The Poni Republic

Elaine, De verdad, de verdad quiero que te mueras

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:15:00 +0000

Venezuelan trio Elaine finally deliver their debut album, "De verdad, de verdad quiero que te mueras", and one thing's for sure: This album will make you both mosh and dance.

The songs are built in the key of punk rock, but they feed from different styles, like indie rock, surf/rockabilly, hardcore, Latin music, ska, and many more. You won't get bored, I promise. Recorded live almost in its entirety, "De verdad..." transport you to an Elaine show, with a sonic palette enhanced by audio effects and diginoise. The album gives you little time to breath, so the adrenalin remains on its peak for almost 30 minutes.

"De verdad..." is filled with angry, sexy and pessimistic lyrics, raging screams, poppy harmonies, inside jokes and the occasional animal noises. You may or may not already know the killer combo of "Yes Louis", "Over It (Not)" and "Like It Naked", featured on the "Desnuditos" EP (The Poni Republic, 2009), which showcased perfectly the essence of the band, and remain the best songs on this record.

"Verushka" is a dark wave-ish tune with a little joke via Korn. With a Batman theme-like intro, "Horrorpunk" mocks the whole vampiresque pose, or maybe an specific someone. "Take it away" is the slowest number on the album, and is as anthemic as any song by Against Me!, for example. And there are 4 (almost) instrumental pieces, completely welcomed. Sleater-Kinney, NOFX, Ramones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Siouxie... You can taste them all blended in these 12 songs, but with a twist.

Sadly, Elaine called it quits earlier this year. Luckily, we have this release to remember their fun existence.

-Cheky

// De verdad, de verdad quiero que te mueras //

1.- Merengue sin letra
2.- Verushka
3.- Pian
4.- Puta
5.- Over It (Not)
6.- Horrorpunk
7.- Take It Away
8.- Pobrecito Andresito
9.- Yes Louis
10.- Ha Hu Ha
11.- Like It Naked
12.- Rochelle

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All music by Elaine. Elaine are Sherezade Ortiz, Lya Reis & IL Gimón. Produced by Claudio Ramírez & Elaine. Recorded live, mixed and mastered by Claudio Ramírez at Cromo Audiolab, Caracas, Venezuela. Artwork by Andreina Pian Restrepo. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2010.

Jóvenes y Sexys - Bruno Remixed

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Hey everybody, we're coming very close to the end of our netlabel & Blogspot "era". That sounds pretty wicked, right? Well, it is. But don't mind that, for we have an entirely better and rather more interesting surprise for you guys. Oh, don’t worry. We will tell you all about our "good bye" within the third surprise we have planned for you, but before that (again), let’s go back to the true meaning of this post.

Our Venezuelan "panitas", Jóvenes y Sexys, are back. Were they ever gone? Not really, well, in a way, yeah. But don't get shaky, here's the update: After their "Bruno EP" release, Cheky & Loo came to Mexico, met a bunch of talented people, and somehow, they did not only end up appearing in two soundtracks (for the Mexican films "Rudo y cursi" and "Voy a explotar"), in case you were wondering, JYS just got back home from playing a few gigs in Brazil a few days ago.

Remember their last release? Well, María y José (Tijuana), pepepe (Guadalajara) and Nuuro (New York) certainly do. Don’t worry if you don’t. We’re done with the words, anyway. All you have to know from now on is that, because of artists like Jóvenes y Sexys, we have decided to take Poni Republic to a whole other level. But please, remain tuned. Don't drop out!

Anyways, starting from this release...

Well, kind of...

Argh.

OK, OK. We hate surprises; so let’s just say we sort of have another Venezuelan release ready for you to enclose our official "farewell", but before that, please, go ahead and enjoy these fine tunes (and artwork)…

// JÓVENES Y SEXYS / BRUNO REMIXED EP //

01 - El Reloj (El Tiempo Se Nos Va María y José Remix) DOWNLOAD
02 - Suerte, pt. 2 DOWNLOAD
03 - Gold Day (Pepepe Remix) DOWNLOAD
04 - Divine Hammer (Nuuro Re-Remake) DOWNLOAD

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This is a remix EP based on the songs originally released on "Bruno EP" (The Poni Republic, 2008).

All songs written by Ezequiel Bertho and Lorena Orlando, except "Gold Day", written by Ezequiel Bertho, Lorena Orlando & Clément Marion, and "Divine Hammer", javascript:void(0)written by Kim Deal.

Track 1: Remixed by María y José
Track 3: Remixed by Pepepe
Track 4: Reworked by Nuuro

The cover image is an intervention of the original artwork by Loocila, made by Juan José Quintanillo (San Francisco, Venezuela).

