ROZAS, EFRAIN - I ENJOY THE WORLD (LP)

"Efrain Rozas is a Peruvian musician / researcher, specialized in the combination of new technologies and Latin American genres. He holds a PhD in composition and ethnomusicology at New York University, funded by the McCracken fellowship. He has published the book / video documentary Fusion: a soundtrack for Peru, and has released several albums internationally via Names You can Trust, the Ethnomusicology Institute of Peru, the Embassy of Spain and Buh Records. He has performed at the Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, and played with his experimental salsa band La Mecanica Popular at Central Park Summerstage Fania Records 50th anniversary in New York, and the Levitation Festival. He has worked as a teacher in different institutions including New York University, and was a consultant for the National Institute of Culture of Peru, and has hosted / produced radio for 10 years, with his show La Vuelta al dia en 80 mundos. His work has been featured at CNN, BBC, Washington post, Daily News and NPR Soundcheck. As a DJ he has performed in some of the most interesting venues in NYC including the Lincoln Center. I Enjoy the world is the first solo album by Efrain Rozas. The piece was composed to be listened to as a sonic meditation of 40 minutes. Buh Records (Lima, Peru), previously released the album as a limited cassette edition in 2017, accompanied with an animated video by Muriel Holguin. The album has now been remastered and pressed on vinyl by Futura Resistenza, a new record label from Rotterdam, the Netherlands." (label info)