Richie londres
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Richie Londres, is an English
musician, hip hop record producer, lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist and runs Altered Beats Records. Londres has worked with Deftones
and Cypress Hill
on various projects. Londres is active in two bands, as a founding member of and producing Sol Invicto
and Cultura Londres as well as remixing for various artists he is published by Universal Records
. He is the forefather of the Seastep movement (genre). His musical influences cited are Portishead, Pantera, Iron Monkey, Primus, Otis Redding, Company Flow and Meshuggah. Production influences cited are Timbaland, El-P, DJ Muggs, Madlib & Scorn.
and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill
alongside fellow producer AJ Cookson. The sound is described as cinematic electronic music combined with metal. Stephen does guitars alongside Eric Bobo Correa of Cypress Hill
on percussion and Dan Foord Sikth
on drums. Londres takes care of production and vocals duties alongside AJ Cookson. They have completed a 7 track EP called Initium with Zach Hill of the band Hella
, the cover features suicide girls Gogo Blackwater. The release date for the debut album (As Above So Below) is set for 2011. The group have officially remixed Deftones & Asking Alexandria and are set to release 2 follow up EP's before the album hits the shelves.
Londres recently commented on the project in an interview with "Dose Of Metal"
"We are working on 2 follow up EP's, which are effectively Initium II and III. I would like to get those out to fans over the next 8 weeks. The tracks on the 3 EP's were originally going to be an album, but since it was recorded over different periods of time and with different drummers it didn't have the feel of an album, by breaking them up into EP's it gives us more freedom to experiment with the sound and build our audience organically, each EP has a different guest drummer with the core members always being myself, Stephen, AJ and Eric. We will record the debut album this year, it was just a case of finding a few clear weeks were we can all get together and record a body of music in one hit."
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
musician, hip hop record producer, lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist and runs Altered Beats Records. Londres has worked with Deftones
Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
and Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
on various projects. Londres is active in two bands, as a founding member of and producing Sol Invicto
Sol Invicto
Sol Invicto is a project which involves Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter with producers Richie Londres & AJ Cookson as well as Eric Bobo .-History:...
and Cultura Londres as well as remixing for various artists he is published by Universal Records
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
. He is the forefather of the Seastep movement (genre). His musical influences cited are Portishead, Pantera, Iron Monkey, Primus, Otis Redding, Company Flow and Meshuggah. Production influences cited are Timbaland, El-P, DJ Muggs, Madlib & Scorn.
Sol Invicto
Londres formed Sol Invicto with Stephen Carpenter of the DeftonesDeftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
alongside fellow producer AJ Cookson. The sound is described as cinematic electronic music combined with metal. Stephen does guitars alongside Eric Bobo Correa of Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
on percussion and Dan Foord Sikth
SikTh
Sikth were a progressive metal band from Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.-Early days:SikTh formed in late 1999, but consolidated their line-up in March 2001...
on drums. Londres takes care of production and vocals duties alongside AJ Cookson. They have completed a 7 track EP called Initium with Zach Hill of the band Hella
Hella (band)
Hella is an American band from Sacramento, California. They play a technical blend of math rock, noise rock, and experimental rock. The primary members of the band are Spencer Seim on electric guitar and Zach Hill on drums...
, the cover features suicide girls Gogo Blackwater. The release date for the debut album (As Above So Below) is set for 2011. The group have officially remixed Deftones & Asking Alexandria and are set to release 2 follow up EP's before the album hits the shelves.
Londres recently commented on the project in an interview with "Dose Of Metal"
"We are working on 2 follow up EP's, which are effectively Initium II and III. I would like to get those out to fans over the next 8 weeks. The tracks on the 3 EP's were originally going to be an album, but since it was recorded over different periods of time and with different drummers it didn't have the feel of an album, by breaking them up into EP's it gives us more freedom to experiment with the sound and build our audience organically, each EP has a different guest drummer with the core members always being myself, Stephen, AJ and Eric. We will record the debut album this year, it was just a case of finding a few clear weeks were we can all get together and record a body of music in one hit."
Cultura Londres
Founded by Londres in 2004 with MC Tiago and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill, Cultura Londres has been through many musical and line up changes since its conception. 2011 will bring the debut album In a recent interview (December 2010) Londres stated "I want to debut the true sound of Cultura, much more in tune with my roots as a musician and producer. I've always been into the heavier, darker side of music, its always been in my heart. I tried all kinds of sounds for Cultura Londres and I've ended up back where I started. Its a journey I think you have to make as an artist to truly know why you do what you do"Production
Londres works with established and underground artists, mainly producing from his studio in London, England. He is also known to work extensively with artists in Los Angeles. He is know to use Logic, Ableton alongside vintage analog hardware to create his sounds.With Cultura Londres
- "Tiago" (4 track industry sampler) 2004 Altered Beats
- "Todo" (Debut EP) 2007 Altered Beats
- "Escape Inglaterra" (Second EP) 2009, Altered Beats
- "Radio Bootlegs Volume 1" 2011 Altered Beats
With Sol Invicto
- "Unidose" (Single) 2008, Altered Beats
- "Carrion" (Single) 2008 Altered Beats
- "Diamond Eyes" (Deftones Remix) 2010 Warner/Altered Beats
- "You've Seen The Butcher" (Deftones Remix) 2010 Warner/Altered Beats
- "Morte Et Dabo" (Asking Alexandria Remix) 2011 Sumerian Records
- "Lesson Never Learned" (Asking Alexandria Remix) 2011 Sumerian Records
- "Initium" (Debut EP) 2011 Altered Beats
With Eric Bobo
- Fiesta (Meeting Of The Minds, 2008, Writer/Producer (Nacional Records)
- Todo (Meeting Of The Minds, 2008, Writer/Producer (Nacional Records)
With Universal
- Real Freestyle (La Pasion, 2009, Producer (Universal CHAP347A)
- Ignite The Night (La Pasion, 2009, Producer (Universal CHAP347A)
- Progressions (La Pasion, 2009, Producer (Universal CHAP347A)