Credits for the other images:

001, 002 by Alejandro Díaz (Caracas, Venezuela)
003, 004, 005 by Andros Leal (Mexico DF, Mexico)
006 by Carmen Finol (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
007 by Demon Balooni (Soledad, Colombia)
008 by Javier Otero (Caracas, Venezuela)
009 by Juan Carlos Linares (Caracas, Venezuela)
010 by Linda Meléndez (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
011 by Luiz Méndez (Mexico DF, Mexico)
012 by Néstor Montiel (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
013 by Nicasio Andrade (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
014 by Nileida Tovar (Caracas, Venezuela)
015 by Reynaldo V. Rodríguez (Caracas, Venezuela)
016 by Rie Sánchez (Caracas, Venezuela)
017 by Stuart Haussmann (Flower Mound, Texas, USA)
018, 019 by Uxío Broullón (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, España)
020, 021, 022 by Valentina Alvarado (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Thanks to Antonio Jiménez, Carlos Pesina and Alex Ghersi, and to all the people who made interventions for this project, you guys rock.

Contact: jovenesysexys@gmail.com

http://www.myspace.com/jovenesysexys
http://www.facebook.com/jovenesysexys
Twitter: @jovenesysexys

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2010.

Capullo, Informática romántica para avanzados

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:53:00 +0000

Si eres latino, or you really dig Latin music like we do. "Informática romántica para avanzados" will definitely make your summer (¡hizo nuestra primavera!).

Here we have, a couple of brothers under the name of "Led" and, a quite unique friend called, "Prima Sandunga". All of them from Aguascalientes, México; tweaking Latino grooves with very interesting electronic dance music and, in the way, having a lot of fun writing silly lyrics in Spanish about Mexico's day-to-day cyber love life misfortunes. So, in a way, yeah, this can definitely be considered as Mexican "Hot Water Music" (Aguascalientes stands for "Hot Waters").

Once you listen to Capullo's music, you'll probably wonder why we released it. Don't worry. We don't blame you. But the answer is pretty obvious, really: We're from Mexico. We're Latin, deep inside, most of us really like kinky silly music. And that would also probably explain why we have such shitty soap operas. It's in our blood. Maybe you should try ignoring your problems dancing and singing to this music too. Seriously. Besides, their music might sound happy, but the lyrics aren't, really. Consider Capullo as our REAL youth's (not the one online) latest "emotronica". Yeah, yeah. New World Music, Urban Latin Rhythms, yada-yada. Whatever you wish, mijo. But, please, instead of making a weird face, help us spread this music around your globetrotting and next door parties. You won't regret: More than one person will ask you "What the hell are you listening to?"

So, go on and go crazy, you kitschy music DJ. We're also very happy to come up with this unique kind of music. Enjoy!

// CAPULLO / INFORMÁTICA ROMÁNTICA PARA AVANZADOS //
01 - Prendo el ordenador DOWNLOAD
02 - Ritmo Prohibido DOWNLOAD
03 - Power point de amor DOWNLOAD
04 - Amor de Semana Santa DOWNLOAD
05 - Reencarnación DOWNLOAD
06 - Camionero DOWNLOAD

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En el apoyo al amigo tianguero, prohibido no compartir. Compártelo para que esté en el Ares. Toda la músca por Capullo. Aguascalientes, México.

Dedicado a isra el denevs, os GRU, pepepe, clubfonograma, watchman, nstrojans, alexico, majadero, lili y lobo, we just push play, fata y juan, waya waya, buhos sabios, chuntitas, to3.1416, rigan, santos, rubinskee, malandra, carlo, lalo, disena, mario de vega, mario proporciones épicas, lido pimienta, dulce carrillo y toda la chinche, las napoleonas, maira coilin, pixel over flow, doña anita y su imperio, nuestros ancestros, toto, colectivo autista, sweetvandals, prima jocelin, la patona, duguLoops, al chiquis, beto gtz., somos baobab, los abuelos y tía tere, charlyn dios te tenga en su santa gloria, chormatica, armando, a robert el maraca y todos los cornejo, golden rainbow kid, dulce maría rivas, kimo, peluza puente, bill gates patrocinanos, los chiquitwau, a la de los raspados picosos, insane co., mi abuela chilo y su esposo, a blanca esthela y guillermo, al mangueras, a e.lebleu, a luna y su carnal, al clan rodríguez, dantek y a los nuevos gatitos que están bien boonitos, aDIOS, o sea, bye. TQM A TODOS, SON PKM.

