X-Alfonso
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X Alfonso | |
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Afro-rock | |
Years active | 1990–present |
X-Alfonso (born c. 1974 as Equis Alfonso) is a Cuban
Life and career
X Alfonso has been playing music since he was seven years old, “ When I was around 16 or 17, I started playing
As a video clip maker, he is one of the most awarded artists at the Lucas Awards in Cuba. In 2008-2009 he directed the documentary Sin título, about the daily universe of Cuban artists and conceived the Cuban Art Factory (FAC, in Spanish), which as of 2010 becomes a brand new space with transmedia vocation and where emerging young artists (musicians, filmmakers, painters, dancers) converge with others with a longer career. Since 2015, and with X Alfonso in front, FAC has become one of the most important cultural projects in the country, with an artistic proposal, an environment and an audience that have made it worthy of being considered one of the one hundred best places in the world, according to TIME magazine.
In 2010 he received the title of Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF for his artistic work with and for children.[1]
His 2022 album, Ancestros Sinfónico, was listed in NPR's staff picks for the best albums of the year.[2]
Musical Influence
X Alfonso finds that today’s new Cuban generation is made of fusion, like his music, “Cubans today are a mix of Spanish, African, English, French, Chinese... A melting pot that has a lot to offer to the pages of history.” And it's this culture that X Alfonso tries to show in his music. “The people who come to see me are rappers, rockers, salseros, young, old.... I have a really broad audience because of the range of music I cover. I try to reflect all of this as a musician, drawing on different rhythms, melodies and harmonies. I’m always amazed to find myself exploring one area then something completely different—total opposites—and when I mix the two together it seems totally normal.”
What interests X Alfonso about Cuba is the people, the people in the streets and the generations of young artists putting their art out there. “I’m basically working with street talent, and I try to show that Havana and Cuba have a whole lot to offer, like every country. It goes far beyond a simple performance.”
Discography
- Mundo Real (2000)
- X Moré (2001)
- Civilización (2005)
- Revoluxion (2007)
- Reverse (2011)
- INSIDE (2020)
- Ancestros Sinfónico (2022)
References
- ^ "Biography – X Alfonso".
- ^ Contreras, Felix (21 December 2022). "NPR Music 2022 Staff Picks: Felix Contreras". National Public Radio. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
External links
- http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=815
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1309263/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061218205734/http://www.stageplanet.net:80/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110518192419/http://www.havana-cultura.com:80/html/EN/cuban-music/x-alfonso/afro-cuban-music.html
- https://www.xalfonso.com/en/biography/