ESTACIÓN
SUB_TRÓPICO

Electronic / Afro Dominican

DROKPA - Estación Sub_Trópico (radio edit remastered) 2023

00:00 / 05:39

About.

Estación Sub_Trópico is a dominican cultural artistic project. Its peculiar sound identity is born from the result of mixing elements of Traditional Dominican Music with different genres, sounds and aspects of Electronic Music.

Based on live-produced audiovisual sets, each presentation is a unique experience that manages to unite afro-caribbean instruments such as balsié, güira and tambora with synthesizers, sequencers, Moog and other electronic instruments in order to create what has been described as a "magical and unique performance", a ceremony full of spirituality, songs and colors represented in a high quality audiovisual language.

Its members are Marlene Mercedes (Producer, Composer, Keyboardist, Programmer, Singer and Percussionist), and Carlos Monción (Producer, Composer, Guitarist, Sound Designer and Computer Musician). Since hitting the stage in March of 2017 they have performed in the most important venues and music festivals in the Dominican Republic.

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Marlene Mercedes

Producer | Composer | Synths

Programming | Percussion | Vocals

Co Founder of the Society of Independent Music Producers Mediumship Music. She studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo and is a member of the National Symphony Orchestra as a percussionist.

She has been part of The Youth Orchestra of the Americas traveling on international tours with conductors such as Philippe Entremont and Carlos Miguel Prieto and has collaborated in education programs with the Kipp School in Washington DC and with The Muse Seek Project, a music program aimed at deaf students. She has worked as a guest percussionist in different symphony orchestras that have performed in the Dominican Republic, such as the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra under the conduction of Valery Gergiev, and the Leipzig Philharmonic under the conduction of Michael Kohler.

She has been part of the Global Leaders Program as an agent of cultural interchange and has directed different music projects for TV Shows like "El Show del Mediodía" and others. She has participated in musical theater, in projects such as Las Chicas del Can, Xiomara Fortuna, El Gran Poder de Diosa and in television programs in the Dominican Republic.

Carlos Monción

Producer | Composer | Guitarrist

Sound Designer | Computer Musician

Co Founder, Executive director and producer of the Society of Independent Music Producers Mediumship Music. He has worked as a producer / co-producer and recording engineer at Hit Factory Criteria Studios (Miami), Evergreen Studios (Los Angeles) and for production companies such as White Lion (Puerto Rico).

He has produced and co-produced for artists such as Roy Tavaré, El Mola (PR), Jowell & Randy (PR), Tony Almont (RD), Pa'lomonte (RD/NY), Rando Camasta and El Gran Poder de Diosa (RD) among others.

He has been a member of iconic groups La Crónica, Etique Negra and Kampo, among other rock, experimental and electronic music projects as composer, producer and guitarist. Along with Marlene, he created the soundtrack for the film Bantu Mama, which has represented the country in different festivals internationally and the upcoming 2023 Academy Awards.

In addition, "El Big Monster" produces and performs for his own electronic music project called MonZion.

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