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Ella Tiene Dos Androides, Nadie se enfermará este invierno

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:39:00 +0000

La única vez en mi vida que fui a Mexicali, me la pasé muy bien. Entre su impúdico sentido del humor, las caguamas Tecate bien muertas y su comida china a montones, a uno le queda poca oportunidad de quejarse. Allá el viento le susurra otras cosas a los jóvenes mientras duermen, no por nada se cae tanta Cheyenne en La Rumorosa, ‘apá. El caso es que esta tierra cachanilla a menudo nos sorprende con propuestas musicales como ésta. De hecho, algunos de nuestros proyectos favoritos son de Mexicali, como es el caso de Fax, Maniqui Lazer y Noise Beat Propaganda, que poco o nada tienen que ver con el pop que Polo y Pedro hacen en sus casas.

Ella Tiene Dos Androides no es del todo una novedad en el underground mexicano, de hecho, su primer disco “Tu mamá y tu papá son robots” se encuentra disponible en Delhotel Records, y apenas el invierno pasado terminaron de grabar junto con Fax este nuevo EP titulado “Nadie se enfermará este invierno”.

Si les gusta The Depreciation Guild, Sex In Dallas, Figurine y todo el legado de Monika Enterprise, descarguen estos temas, que por cierto están perfectos para poner en esos mixtapes con letras dedicadas y todo el pedo. ¿Porqué no sorprender a tu pareja con algo que jamás ha escuchado y de paso la haces sonrojar?

// ELLA TIENE DOS ANDRODIES / NADIE SE ENFERMARÁ ESTE INVIERNO //
01 - Midori DOWNLOAD
02 - Quiero dar vuelta DOWNLOAD
03 - Respirar al revés DOWNLOAD
04 - Extras en tu película DOWNLOAD
05 - Cosas que encontré bajo mi cama DOWNLOAD
06 - Easy Normal Hard DOWNLOAD

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Este EP fue grabado de manera casera e independiente durante los meses de octubre y noviembre de 2009, en Mexicali, Baja California, México. Toda la música, letra y programaciones por: Ella Tiene Dos Androides. Ella Tiene Dos Androides son: Pedro Campos y Polo Vega. Mezclado y masterizado por Rúben Tamayo para Emprise Soundlab.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License. The Poni Republic, 2010.

Yamamoto, Summer Songs For Winter People

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000

About five years ago, a couple of friends from Tijuana gave me this cutesy folk pop demo that made me smile and sigh every time I listened to it.

Back then, I was very upset about the incipient and so-called "indie music industry" that was going on in my country; actually, scratch that: I still am.

Either way, Mario & Brenda, better known as Yamamoto in Mexico, as well as Nuuro, are pretty much the main reason I started this netlabel (or blog, how you guys prefer to call it) and later decided to sustain my passion for unreleased music, even today, five years later.

So here we are, altogether again, thanks to wonderful sweet music.

You write the review through our comments, I just wanted to drop a line after so many months of rude silence.

Happy 2010 everybody!

Best wishes, enjoy.

The Poni Republic

// YAMAMOTO / SUMMER SONGS FOR WINTER PEOPLE //
01 - Tiny Lights DOWNLOAD
02 - Sound Asleep DOWNLOAD
03 - Slide DOWNLOAD
04 - Race Car DOWNLOAD
05 - Since You Went Away DOWNLOAD
06 - Life Like Math DOWNLOAD
07 - Rolling Down The Hill DOWNLOAD

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Yamamoto are... Mario Supereit: vocals, guitars, programming, bass, Moog & Casiotones. Brenda J. : vocals, melodica, glockenspiel, harmonica & shakers. All lyrics and music by Mario Supereit & Brenda J. Recorded and mixed by Mario Supereit between 2006-2009 at Diez y Nueve. Tijuana, Mexico. Art work by Nicolás Pradilla. Contact: myspace.com/yamamoto

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Elaine, Desnuditos EP

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:18:00 +0000

Cuando conocí a IL Gimón, no fue en una tocada, ni a través de MySpace. Es más, IL es un gran tipo que vive en Caracas, y aún así, lo conocí de la nada; en la esquina, no de mi casa, sino de mis padres. Ambos visitábamos Guadalajara. Él había venido a ver a Los Campesinos! y yo a No Age.

Ese fin de semana, hicimos muchas cosas, pero lo que a la fecha no he olvidado, es el momento en que Jeka de Hey Chica!, Cheky de Jóvenes y Sexys, IL, y yo, íbamos en el auto rockeando con el legendario "Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2" de la Epitaph, mientras mi –en ese entonces– novia, hacía muecas.

Después de eso, no se dijo mucho hasta que IL regresó a Venezuela, y yo al D.F. donde más tarde me volaron los oídos unas tal Elaine, oriundas de Caracas. Supuse que IL sabría de ellas, pero antes de preguntarle verifiqué los nombres de las chicas en su MySpace, y curiosamente, IL Gimón, era el único "marico" de la banda.

WTF?

