SOUNDS SYSTEM: LA MENTE La Mente’s urban sounds break the rules and ex- plode in a powerful show. The band rocks rhythms like ska, dub, and cumbia with electronic bases. Their honest and engaged lyrics immerse us in their particular vision of Lima, and the world. La Mente was born at the end of 2005 and played in Peru’s jungle in 2006 for the first time. A year later, the group released its first album “Electropical” that had a great welcome and allowed them to do concerts in the whole country. In 2008, they published the “Bendito https://goo.gl/79cjVh DVD”, live act film recorded during one of their classic “Fiestas de La Mente”. In 2009, they released their second album “Para los muertos y los vivientes” in the Festival Varadouro in Brasil and im- ‘Concha Acústica’ Official Video mediately reached the sympathy of the public.

BREAKING THE BORDERS During 2010 and 2011, they took a big and intense season of auto- produced festivals and concerts, sharing the scene with famous bands like Cypress Hill, Molotov, Matisyahu, Smashin Punpkins, https://goo.gl/bGaUga Calle 13, Todos tus muertos, Los Waliers, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Bomba Stereo, Steel Pulse, Celso Piña… In 2012, they released their third album “Música” and continued this swirl of presentations. In ‘Gigantes de Arena’ Official Video 2015, they were selected by PromPerú to represent Peru in the famous Festival Ciudad Emergente in in . When they came back to Lima, they recorded their fourth album “Millonarios del Alma”.

MILLONARIOS DEL ALMA https://goo.gl/Xn9pjx In 2016, they travelled to the to play in New York and New Jersey. Then, they released a videoclip of “Concha Acústica”, second single of “Millonarios del Alma”. Next year, they won the La Mente - Ex Convicto (Live Session) Ibermúsicas award to play at Festival Frontera in Santiago de Chile. Now, La Mente are writing his 5th album, which will be out at the middle of 2018, and they are preparing a tour in south of America. https://goo.gl/UJuqEs https://goo.gl/h Fyvhttps://goo.gl/67nMHthttps://goo.gl/A8dvao DISCOGRAphy PRESS

“A musical project that represent the many kinds of music styles that feed the identity of Lima .” https://goo.gl/PyvD18 https://goo.gl/mJ8oyv Indie Hoy (Argentina)

Sonidos del Sistema: Para los Muertos y Electropical los vivientes (2007) (2009) The first album shows the beginnings This album is partially free from “Millonarios del alma is La Mente´s of the band connected to the electronic sounds and give life to a “sound system”, with critical and powerful fusion of rhythms. album with the deepest exploration direct lyrics about the Peruvian reality. of music styles” La República (Perú)

https://goo.gl/jmYJ5W https://goo.gl/dgujDm “Millonarios del Alma is a body and mental journey across the common problematic of the sudamerican countrys (...) ” Música Millonarios del Alma (2012) (2015) El Comercio (Perú) With this production the band The last disc of La Mente adds a strengthens its explosive live stronger sound, with honest and show and opens the way to critical lyrics of the reality international festivals. of Lima, Peru and the world. LA MATINE of LA MENTE

This format especially designed by the band creates a communion between public spaces and family through music and art.

La Matiné offers to the community a day of concert, workshops and artistic activities that seeks to rescue the value of family bond and brotherhood.

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Matiné de La Mente @MAC 2016 Booking Lucile Chabot (+33) (0) 625910145 [email protected]

Morgane Le Coeur (+33) (0) 695689800 [email protected] Contact management@lamenteoficial.com

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