The sunrise brings color to Iife, the cool breeze blows trough a mans long hair, thought emerges; Paco, at the favor of the winds, dreams, immersed in the horizon of the Valleys, mountains, volcanoes, towns, cities. Above, in the infinite blue of the sky! and in his dream, Grupo SOL LATINO is born.... and in it's light the music would come in time.
Color, tropical heat combined with South American folklore music, so began the journey through Guatemala, and later through South America, Canada and Europe. From the musical staff emerged this progressive music, thus creating their Etnofusion. It's calming flame energized the members and their cooperative labor formed the group and it grew. Some opened their wings,moved on and formed other groups. SOL LATINO sang, poeticized, and continued.
On cool nights their notes were molded, combining instruments, rhythms, traditions and modernisms into their unique style of ethnic progressive musical fusion. Today, their sounds come directly from the hearts of the people who play, dance, dream, and live by the notes of these musicians that over three decades has left eight round and compact disc footprints, eight discographical productions.
SOL LATINO 2012; Francisco Mendoza (Paco), Hector G6mez (Tetó), Isidro Perez (Chilo), Nery Priego; artists, dreamers, freemen, foreigners for whom the morning or evening mist sometimes causes the desire to clear the sky of clouds so as to see the moon, so to speak. They take the flavor of life and transform it into songs and melodies of great quality in their performance.
In the long and difficult struggle that is life and with our form of music, Grupo SOL LATINO gives no ground, and charged with harmony, the feelings continue, advancing, producing, creating new alternatives. So, created by their own fountain of energy, In AUGUST 2006 Restaurante LA PEÑA de SOL LATINO was born.
However, it was back in 1985, the band SOL LATINO (Latin Sun) was formed and began interpreting Andean Folkloric South American music. One year later they produced their first and second cassette recordings which were later compiled into one compact disc titled "Ruminzunco" a Quechua word meaning "open heart". In these original recordings, SOL LATINO invents a type of progressive Andean music, interpreted with traditional and electronic instruments.
In 1990 they produced their third album called "Encuentros" which features Andean and Guatemalan songs.
Creativity did not stop there. SOL LATINO, by 1992, had produced their fourth album titled "Naturaleza". This disc features their first original songs.
Album five, "Quinto Sol " was produced in l998. The central theme, inspired by a legend told by many native Americans, was called "Quinto Sol". This disc also features original tunes by SOL LATINO.
As SOL LATINO evolved, a new style was generated "ethnic progressive fusion " This style is characterized by traditional instruments and rhythms but they are now mixed with contemporary instruments and rhythms.
The sixth album, "Templo Cuatro ", was recorded using "Ethnic Progressive Fusion". This disk has a great original sound and quality. In 2000 this disc was included in many radio play lists and TV shows.
SOL LATINO'S accomplishments encouraged them to create their seventh album titled "Etnofusion ".Produced in 2003, this disc features only original material. After this disc was released, a free concert was performed for the many SOL LATINO fans in Antigua. An introduction of their new video clip "El Negrito y Las Ovejas" was presented as well. SOL LATINO has now produced their eighth disc "Homenaje Al Sur ".