"Lya y Shere comenzaron en 2006. Yo entré porque Shere me dijo que tenía una banda como Yeah Yeah Yeahs con un poco de Sleater Kinney. Me atrajo muchísimo esa idea, y luego intentamos componer disco punk, pero algo salió mal en el camino. Todo se volvió más caótico y sabrosón, algo así como merengue para shitgazers. Al principio no era tan fiestero, queríamos mantener una atmósfera punky, pero vivir en el trópico no nos perdonó y así salieron estos temas ruidosos."

Texto por E.lebleu vía Brillo Monthly

// Desnuditos EP //

1.- Over It (Not)
2.- Yes Louis
3.- Like It Naked

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All music by Elaine. Elaine are Sherezade, Lya & IL. Artwork by Pian. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Noise Beat Propaganda, We're in Love, Yeah Right! EP

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:00 +0000

“She was, she was, she was in my bed / Jizz, jizz, jizz in my pants!”… Así, sin pudor alguno y en pleno rush de cafeína, comienza esta ráfaga dance punk labrada en la siempre dominical y plana ciudad de Mexicali, donde además de riquísima comida china, cerveza Tecate y almas en pena por La Rumorosa, también pululan bandas llenas de energía y actitud admirable como es el caso de Noise Beat Propaganda, una de nuestras bandas propuesta para este año, donde por cierto, canta la hermana de uno de los chicos de Maniquí Lazer. Así que si son aficionados de ese característico espíritu punk norteño, que tanto nos gusta aquí en la redacción, “Sexy Neon Wine” pronto se volverá uno de los nuevos sencillos más populares de sus iPods.

Vía PlayGround

// We're in Love, Yeah Right! EP //

1.- Sexy Neon Wine
2.- Public Decay
3.- Sin Final
4.- Can't Let You Go

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Noise Beat Propaganda are Ana Torres, Leonel López, Jorge Caro, Alex Márquez & Misael Jímenez. "Public Decay" features vocals by Carlos Quintero. All songs were recorded at Studio B by Kar. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Heartbeeps

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:59:00 +0000

flickr.com/photos/heartbeeps
myspace.com/heartbeeps

María Ayelen

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:18:00 +0000

www.flickr.com/photos/decometas

pepepe - Roba orgón de plantas y animales

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Carlos Pesina is pepepe. An experimental electronic music performer from Guadalajara, Mexico, better known for his eccentric behavior and complex improvisations at local parties and gigs than anything else.

“Roba orgón de plantas y animales” is pepepe’s second release at Poni Republic, only this time, a little different from his remixes EP, for this recording contains his most intricate and emotional work so far, featuring beautiful girl vocals (Cyané) almost in every track, as well as samples from Hey Chica! and a remix of his own to Unsexy Nerd Ponies' "1986 Valerie".

This is by far one of our favorite releases ever, it just fits right, somewhere between Atlas Sound, The Books and... Akufen? So Carlos says, anyways. But indeed, there's a lot of micro-sampling involved in this record. Future folk pop at its finest.

// PEPEPE / ROBA ORGÓN DE PLANTAS Y ANIMALES //

1.- Unsexy Nerd Ponies - 1986 Valerie (pepepe remix)
2.- Jacinto Cenobio
3.- Sleep With You
4.- Simetría
5.- Algebra
6.- Mirar a los ojos es de mal gusto
7.- Te fundes

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All songs written and performed by Carlos Pesina and Cyané, except on track 1 "1986 Valerie" orginally by Unsexy Nerd Ponies. Track 2 "Jacinto Cenobio" originally by Amparo Ochoa. Track 6 "Mirar a los ojos es del mal gusto" contains sample by Hey Chica! Contact: myspace.com/pepepepepepepepepe

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Jaime Martínez

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

www.brightlightbrightlight.com

Nuuro, Reddest Ruby

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Hace cinco años Alejandro Ghersi comenzó a producir y regalar sus canciones en MP3 hasta que éstas consiguieron darle la vuelta al continente americano en distintas escenas y círculos sociales, en gran parte debido a la calidad y versatilidad de su trabajo, pues éste desde un comienzo ha oscilado entre varios géneros musicales que van desde el IDM, el drum & bass, la indietronica, el shoegazer electrónico, y muy, muy a menudo, el pop.

Nuuro, luego de haber debutado con el LP “All Clear” a través del sello mexicano Soundsister, cuatro años luego, por fin decidió autoeditarse su segunda larga duración titulada “Reddest Ruby”, en la que sin buscarle mucho, podemos percibir una madurez abismal entre su primer trabajo y éste. Algo que quizá se deba principalmente a que desde el año pasado este chico dejó su ciudad natal Caracas por una vida menos pasiva en Brooklyn.

