I’m excited to announce that I have 2 shows in August with my full band:
Hope to see you there! RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/razteria/
Celebrate Bastille Day with us! Join us for a vibrant night of live bands, DJs and dancers repping from across the Americas as IndiviDúo, Razteria and DJ Zego join forces with dancers from Amor Do Samba and Cambamberas at the Brick and Mortar on July 14th! Comedian Shannon Battle will be the host for the evening!
Get your tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/-razteria-individo-dj-zego-brick-and-mortar-music-hall-tickets/13120755?pl=brickmortar&REFID=clientsitewp
IndiviDúo
A husband and wife singer/songwriting pair, IndiviDúo artfully translates their talent into songs that take the listener on a journey that is special, cosmopolitan, and as eclectic and joyful as the two themselves. They will be performing with their full band for this show.
Razteria
Razteria creates alternative Latin pop music with vocals reminiscent of HER and Sade, grooves of Steel Pulse, and the Latin vibe of Natty Peluso. The evening will celebrate the SF release of Razteria’s brand new alt-Latin album, Tocar las Estrellas (Touch the Stars), which dips into multiple genres offering acid rock, alternative R&B, 90’s Ska, and reggaeton.
DJ Zego
Bay Area nightlife DJ Zego hails from Kenya and prides himself on bringing joy through art and music, bringing people together to dance and enjoy life.
Amor do Samba & Cambamberas
Don’t miss the beautiful dancers repping Brazilian samba and Colombian folklore, as this event also features beautiful, high-energy, classically trained sambistas from Amor do Samba and Cambamberas.
Celebrate the release of my new album, Tocar las Estrellas, with us on Friday, May 19th at Tabard Theatre in San Jose! I will be performing with my full band + Amor do Samba and I’m sharing the show with IndiviDúo! You can attend in-person or via livestream. We hope to sell out the show and it would be awesome if you could pre-buy your tickets for the album release! Get your tickets: https://tabard.vbotickets.com/event/IndiviDo_Razteria_Album_Release/93637
On Friday, May 5th I will be performing solo at The Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco as a feature in a 3 act Cinco de Mayo Latin Night show with Capitan Walas and David El 3-oh! My set is a preview of the album release show in a stripped down version. Tickets: htthttps://wl.seetickets.us/event/Capitan-Walas-RAZTERIA-David-El-3-oh/546050?afflky=HotelUtahSaloon
On Friday, July 14th at Brick & Mortar in San Francisco we have a great show with DJ Vinn Zego, IndiviDúo and Amor do Samba! Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/amor-do-samba-razteria-dj-brick-and-mortar-music-hall-tickets/13120755
Razteria’s new album Tocar las Estrellas (Touch the Stars) to be released March 20, 2023
Album is no. 9 for SF Bay Area artist
San Francisco Bay Area artist Razteria’s new alt-Latin album, Tocar las Estrellas (Touch the Stars), debuts on March 20th, 2023 and will be available on all streaming platforms. Razteria dips into multiple genres offering a complex look at world music across the decades. Resonating sounds of acid rock, alternative R&B, 90’s Ska, and reggaeton showers listeners with spectrums of emotion. Tocar las Estrellas explores life challenges, living in the present, and love. The intention is to bring modern production to old skool style. Razteria’s unique voice combines the smooth vocals of Sade with those of H.E.R., Nathy Peluso and Kali Uchis over beds of guitar driven music stylistically bringing a modern twist to throwbacks from the 1980s through 2000s.
“Tocar las Estrellas, my first full length album in Spanish, was co-written and produced with veteran musician/producer Dave Shul. He challenged every idea, pushing me to explore new styles and to make the songs the best that they could possibly be. It was a challenging and humbling experience,” she states. “The title track represents my life as a hopeful romantic, how the muses in life and love, like the Stars, are always out of reach, but yet always there for us to revel in their beauty and to inspire us to grow and create.”
Distrokid link – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/tocar-las-estrellas
Bandcamp link – https://asteriarecords.bandcamp.com/album/tocar-las-estrellas
Tocar las Estrellas was produced over the span of 2022 at Dave Shul’s studio in San Francisco and Razteria’s home studio in El Sobrante. Razteria started working with Dave in 2021 and he encouraged her to focus on writing music in Spanish. Dave has been producing music in the SF Bay Area for over 35 years including with Cornell CC Carter, Luis Enrique, Jason Becker amongst others and most recently recorded with Jim Keltner, Steve Paccaro, Jason Wall, Lawrence Juber, Eva Gardner (bass, Pink) and Julian Lennon. The album includes drum performances from veteran drummers Ronnie Smith (Maria Muldar, The Sons of the Soul Revivers, Alabama Mike), Jay Lane (Bob Weir, RatDog, Primus, The Uptones and more), Alcide Marshall (son of Eddie Marshall) and Roberto Quintana (percussion). Tracks “Ambicioso”, “Aprovecha” and “Mientras” were co-written by Venezuelan-Colombian poet Orlando Muñoz Garcia.
Already-released tracks on Tocar las Estrellas include:
Ser feliz – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/ser-feliz
Me gusta estar sola – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/me-gusta-estar-sola
Respira – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/respira
Ambicioso – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/ambicioso
Crash – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/crash-2
Madre Tierra – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/madre-tierra
Instagram / Facebook / Spotify / Website
YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/RenayMusic
Apple Music (iTunes) – https://music.apple.com/us/artist/razteria/497520675
RAZTERIA
Razteria (Renee) means to be reborn in French. A name that accurately describes an artist in perpetual renaissance of sound. Razteria is a producer-engineer that collaborates with artists from the SF Bay Area and around the world notably in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Philippines, Tanzania, Germany and Switzerland. Razteria’s musical evolution can be appreciated through her catalog of independent music dating back to 2005. Razteria has released 8 albums from 2005 through 2021. Space to play, Razteria’s most recent full length album released in October 2021. Notable songwriting awards include “Once Again” (Grand Prize, John Lennon Songwriting Contest 2016), “Baila” (International SC semi-finalist 2019) and “Inspire me” (ISC finalist 2020).
