Jóvenes y Sexys - Bruno Remixed

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
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Twitter: @jovenesysexys

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Nuuro, Reddest Ruby

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

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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.

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E.lebleu: You, Me & The Werewolves

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.

Nuuro, Amigos EP

Alex Ghersi regresa más spunky que nunca. Nueva York le ha distraído un poco la existencia, y quizá por ello, vuelve cantando en español, contento, upbeat y repleto de electropop puro, fuertemente influenciado por el nuevo dancefloor europeo y norteamericano sin pudor alguno. Adiós al IDM. Cantar y bailar pop en tu idioma jamás había sido tan divertido y... witty.

Amigos EP fue lanzado a propósito de su visita a México la primavera recién pasada. Así que con este release arrancannuestros lanzamientos para este verano.

// NUURO / AMIGOS EP //

01 - Diamante DOWNLOAD
02 - A B C DOWNLOAD
03 - Un paseo DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi. Amigos EP, 2008. Artwork by Nuuro. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

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Nuuro, Paper Heart EP

We met Alejandro Ghersi when he used to be a 16 year old indietronic emo kid from Venezuela. He was too shy to sing on his own, he wouldn't even dare to play a guitar alone, yet, he kept trying until the point he found himself in New York City, living on his own, with one LP recorded, various songs in respected compilations such as annual Darla's "secrets", and more recently, two EPs.

This is the latter, and it's his deepest, most mature, and heartbreaking work so far. Downtempo, vocoders and deep atmospheres that become the menu of a banquet to which all can access, but only a few will be fortunate to be pleased with. A five-piece EP that will remain as one of Ghersi's cult jewels from here to a very long time.

// NUURO / PAPER HEART EP //
01 - Secret DOWNLOAD
02 - Make Sure DOWNLOAD
03 - Knife (Grizzly Bear Cover) DOWNLOAD
04 - Fell In Love (On A Tragic Sunday Morning Of Mourning And Incompetence) DOWNLOAD
05 - Cute DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi; except "Knife", written by Grizzly Bear. Paper Heart EP, Caracas, Venezuela; 2007. Artwork by Nuuro. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

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Nuuro, All Clear

Alejandro Ghersi is a 16 year old wiz-kid from Venezuela that might as well represent what young kids have been waiting for. Cute, yet intelligent, electronic pop well structured songs, sung by a stunning voice that will shock older audiences too.

He's not 80's influenced, but he sure knows how to sing and make any song sound beautiful, like back in the days. For some reason, he makes us think of Morrissey or Ben Gibbard singing over beats done by Psapp, Mu-ziq or Yellotone.

Youthful and sophisticated electronic glitchery crafted for melancholic pop songs about high school passion and loss. Far from being naive, Venezuela's new poster boy writes downhearted stories meant for nostalgic souls.

Nuuro previously released In Transit EP in (2005) and has already featured an exclusive track on Little Darla Has a Treat for You v.24 (Darla) compilation this summer. All Clear is our first physical release through Soundsister Records and you can already order it at Darla and Juno.

// NUURO / ALL CLEAR //
01 - Not Agaiin DOWNLOAD
02 - Frame Me
03 - Softer Things
04 - Common Dragons DOWNLOAD
05 - Flying On A Space Ship
06 - Oh One
07 - Cerial Box
08 - Ambience Is Unimportant
09 - Waiting DOWNLOAD
10 - All Clear
11 - Terrorfist DOWNLOAD
12 - Blister
13 - The Wall

All written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi except Frame Me, co-written by Mariana Cadavieco. Mastered by Visonear. Cover photo by Kyle La Valley. Recorded in Caracas, Venezuela; 2006. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

Soundsister Records / Poni Republic. All rights reserved. Distributed worldwide via Darla and Fluor Music in Mexico. Fluor music is a division of Noise Kontrol.

V/A, Ride Your Poni

Poni started like this, with an idea of launching a netlabel through a compilation featuring the distinct artists we like and believe in. However, while requesting songs and chatting with our friends and artists, we ended up having more scheduled releases than confirmed songs for the compilation, therefore, it wasn't until this year that we were able to officially release this delayed compilation. And we're glad this happened. It was all for the best. We had more time to meet and find great artists.