Cual sea el caso, “Reddest Ruby” es una obra de arte completa, musicalmente y gráficamente (contiene 7 hermosas piezas realizadas por el artista Nikolay Saveliev), incluso, trae consigo guardado un poema bastante complejo y muy bien logrado del que surge todo el concepto del disco. En fin, como se habrán dado cuenta seguimos sin aliento, y a continuación, descubrirán por qué.

Esta nueva joya ya se encuentra disponible a la venta en iTunes.

Texto vía PlayGround.

// NUURO / REDDEST RUBY //

1.- Introduction, or (more aptly), Reddest Ruby
2.- Cotacachi!
3.- Bari (Japanese Tree That Speaks)
4.- Stone Girl
5.- Forest Fire (Intermission)
6.- Six Vespers
7.- Avila
8.- Five Lakes (Near the Capital)
9.- Hail and Farewell
10.- Ilimuh
11.- An Owl Waving Goodbye

BUY REDDEST RUBY AT ITUNES

Tracked and produced by Alejandro Ghersi. Album art direction by Nikolay Saveliev. Mastered by Eduardo Larez at Visionear studios. All songs written and performed by Alejandro Ghersi, except on track 3. "Bari, or (more aptly) Japanese Tree That Speaks," guitars and bass written and performed by Julio Briceño. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Elisa Malo

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:35:00 +0000

www.elisabambi.com

Spondee, Self-Titled EP

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:45:00 +0000

Here we have one of those odd cases at the Poni Republic. Why? Because Clint, the front man of this band from Idaho, sent us an e-mail a lot of months ago, when he was still living in Mexico, and due to the huge amount of spam and bad demos we receive daily, we sorta missed it. But, when he got back home and finished his "Pop Your Sucks Off" LP, he decided to contact us again, but this time with a pretty cool story about his experience in Ecatepec (WTF where you doing there man!?) and his crush on Julieta Venegas that made our day.

Anyways, the deal is, Spondee reminds us of many things. Mostly pretty things, like our first night out with that cute foreigner indie rocker, who –at first– just looked like a cute hippie, but in the end, turns out this person listens to Built To Spill and whatever’s blasting off your average college radio all the time; and with a smile too. Always dancing and giggling, snapping them fingers, looking beautiful 24/7, like no way dude... Ain’t that cool?

Oh come on, there’s nothing better than going out to a pub, play air hockey, eat hot wings, ignore “the” ball game on telly all your nerdy friends are nuts about, and instead, hook up that hottie who just happens to have a Vespa waiting for you two outside.

So now you know what we did last spring break. Perhaps you should try it too.

// SPONDEE EP //

1.- Welcom
2.- Lovelorn Robot
3.- Annie's Home Tonite
4.- Pop Your Socks Off
5.- Some Say She's Evil
6.- Dancin' Shoes

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Spondee is Melissa Vickery (keys), Cody White (guitar), Noah Jensen (bass), Clint Vickery (vocals/guitar/keys), Seth Kasunik (drums), James Lloyd (conga/tambourine), Gia Trotter (vocals on tracks 4 & 5). All songs written by Clint Vickery. Recorded/Mastered at Coming In Second studio by Jeremy Jensen & Clint Vickery. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Lázaro Valiente, COMPOSIÇÃO NÃO DETERMINADA EP

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0000

One year ago, while traveling through Brazil in search of a legit "Tropicalia treatment" for their sound and rearranging some of their indie folk pop tunes at the studio, Lázaro found an object, a label, a tiny tag in cloth.

It was the label with the textile composition of a blanket that belonged to the house where Mauricio Pastrana and his friends (Caloca, his loyal squire, and Lázaro, his more than-beloved dog) were staying at in São Paulo, more specifically, Rua Dos Pinheiros.

Such tag only contained the message: COMPOSIÇÃO NÃO DETERMINADA (non-determined composition).

Lázaro Valiente found interesting to include "non-determined" compositions and show, next to the songs, a series of images, creating the art of the music material.

So, for the art of this release, we thought it would be interesting (and fun) to invite all of his (and our) friends to help us –for we usually are the ones in charge of the artworks– build up the concept behind Lázaro Valiente’s debut online.

Thus, the following experiment starts off by listening to Lazaro Valiente's songs and slowly scrolling down this growing visual improvisation that will be over until the first half of March. Such improvisation will allow us all to discover, one by one, each visual element that in the end will conform altogether the release’s artwork.

The point of all this, is that everyone in the end will eventually pick their favorite image for each song or EP cover (using iTunes).

¡Salud!

