEXP, 2021

Filmed live session by Helado Negro, the project of Ecuadorian-American musician Roberto Carlos Lange, recorded for KEXP radio in 2021 at Sear Sound studios in New York. A singular figure in bilingual electronic pop, moving between Spanish-language song, ambient textures and Latin American rhythms, Helado Negro performs four tracks — “Gemini And Leo,” “Outside The Outside,” “There Must Be A Song Like You” and “La Naranja” — in a version fleshed out with violin, keyboards, alto saxophone, bass and drums. KEXP’s careful capture, renowned for the quality of its full performances, highlights the softness of the arrangements, the warmth of the voice and the project’s hushed aesthetic. Far from the clichés of mainstream Latin music, this filmed live concert illustrates an intimate, introspective approach in which Latin American heritage blends with American indie experimentation. For anyone discovering Helado Negro, this KEXP session is an ideal entry point: in under twenty minutes it distills everything that makes an artist who has become a reference on the bilingual alternative scene so distinctive.