Richie Londres
Richie Londres | |
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Born | London, England |
Genres | Alternative metal, heavy metal latin, hip hop drum and bass |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
Instruments | Guitar/drums/vocals |
Years active | 2005–present |
Associated acts | Sol Invicto, The Black Eyed Peas, Deftones, Stephen Carpenter |
Website | http://solinvictocomiti.com |
Richie Londres, (born in London, England) is an English record producer and guitarist. Londres has worked with Deftones and Cypress Hill on various projects. Londres is active in three groups, as the founding member & producer of Sol Invicto Cultura Londres Proyecto and Okujira. Published by Universal Records.
Sol Invicto
Richie is the founder member of Sol Invicto a rather secretive cinematic metal/electronic group. The debut EP Initium featured Zach Hill of the band Hella on drums. The second EP (Initium II) was released in October 2013 and the group are set to release the third and final installment as a complete set in 2015, this will be the groups first official release. The group have officially remixed songs by Deftones & Asking Alexandria as well as bootlegs for Tech N9ne & Saul Williams.
Richie commented on the project back in 2013 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. 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
Early Years 2004–2008
Founded by Londres in 2004 with MC Tiago and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill. The group toured extensively in the UK from 2006/2007 and released several music videos and released 2 EP's, supporting artists such as Ozomatli and La Mala Rodriguez.
Hiatus 2008–2012
Cultura Londres has been through many musical and line up changes since its conception and enjoyed a great reception from fans around the world but with Tiago's family commitments Londres was forced to shift his focus and started working on his other project Sol Invicto. With Sol Invicto now officially his main project Londres has always hinted at returning to finish the work he started in Cultura Londres. In a recent interview 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. It's a journey I think you have to make as an artist to truly know why you do what you do."
Debut album
In 2012 Londres mentioned he was working in the studio with Tiago again and putting from final touches to various unreleased material before they begin working on the debut album.
Production
Londres is based between his Los Angeles & London studios. He is known to use a combination of Logic, Ableton and live instrumentation for production. His influences are cited from Motown to Aphex Twin.
Discography
With Cultura Londres
- "Tiago" (4 track industry sampler) 2004
- "Todo" (Debut EP) 2007
- "Escape Inglaterra" (EP) 2009
- "Radio Bootlegs Volume 1" 2011
With Sol Invicto
- "Unidose" (Single) 2008
- "Carrion" (Single) 2008
- "Initium" (Debut EP) 2011
- "Initium II" (EP) 2013
- "Initium III" (EP) 2015
With Necro Deathmort
- Return To Planet Atlas (Vocals/FX) (2009, Distraction Records.)
With Eric Bobo
- Fiesta (Meeting of the Minds, 2008, Writer/Producer (Nacional Records)
- Todo (Meeting of the Minds, 2008, Writer/Producer (Nacional Records)
- Maestro (Ritmo Machine, 2011, Engineer (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)
With Okujira
- Black Gold (Okujira Tapes, 2013)
- King Whale (Okujira Tapes, 2014)
- Sick Of Synchronicity (Okujira Tapes, 2014)
- Drop To The Floor (Okujira Tapes, 2015)
- Omni Ross (Okujira Tapes, 2015)
Remixes
- "Legal Drug Addict (Richie Londres Remix)" Sid Wilson & thekeenone
- "Diamond Eyes – Deftones" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2010 Warner
- "You've Seen The Butcher – Deftones" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2010 Warner
- "Morte Et Dabo – Asking Alexandria" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2011 Sumerian Records
- "Lesson Never Learned – Asking Alexandria" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2011 Sumerian Records
References
- http://www.doseofmetal.com/2011/09/interview-richie-londres-sol-invicto/
- http://www.latinrapper.com/featurednews55.html
- http://deftones.ru/pressa/sol-invicto-exclusive-interview-richie-londres-deftonesru.html
- http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131972
- http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/06/18/sol-invicto-feature-members-of-deftones-cypress-hill-sikth/
- http://www.threedworld.com.au/?p=1029
- http://www.cargo-london.com/event/odb-sessions-2
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/article/019R8U6cmrcPL?q=Sol+Invictus
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Richie+Londres