// COMPOSIÇÃO NÃO DETERMINADA //

1.- Benvindo
2.- And Never Call Me On The Phone
3.- Dinamo
4.- Alfombran el día

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Borja Conde
Russian Instituten Techniken
www.myspace.com/sobrenada
www.myspace.com/leevoyeur

Illustration for "Alfombran el día"

Illustration for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Alfonso Ochoa
www.monobloc.com.mx
alfonsoochoa.blogspot.com

Camila Jurado
www.flickr.com/photos/molosha

Juan Caloca
thinkthesenses.blogspot.com

Artwork for "Benvindo"

Artwork for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Maria Jose Diaz de Cossio Reynaud
www.mariajoart.me

Elisa Malo
www.elisabambi.com
www.myspace.com/somanymusicianstokill
www.thunderingranger.blogspot.com

Mauricio Marcin y Maríaeugenia Calva Díaz

Photo for "Benvindo"

Photo for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Photo for "Dinamo"

Photo for "Alfombran el día"

Jaime Martínez
www.brightlightbrightlight.com

Photo for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Photo for "Alfombra el día"

Molly Surno
www.mollysurno.com
www.cinemasixteen.com

Cuauhtémoc Suárez
www.c-suarez.com
www.flickr.com/photos/thekidsmakeout

Eric Gamboa
myspace.com/elebleu

Carla Loyo
benitacorre.blogspot.com

Cesar Aliosha

Mauricio Pastrana
myspace.com/lazarovaliente

Tania Osorio
www.antidomingo.tv

Pablo Zulaica
blogs.elcorreodigital.com/euskaltitlan/posts

Andrea Viedma

Ruben Ochoa
www.rubenochoa.com

Juan Pablo Viedma

Jean Claude Van Damme
Lats

Álvaro Urbano
http://www.cokeurbano.com

Andrea Ancira
discomancia.blogspot.com

Enrique Parás

Anton, To Terra

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:48:00 +0000

Sometimes, we tend to get a little crazy in here. As you may already know, Poni Republic seeks pop through all sorts of art, initiatives and sounds. We truly believe there are pop references everywhere and actually, finding them, is one of our favorite sports. Although Anton in this particular case was the one who found us, we consider these spontaneous mutual discoveries THE true objective of this so-called netlabel game, thus we’re more than happy to introduce you once again, to one of the most fucked up releases we’ve ever hosted.

To Terra, lies somewhere between the atmospheres of the earliest Richard D. James’ work and the forever-yummy atmospheres, textures and bipolarity of the legendary roster of Rephlex Records. Do any of you remember Bogdan Raczynski or Cylobotnia? Well we do, as a matter of fact, we always do, a little bit too much, to be sincere. However, this release is also “a compilation of tracks put together as a vessel for adventures, experiences, memories, and best friends. Enjoy” so says Anton Vegel, the guy behind this scene.

// To Terra //

1.- Form
2.- Grum
3.- Wee-hu
4.- Square Ex
5.- Death Acid
6.- You and She
7.- Fuyo's Noise
8.- Whe Whe
9.- Luces
10.- Quest
11.- Mega BXX
12.- 2
13.- Prance
14.- Sunshine Beach
15.- Joure
16.- Hiyaki's Supercomputer
17.- Room Amatory
18.- 3
19.- More Shy
20.- Coplet
21.- You Left

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Everything by Anton Vegel. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Bi-Log, Nos casamos en África

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:47:00 +0000

Querían contraer matrimonio en el "continente negro" porque allí hace calor. En las valijas guardaron anteojos de sol, ropa y juguetes de playa. La Policía los entretuvo hasta que ubicaron a los padres

Cuando en Alemania, más precisamente en Hannover, se celebraba el primer día del nuevo año, enamorados, él, de 6 años, y ella, de 7, decidieron fugarse de sus hogares para casarse en África.

La travesía comenzó en las primeras horas del 1º de enero cuando Mika, el joven novio, Anna Lena, la futura esposa e hija de la novia del padre del niño, y Anna Bell, testigo del enlace matrimonial de sólo 5 años, armaron el equipaje para irse al "continente negro" "porque allí hace calor". Entre las cosas que llevaron en la valija había anteojos de sol, juguetes de playa, ropa de verano y provisiones.

Los menores de edad caminaron un kilómetro hasta tomar un tranvía, el mismo que, tres kilómetros después, los dejó en la Estación Central de Hannover, donde pensaban abordar un colectivo directo al aeropuerto.

Sin embargo, en intención quedó la idea de tomar el micro, ya que empleados de la estación ferroviaria advirtieron que los tres niños no estaban con adulto alguno y dieron aviso a la Policía, quienes entretuvieron a los enamorados hasta la llegada de sus padres, publicó el diario Clarín.

// Nos casamos en África EP //

1.- Lectura obligatoria
2.- Devil Me
3.- Martes en la mañana
4.- Issues
5.- Mi sostenido

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Compuesto por: Bi-Log (Andreina B + Ana S + Erly J). Grabado en Pin y Punk Studios 2008/2009 por Erly. J. Ruiz. Mezclado en Cromo Audiolab por Claudio Ramirez. Caracas, Venezuela. Fotografía por Ana. S. Espinoza. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Andrea Sicsik del Toro

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:25:00 +0000

Hey Chica! Do You Really Believe...?

