New Helado Negro Video - "Playas" (Stereogum Premiere)

The eclectic Brooklyn-via-South Florida sound sculptor Roberto C. Lange, aka Helado Negro, counts Funkadelic, DJ Premiere, South American 60's pop, Arthur Russell, the Ecuadorean ballad singer Julio Jaramillo, and others as influences for his Latin-infused ambient/avant-pop weirdness. Also, he's literally a sculptor: He's created "typewriters that self-type the lyrics to Kurtis Blow's 'The Message' (in rhythm to the song, none-the-less), musical owls drawn out of liquor bottles, owl costumes...

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