Julian Torres is generating historical past, getting the to start with singer of the mariachi genre to be signed under Snoop Dogg’s Demise Row Records.
Torres, who was born and elevated in Hawthorne, said he grew up listening to mariachi simply because his father beloved it.
“In my home, almost everything was mariachi audio: Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Javier Solis, Antonio Aguilar, and Vicente Fernandez. I would listen to my father sing, and he would sing fantastic,” Torres recalled.
Torres mentioned he has been singing due to the fact he was 4 decades outdated, carrying out at church carnivals and group situations, but it was the mariachi group produced up of youthful grownups that accompanied him all through church performances that produced him tumble in enjoy with this songs and want to grow to be a mariachi singer.
“Those kids were like me. They are taking part in audio I appreciate, and which is when I informed my dad I wanted to be a mariachi singer,” Torres stated.
Torres has considering that done at venues all over the planet, from Disneyland, the Hollywood Bowl to Carnegie Corridor. He also sang the Mexico and United States countrywide anthems at Dodger Stadium.
But it was in January 2020 that the singer’s expertise and voice would be uncovered as he sang with about 40 to 50 mariachi users to pay back tribute to the late Lakers’ basketball star Kobe Bryant, who died along with 8 some others in a helicopter crash.
Torres claimed all the singers showed up in entrance of the previous Staples Centre to honor Bryant, but minimal did he know that Fredwreck, the earth-famous Demise Row Documents producer of artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Britney Spears and Paul McCartney between others, would observe him. Even so, the connection wasn’t created right until a few decades later.
“I saw the video clip of me singing at the tribute, and it experienced absent viral. Which is when I reposted it and for some rationale, it went on [Fredwreck’s] feed, and he sent me a information proper away on Instagram,” explained Torres, who is also a teacher’s aide for youngsters with disabilities at an LAUSD university.
The Demise Row Information producer instructed Torres he loved his rendition of the music “Amor Eterno,” and he desired to file with him.
“Julian has one particular of the most beautiful, strong voices I have ever read. I knew I experienced to function with him when I read him sing, and Snoop built it all take place,” claimed Fredwreck.
Death Row Information signed Julian in March 2023.
Snoop Dogg, a longtime enthusiast of Mexican music, is the executive producer of the album “Julian Torres and Mariachi Cenzontle,” which marks Dying Row Records’ 1st foray into the Latin music scene. The most recent production is “La Fiesta de Mi Pueblo,” which “promises to shock and delight all lovers of classic Mexican music,” explained a launch by Death Row Records.
“I’ve usually beloved mariachi. When I am driving or cleaning my dwelling, you can uncover me listening to Vicente! I basically like many genres of Spanish music, but mariachi has a typical seem. And you know, I love traditional,” reported Snoop in a press launch to announce the album’s release.
“This launch is genuinely distinctive for Demise Row. It connects unique worlds, diverse appears, but shares the same spirit. I appreciate what Fred, Julián and their mariachi realized in this manufacturing, and I am proud to launch it with Demise Row,” claimed Snoop Dogg.
Torres, whose mom and dad are from Zacatecas and Jalisco, Mexico, stated he is specially very pleased that his new music, tradition, and era are now aspect of a label that is identified for hip-hop.
“I always say, ‘Do all the things with adore, retain a positive energy and don’t at any time give up’ mainly because anything is doable,” reported Torres.
