Rubio Res and I go way back. Wayyyy back. He lives now in Bogota, DC living a life of music and doing damn well. Well when he asked if I'd like to team up and do "really sleazy nasty dirty electro disco rock pop music," it was affirmativo.
I describe Discokaina, quite bluntly as "taking the entire Casablanca Records catalog, chopping it up on a mirror, and snorting it up your nose." Rubio jokingly tells others that Kiss's "I Was Made For Loving You" is a jumpoff point. He's serious. We both are.
When we started writing this material, we knew we wanted it to be almost ludicriously pop. We wanted it to rock. We wanted guitars. We wanted more than a heavy dose of slippery sexuality and a healthy dosage of SLEAZE. We were living lives in two different cities though we met in New York, and ironically we were now living in Latino-centric areas, he to Bogota, and I to Somerville, MA in which a Brazilian, Salvadoran and Mexican population thrive and flourish. When you walk around Union Square up my way in Somerville, it's easy to think at times you're in a "Little Brazil" neighborhood. We wanted to capture the lives of a couple of frankly, degenerate musicians, who wake up at 3PM, and live rather hedonistic lives. Luckily we're able to borrow so heavily from our real lives to infuse the art.
Our first single Fashion Magazine was shouted out by extremely cool tastemaker and blogger Sheenabeaston, and we plan to release an EP sometime this summer. Check out what the awesome Hannah Rad had to say about us and check out the track here. Oh btw...that Myspace thing? Still doesn't have much info, but we urge you to go anyway. There will be soon.
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