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Artist
Malena Perez
12+ albums
loungenu jazzbeach house
about
Born in Atlanta, Georgia to a Cuban father and German mother, Perez grew up listening to stories of her father's homeland and the sounds of Omara Portuondo and Celia Cruz. In her own music, which blends Latin-flavored soul with downtempo, progressive jazz, the songstress explores these early influences and updates them for the modern lounge scene. Between her successful collaboration with producer Michael Johnson in Atlanta and her own personal life journey - one that led her from Atlanta to California to New York - Malena began to find her own true voice as an artist and even tried her hand at production for the release of her first internationally distributed album, STARS, a two-year labor of love. The album features production work by Osunlade, Carlos Nino, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Kenny Dope and Alix Alvarez, yet it is blessed by the touch of an executive producer that remembers her beginnings in a tucked-away studio in Atlanta, as Michael Johnson's unmistakable vibes are still ever-present on STARS with tracks "Free To Fly," "What Do I Do" and "Tomorrow," songs from the original underground LP release that Perez holds dear. And now that Perez's record label Cubanita Groove is up and running, a re-pressing of the complete LP "Free To Fly" just may be in the stars. Perez has graced the stages of the Temple Bar; Atlanta's Apache Cafe, Endenu and MJQ; Brooklyn's Five Spot and Solomon's Porch; and Manhattan's NuBlu and the Blue Owl, where she currently holds a monthly resi