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:30:00 +0000

"Aunque en esencia se trata de música pop frágil que aborda la muy personal historia de Jeka y Kiwi a través de canciones tan enternecedoras como entrañables, en Do You Really Believe...? Hey Chica! consigue dejar claro que –quizá puedan pecar de ser sentimentales a la hora de escribir sus letras, pero– al menos la parte musical del proyecto, no sólo es para chicas. Y es aquí donde comienza lo interesante, pues el resto de la banda está compuesta por chicos oriundos de la escena hardcore punk y garage de Guadalajara, por lo que la música más pop y girly que estos llegan a escuchar sin hacer muecas, justo es la de Hey Chica! Una que a modo de exquisito placer culpable, también consiguió inmiscuirse favorablemente entre las manos de gente como Fax, Childs y Loopdrop."

http://www.brillo-monthly.com

// Do You Really Believe? EP //

1.- Mouse and Mars
2.- Roy
3.- Issues
4.- Time Machine
5.- Curse the Space

// Remixes //

6.- Hey Chica! - Issues (Bi-Log Remake)
7.- Hey Chica! - Issues (Rifhes Remix)
8.- Hey Chica! - Issues (pepepe Rave Remix)

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All songs written and performed by Hey Chica! (Jeka, Kiwi, Jesús Neri and Ricardo Barona) during 2006-2008. Guadalajara, MX. Recorded by Paúl Marrón, Lost Martínez & el Chino. Tracks 3 & 5 Mixed by Paúl Marrón. Tracks 1, 2 & 4 Mixed by Diego Martínez. Programming on track 2 by René Soberanis. Drums on track 4 by Carmen. Mastered by Rubén Tamayo at Facsimil. Illustrations by Gabriel Ramos Romo & Ligs. Graphic design by Jesica Gamboa. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic / Happy Garlic, 2009.

Fuck Her, or the Terrorists Win

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000

"Fuck Her, or The Terrorists Win es un dúo de pop electrónico compuesto por dos pilares de la nueva ola regiomontana en el que podemos encontrar increíbles reminiscencias de música presentada hasta hoy sólo por bandas como The Cansecos, o en el más popular de los casos, The Postal Service. Y no es de sorprenderse, ya que de algún modo Roberto Polo (60 Tigres, Mr. Racoon, Club Comfort y En Ventura) vendría a ser algo así como un Ben Gibbard mexicano, mientras que Roger Cámara (Álbum, Los Re Sostenido, Zozaya Mariachi DJ, etc.), sería ese prolífico –pero a menudo discreto– Jimmy Tamborello, el que lo acompaña en esta encantadora y contagiosa aventura musical."

http://www.playgroundmag.net

// Fuck Her or the Terrorists Win //

1.- Immutable
2.- The Anti
3.- Up the Ante
4.- Sleepers
5.- Happenstance
6.- Hipsters

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Fuck Her or the Terrorists Win son Roberto Polo y Roger Cámara. Producido por Bul. Grabado en Delhotel Records. Photograph by Cuauhtémoc Suárez. Design by Nicolás Pradilla. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Tropitek, Fluorescent Music

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:42:00 +0000

Tropitek is Immanuel Miralda, a young Mexican producer that got himself a bipolar reputation for being the responsible and creative mind behind the urban cult neo-cumbia sideproject, Afrodita. But we all have guilty pleasures, and Ima’s greatest fetish is to dance cumbias dressed as a prehispanic warrior along with his fellow goddess friend, Karin, by night. So what? The rest of the day, Ima is pretty much a laidback radio DJ and multidisciplinary artist residing in La Condesa who just happens to have one of the coolest moustaches we’ve ever seen.

Eventhough Tropitek might seem like another of his eccentric and wild cumbia experiments, it’s most likely to be the place where Ima gets the chance to really play with his very own kinda shit: Electro. Yeah you read it right. We’re going bananas!

This is not your daily fluo-house kind of stuff, this is straight-up-your-ass electro and there’s nothing but true love to this genre living in each vocal, synth, beat and bassline inside this wonderful, deep, fun and yet… dark record. So fly...

// Fluorescent Music //

1.- Fosforescente
2.- Electroplasma
3.- Boeng 343
4.- Tropitek
5.- Tiburón
6.- Parchis

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All music produced by Immanuel Miralda except "Tiburón", lyrics and voice by Luis Morales. Mixed and mastered by Jossie Telch in Black Bird Studio. Mexico, D.F. Photograph by Diego Ibañez. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

E.lebleu: You, Me & The Werewolves

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Four years can really make a difference. In 2005, Eric Gamboa delivered through Soundsister Two Years Off, a delicate, ethereal ambient folk album based on electroacustic experimentation, field recordings and noisy, warm introspection. But something changed. Gamboa is in a different place now, and with You, Me and The Werewolves (Poni Republic, 2009) he has a new goal: to make you dance!