Tocar las Estrellas tracks and credits:
All songs co-produced and co-written by Renée Asteria Peñaloza & Dave Shul unless otherwise noted. All tracks mixed by Razteria. Mastered by Justin Weiss, trakworx.com.
Track listing
Credits:
Renée Asteria Peñaloza: vocals, keys, production, mix
Dave Shul: production, guitar, bass, keys, tambourine, recording @Dave_shul_guitar (IG)
Orlando Muñoz Garcia: co-writer on 5,7,9
Roberto Quintana: percussion 1,5,6
Alcide Marshall: drums on 1, snare on 2. @alcidemarshall (IG)
Ronnie Smith: drums on 3,8
Jay Lane: drums on 2,4,6 @luvrzlane (IG)
My new latin alternative album, Tocar las Estrellas, will be releasing on March 20th! This is my first full length album in Spanish, and I can’t wait to share it with you. Pre-save: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/tocar-las-estrellas
Photo: Alex Zajicek
Album credits:
Renée Asteria Peñaloza – vocals, production, keys, recording & mix
Dave Shul @dave_shul_guitar – production, guitar, bass, keys, tamborine, & recording
Orlando Muñoz Garcia @mgarciaorlando – co-writer (lyrics on Ambicioso, Aprovecha, Mientras)
Roberto Quintana – percussion (on Ser Feliz, Ambicioso, Madre Tierra)
Alcide Marshall @alcidemarshall – drums (on Ser Feliz) and snare (on Me gusta estar sola)
Ronnie Smith – drums (on Tocar las Estrellas, 100%)
Jay Lane @luvrzlane – drums (on Me gusta estar sola, Respira, Madre Tierra)
Mastered by Trakworx @trakworxmastering
Mas
Razteria’s single “Por un solo hombre” (“For one man”) describes her first reflection stamped in her mind when Ukraine was first invaded in February 2022, her gratitude for her life and her empathy for the Ukrainian people who suffer because of the madness of just one man. “Que afortunada soy, queda impresa en mi mente…” – “How fortunate I am, it stays imprinted into my mind…” the reflection of the millions of children who can’t go to school… and all the people who cannot return home.
For Razteria, the song describes how the concentration power in the hands of only one man, results in suffering. She states that she believes that there is a common desire to live simple, happy lives and hopes that the conflict can be quickly resolved to minimize all suffering on all sides. “Por un solo hombre” was co written and produced by Dave Shul and features Alcide Marshall on Drums. It was mixed by Razteria and mastered by Trakworx. The music video was shot and edited by Alex Zajicek.
Razteria’s single “Por un solo hombre” (“For one man”) releases on October 20, 2022. It describes her first reflection stamped in her mind when Ukraine was first invaded in February 2022, her gratitude for her life and her empathy for the Ukrainian people who suffer because of the madness of just one man. “Que afortunada soy, queda impresa en mi mente…” – “How fortunate I am, it stays imprinted into my mind…” the reflection of the millions of children who can’t go to school… and all the people who cannot return home. For Razteria, the song describes how the concentration power in the hands of only one man, results in suffering. She states that she believes that there is a common desire to live simple, happy lives and hopes that the conflict can be quickly resolved to minimize all suffering on all sides. “Por un solo hombre” was co written and produced by Dave Shul and features Alcide Marshall on Drums. It was mixed by Razteria and mastered by Trakworx. The music video was shot and edited by Alex Zajicek.
Pre save link https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/por-un-solo-hombre
Video link https://youtu.be/-6KOWH152s8
Razteria’s reggae cover of “Historia de un Amor” (Spanish for “the story of a love”) was produced in collaboration with NJ-based UK-Jamaican musician Derek Brown and features Waddell Bell on bass, Dave Shul on guitar, Glenn Holdaway on trumpet, Liam Robertson on saxophone, and Joan Reggae Drummer. This classic love song, originally written by Panamanian songwriter Carlos Eleta Almarán in 1955, has been covered by hundreds of artists worldwide in various languages. Razteria’s rendition is accompanied by a music video at the historic Hotel Mac in Point Richmond, featuring a performance by the innkeeper Desiree Heveroh, shot by Alex Zajicek and was edited and directed by Jeremy Snowden.
Lyrics:
Ya no estás más a mi lado, corazón (You are no longer by my side, my dear)
En el alma solo tengo soledad (In my soul I only have loneliness)
Y si ya no puedo verte (And if I can no longer see you)
¿Por qué Dios me hizo quererte (Why did God make me love you?)
Para hacerme sufrir más? (To just make me suffer?)
Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir (You were always the reason for my existence)
Adorarte para mí fue religión (To adore you was my religion)
Y en tus besos yo encontraba (and in your kisses I found)
El calor que me brindaba (The heat that gave me)
El amor y la pasión (Love and passion)
Es la historia de un amor (This is a love story)
Como no hay otro igual (That has no comparison)
Que me hizo comprender (That made me understand)
Todo el bien, todo el mal (All that is good, and all that is bad)
Que le dio luz a mi vida (That gave light to my life)
Apagándola después (And then took that light away)
Ay, qué vida tan oscura (What a dark life)
Sin tu amor no viviré (Without your love, I cannot live)
