Tonolec November 3, 2007

Tonolec combines electronic and ethnic music from their native Chaco, Argentina. After significant success in Argentina and Spain, including winning an MTV competition, these young artists dedicated the last three years to researching the Toba culture and to exchanging musical experiences with indigenous communities in Northeastern Argentina. Their purpose was to enrich the identity of their music by focusing on their own social and cultural roots. Tonolec blends electronica with the Toba music and rhyme that they learned from the elders of the communities they visited. Their work with indigenous communities gave birth to their name ("tonolec" is the name of a local bird) and to the sound of their music: a powerful feminine voice in dialogue with nature and electronics. Their repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of traditional songs. These will be Tonolec's first performances in the U.S.

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