In only 6 songs, this EP really gets diverse, taking elements from the wide dance territory, like techno/house/minimal/hiphop-ish beats, chopped vocal samples, wobbling basses, moving synths, clicks'n'cuts, you name it. The only vocals are provided by Poni fellow Nuuro, on the track "The Mothman", which sounds like a late-night England. This isn't the only collaboration: Mexican friend Rugoso adds flavor to "Polynesian Rush", while Gamboa wrestles with laptop artist Plug on a pretty fun, upbeat, live versus called "Pony Ride". Damn, I'm already tapping my toes.

This new E.lebleu release deserves at least a listen, but I recommend 2 or 3, just to have those beats burnt into your brain. So, who knows? If at first he took two years off, then four, then maybe in six years we'll get a grind / hardcore punk album or something like that. We'll wait and see.

Text by Cheky

// You, Me & The Werewolves EP //

1.- The Two Lines Between Us
2.- The Mothman feat. Nuuro
3.- I Wish You Were Real
4.- Like Tigers in the Back Seat of My Car
5.- Polynesian Rush feat. Rugoso
6.- E.lebleu vs. Plug - Pony Ride (Party In My Room Edit)

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All songs were produced and arranged by E.lebleu. Except "The Mothman", lyrics were written and sang by Nuuro. Artwork ("Ghostlar") by Gustavo Abascal. Eric would like to thank everybody involved with the making of this release. Especially Ainée. Peace out, you fucking satanist. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Anthna, Tones EP

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:54:00 +0000

Today is such a perfect day for our label and it’s mostly because we’re more than glad to present to you one of Mexico’s finest laptronica documents ever to be recorded in the history of (glichy) electronic (rock) music. Does that sound mad to you? Well, it might probably be, because it’s true.

Tones EP was released under a very limited edition through Soundsister in early 2005, this EP was so goddamn good, somehow ended up in every Mexican IDM freak, future folk pirate and weirdo post-rocker dudes’ iPod. One of those iPods just happened to be the right one, and then the next thing you know, you got Anthna onstage giving an epic massive gig at MUTEK MX’s third edition. Hell, we’ve seen Mogwai and Fennesz live for a few times, and yet, Anthna that day, for some reason managed to whoop their ass. No rubbish, mates.

Here you will find five songs that shall always remain in our thoughts like a shocking story of love, hope and pain, mostly because it was narrated to us in such a great, raw, cold, loud, fickle and strongly distorted approach. We hope you like it as much as we do.

// Tones EP //

1.- 31
2.- Domingo #14
3.- Loving Raw Bands...
4.- ...Crashing On Stage
5.- The Birds Have Gone

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All music and artwork by Nicolás Pradilla. Mexico City, 2005. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Unsexy Nerd Ponies presents Family Reunited

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:52:00 +0000

Sometime during his 21 years, Jímenez Gallardo decided to gather all of his family at home because he felt the terrible need to spill out all of his emotional issues over the table, and –why not– perhaps find some directions within the wise speech of his parents, before hitting an awful heart wreck or even worse: a new life lesson. In case you were wondering, the meeting ended up so well, Jímenez Gallardo named this EP full of angsty vocals, dirty synths and raw beatboxes after that memorable experience.

Now, this might sound a bit crazy, but Unsexy Nerd Ponies is like the Son of Rambow of (non) French electro synth-punk pop music.

// UNSEXY NERD PONIES PRESENTS FAMILY REUNITED //

1.- El futuro en 1982
2.- NightVisionPussy
3.- 1986 Valerie
4.- We Are Gold
5.- Cave Cave Cave
6.- The Story Ends VI

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All songs written and recorded by Marco Antonio Jiménez Gallardo. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Full-Source, Dinner Table Conversation EP

noreply@blogger.com (TTSO) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Fortunely, every once in a while somebody like Tim Dwyer contacts us and shocks the hell out of our minds.

Hello,

It's not often that I come across a netlabel where I actually feel like my music would fit in.

I'm looking for a place to release me newest EP. It's 3 electronic pop songs with lots acoustic samplings. I guess some would call it indietronic or folktronic?

Anyway, I've been making music for about 10 years now, refining and reinventing my sound. I really hope you like this EP! I'd love to have it released on Poni Republic.

Best Regards,

Tim

// Dinner Table Conversation EP //

1.- Sun Spots
2.- Until Morning
3.- Dinner Table Conversation

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All songs written and recorded by Tim Dwyer. Photograph by unknown author. Design by Self-control. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.