Presented by Epicentro / KEXP's El Sonido

Ságan

Mar 17, 2017

8:00pm – 8:40pm CT

The Townsend
Calígula

Cosmo- Natural Pop. Colombian electronic duet that mixes organic with digital sounds, creating a journey through our outer and inner universe.

Their álbum Cada Célula was released on May 16th 2015 as part of the Canción-Canción lineup, and was part of The Best 10 Albums of the Year by the Semana Magazine, Top 15 Albums of the Year by Noisey (VICE), 5 Colombian albums You Must Hear by the Shock Magazine, and in the Top 10 Latin Albums of the Year by KEXP (USA). María and Felipe were Characters of the Year by Noisey. Various of their songs have appeared in the Top 25 of the most important independent radio of the country; Radiónica. Their first single “Oceánico” managed to reach the first place on its fourth week.

Ságan has appeared in the most important local festivals line up ́s, such as Almax (by the Rolling Stone Magazine), Lollapalooza (Failed festival in Colombia), Festival Centro, Mutek, Festival Estéreo Picnic 2017 and invited to the SXSW 2017 Showcase. Their “Circulando” video was nominated to Best Videoclip of the Year in the Bogoshorts Festival and in the Shock Awards, where they were also nominated to Best Electronic Band and Best Alternative Band. They are part of the Chancellery Artistic Portfolio and the chilean label Eroica Producciones. On May 2016 they were invited to perform at KEXP in Seattle (USA), becoming the second Colombian band to release a Live in-studio with this emblematic public radio. At the present time the band is working on the video release of their last single “Calígula” done by crowdfunding, and on their second album which will have the special participation of Estados Alterados and the peruvians Kanaku Y El Tigre.

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From:
Bogota, COLOMBIA
Subgenre:
Dream Pop