Ride Your Poni is the first volume of this series that will be released once a year. We're very much honored to feature all of these top-notch artists since our very first edition, most of them are not from Mexico, heck, they're not even from America. Ride Your Poni includes artists from Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, USA, Venezuela, and Mexico. We admire them all and consider them our own favorite bands and projects. This is why we decided to show them to you in one single piece.

Spread the Poni among your crowd, it's a great compilation to listen to while driving back home from one of those rough and lonely days or knock-out parties. It's rocky, it's folky, yet ambienty, definitely a wild pony. A long journey of acoustic and electronic pop music, happy but subtle, confused and sad, just like our days at the Poni Republic.

// VARIOUS ARTISTS / RIDE YOUR PONI //
01 - ABOUT. Think Niles Drink - DOWNLOAD
02 - NUURO. Waiting - DOWNLOAD
03 - AZUL SIETE. The Sky... - DOWNLOAD
04 - .TAPE. Coming (Horse Kingdom Edit) - DOWNLOAD
05 - MUSIKA 77. Llanvair Llew - DOWNLOAD
06 - TODOSANTOS. Panda Sonora - DOWNLOAD
07 - PISCIS. Sodafilms - DOWNLOAD
08 - ANOIS. Sand - DOWNLOAD
09 - YAMAMOTO. A.M. - DOWNLOAD
10 - SAPPHO. Celestine - DOWNLOAD
11 - HI LUCY! Smoke With Bears - DOWNLOAD
12 - PEPITO. Get Out - DOWNLOAD
13 - MANIQUI LAZER. Sonic Sex - DOWNLOAD
14 - REFLECTIOSTACK. Magic Mountain - DOWNLOAD
15 - AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC. Still Life - DOWNLOAD
16 - EXECUTIONER OF THE HEART. May - DOWNLOAD
17 - BOY OMEGA. From Us To Eternity - DOWNLOAD

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All songs were compiled and selected by The Poni Republic from October 2005 to February 2006. Mastered at Lost Studio by Childs. Art work by Rogelio Vázquez.

All tracks are courtesy of their own authors and labels and were previously solicited to each of their owners or authors.

01) Taken from the debut album Bongo; courtesy of Cock Rock Disco. 02) Taken from the debut album All Clear; soon available through Poni Republic and Soundsister. 03) Taken from Dreaming In Trees; courtesy of the artist. 04) Exclusive track; courtesy of Ambulatore. 05) Taken from Brave You Free; courtesy of UTS,M!. 05) Taken from Aeropuerto; courtesy of La Superagencia. 07) Taken from Ruidemos; courtesy of the artist. 08) Unreleased track; courtesy of the band. 09) Exclusive track; courtesy of the band. 10) Taken from their demo; courtesy of the band. 11) Exclusive track; courtesy of the band. 12) Taken from The New World; courtesy of Static Discos. 13) Taken from the debut album I Learn Everything On TV; courtesy of Soundsister. 14) Taken from Music For Torching; courtesy of the band. 15) Taken from Untitled; courtesy of the artist. 16) Taken from All Things that Sparkle, Trick and Sting; courtesy of the band. 17) Exclusive track; courtesy of UTS,M!.

More information regarding the artists available at each link provided above.

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Nuuro, In Transit EP

Alex already controls his computer like an adult, but he is not even allowed to buy beer in his country yet. How ironic, huh? But don't let that stop you, because he's not just quite another nerd.

Besides the fact he's from Caracas, Venezuela, and sure knows how to make people dance, his cut-rhythm style and programming skills are just wonderful. In Transit is the sound of south american youth's folklore, flirting with electronic pop and experimental music.

// NUURO / IN TRANSIT EP //
01 - Edison Melodies DOWNLOAD
02 - Common Dragons DOWNLOAD
03 - Reti DOWNLOAD
04 - Terrorfist DOWNLOAD
05 - Iceolate DOWNLOAD
06 - Electrk DOWNLOAD

All songs written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi; except "Edison Melodies", contains sample from "Remain" by Jose Gonzalez, included in Veneer, 2003. In Transit, Caracas, Venezuela; 2005. Art work by Manuel Morales. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

Some rights reserved.This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2005.