Bogotá-born, Brooklyn-based artist Nico Losada has officially announced his forthcoming
debut album Nueva Generación set for release via Ultra Records on March 31st, 2023. He
also unveils new single ‘Waking Love’, out November 18th.
An intoxicating combination of gentle percussion, hymn-like vocals and vibrant electronics,
‘Walking Love’ further cements Losada’s status as one to watch. Following on from ‘Vistas
Panorámicas’ and ‘La Monita’, it is the third track from his forthcoming debut Nueva
Generación – an experimental project made over 2-weeks in 2019.
“‘Waking Love’ is a song based on Juli (Salt Cathedral) lyrics,” he explains. “I took her idea and
just expanded it with the music. It’s about finding beauty in everything.”
Losada’s debut solo project, Nueva Generación will act as a beautiful tribute to his love for
dance, electronic and Colombian music. He created the record to explore his fascination of
mixing different musical ideas, specifically Latin American rhythms, with whatever instrument
he had at hand. It features cumbia, Afro-Colombian bullerengue, samples of gaita flutes and
house rhythms – all at a chilled tempo.
Bogotá-born, Brooklyn-based producer and musician Nico Losada makes lush, ethereal
soundscapes that meld Latin American rhythms, dance music and ambient dreamscapes. As
Salt Cathedral, he and Juliana Ronderos have been making joyful, tropical dance-pop tracks
without boundaries for more than a decade. Nico has earned production & writing credits on
music with Big Freeda, Little Jesus, and Matigyahu, and received support from artists like
Buscabulla, Empress Of, Matisyahu, & Simon Mejia of Bomba Estereo, plus media support
from Worldwide FM, Mixmag, NPR, Remezcla, Dublab, Noisey en Español, Rolling Stone
Mexico, Analogue Records, and Discogs.
In addition to the album announcement, Nico will be playing at Ultra Holiday Party &
Showcase this year on Thursday, December 8th. The showcase will be at Chelsea Music Hall
in NY from 7-10PM.
‘Waking Love’ is a stroke of understated brilliance and further heightens anticipation towards
the release of Nueva Generación.