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NEW ALBUM “ES AMOR” OUT NOW

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For your Grammy® Consideration • ES AMOR • Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.

Produced by Grammy Award–winning Beto Martinez and released on @otherly_love , Es Amor is a groove haven—a thrumming balm for hard days. Across ten tracks, tight, intricate arrangements bring son jarocho and cumbia together with psychedelic rock, contemporary jazz, and Afro-Cuban percussion in a distinctly Américan conversation, creating peaks and valleys meant to be met with hips, feet, hands, and hearts.

While writing the title track “Es Amor,” Chávez was struck by a melody that felt strangely familiar; weeks later, he discovered that his father had recorded that melody decades earlier. “Making this album together, each of us bringing our own stories and experiences, I couldn’t help but think of my father, of his melody, of everyone like him, then and now,” Chávez said. “Of people, immigrants, writing and singing love songs in the most brutal of circumstances, amidst power working to deny them their very humanity.” In turn, Dos Santos remind us of our linked stories and places and movements, and, in the face of overwhelming odds, of the urgency of renewed connection, and of what that feeling can sound like.

Equal parts dream and memory, spirit echo and migration story, this album’s core message—delivered with ánimo and style—love, in all its shades and surprise appearances, remains the most spirited, lasting response to a world marred by hate.
 Produced by @elbigtoe
Recorded @lechehousemusic & @d0uglassssss Mastered by @sampatlove @buds_recording_services Original Artwork by @diskeuno Design by @jaimediablero Layout by @jkotting Videos by @osvaldofcuevas & starring @la__olita Bio by @jonathanjleal  #newmusic #newalbum #esamor by @dossantoschi

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“Es Amor” has received some amazing praise. We are both proud and grateful. Thank you everyone for the love and support. And if you haven’t listened yet, check out all streaming and purchase links in bio. Abrazos fuertes. #newmusic #newalbum #esamor by @dossantoschi

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NEW ALBUM • “ES AMOR” • OUT TODAY!

We are beyond proud to be releasing our fourth full-length album today, “ES AMOR” out on @otherly_love. Produced by GRAMMY Award–winner @elbigtoe, “ES AMOR” is an honest and loud return to our sonic beginnings.

Equal parts dream and memory, spirit echo and migration story, this album’s core message—delivered with ánimo and style—love, in all its shades and surprise appearances, remains the most spirited, lasting response to a world marred by hate.

Abrazos to our fans, families, and friends who have supported us along this journey.
Es amor.

STREAMING EVERYWHERE NOW!
ALL LINKS IN BIO.

Recorded @lechehousemusic & @d0uglassssss
Mastered by @sampatlove @buds_recording_services
Original Artwork by @diskeuno
Design by @jaimediablero
Layout by @jkotting
Videos by @osvaldofcuevas & starring @la__olita
Bio by @jonathanjleal

#newmusic #newalbum #esamor by @dossantoschi

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For the second year, Global Groove joins the Earshot Jazz Festival.

Since 1984, Earshot Jazz has honored jazz as a vital Black American art form and supported the artists who carry it forward. We’re grateful to share their stage.

For the last 5 years Global Groove has celebrated global music and diasporic culture, and this is the second month of our new residency at Baba Yaga. For this night, Earshot brings Dos Santos from Chicago, blending jazz and cumbia with songs about migration and identity, they released a new album, Es Amor, this year. We complete the night with our international guest DJ Sabroso (Alfredo Villar), a Peruvian writer and collector behind the Cumbia Beat compilations of Peruvian tropical music; our resident DJ Mr. Nice, connecting the African diaspora with the Caribbean and Latin America; and Rizoma, opening with a global music vinyl set.

“A collab worth dancing to” 🌎🪩🫶

Sat Oct 17 · 9 PM · Baba Yaga
 Tickets: link in bio

#globalgrooveseattle #jazz #cumbia #seattle #seattleconcerts taken in Baba Yaga Seattle by @dossantoschi

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Portrait mode. Love seeing all our family and friends on the road. Blessed. Next up @kuumbwajazz tonight! by @dossantoschi

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regresamos 🐸
noche de cumbia is back friday, october 23 in #houston

this one is heavy.
dos santos + money chicha — two of the strongest cumbia bands in the country in one room.

chicago’s dos santos moves through barrio cumbias, psychedelic westerns + sounds rooted across the americas.

austin’s money chicha brings the fuzz — psychedelic cumbia, chicha, vintage synths, heavy percussion + guitars built for the dance floor.

friday, october 23
doors 8pm
21+

3534 navigation blvd.
houston, tx

tickets at wonkypower.com

cumbia pesada. psychedelic sounds. puro baile bueno taken in Wonky Power Live by @dossantoschi

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3 Days Away! Dos Santos head to The American on an October 18th with Los Duendes!

Get your tickets today, link in bio 🔗 by @dossantoschi

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WEST COAST! Los Angeles—last night was amazing! Thank you to all the fans, friends, and fam that came out to support. And a special abrazo to our compañera @que.madre & the homie @maddgalaxy for rolling through. NEXT UP: OAKLAND @yoshis_oak. Shouts to @xandao_sound @ereizmusica @ozgood @quetzalmusic @marthartivista @mkngmvs @niecey_cat @adrianmquesada @churchchords76 @otherly_love by @dossantoschi

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for your Grammy consideration
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PORTLAND! Catch us next Friday as we make our @polarishallpdx debut with @collar.de.lunas! We’ll be playing our new record “Es Amor”. Psychedelic Latin vibes all night long! Come out, dance, and celebrate with us! GRAB TIX NOW. LINK IN BIO! by @dossantoschi

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New aLive Session out now! Featuring @dossantoschi with their new song Cielos from the new album Es Amor. Video created by @_yetison and myself. Link in bio #alivesessions #music #dossantoschi #chicago by @dossantoschi

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Our live video performance of “Cielos” from our new album “Es Amor” is now up on youtube! We had an amazing time putting this together! It was filmed and directed by @osvaldofcuevas at @channelrecordingcompany and features @cambronee & @rinconmusica. LINK IN BIO!

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For decades, Dos Santos members Jaime Garza and Alex E. Chávez have been students and practitioners of traditional Mexican musics, including the Afro-diasporic son jarocho of Southern Mexico and the huapango stylings of the Central Mexican highlands. These sounds—known the world over—are an indispensable part of Mexico’s musical legacy. On Cielos, Dos Santos draws on these influences—their rhythms, instruments, and poetics—as the foundation of a song that harkens toward the spirit and feel of son jarocho and huapango. The traditional leona, jarana, and quijada instruments are at the heart of the composition, which also incorporates afro-Latin percussion and keyboards. The lyrics—written by both Garza and Chávez—are in the traditional copla style found throughout Latin America and speak of dancing as both embodied memory and deeply connected to the ebbs and flows of nature. And in that spirit, musically, the composition evokes the sounds of a late-night, fire-breathing fandango, as musicians passionately sing and play—casting out melodies and verses into the night—while dancers trace out poetry with their patterned steps past sunrise. by @dossantoschi

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