Richie Londres, (born in London, England) is an English record producer, film composer and guitarist. Londres has worked with

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and

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on various projects. Londres is active in three groups, as the founding member & producer of Sol Invicto, Cultura Londres Proyecto and Okujira. He is Published by

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Sol Invicto

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guitarist

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& UK drum & bass producer Mark Caro aka Technical Itch and Dan Foord on drums.

Cultura Londres

Early Years 2004–2008

Founded by Londres in 2004 with MC Tiago and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill. The group toured extensively in the UK from 2006-2008 and released several music videos and released 2 EP's, supporting artists such as

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, La Mala Rodriguez and Joel Ortiz.

Hiatus 2008 - 2022

Cultura Londres has been through many musical and line up changes since its conception and enjoyed a great reception from fans around the world but with Tiago's family commitments Londres was forced to shift his focus and started working on his other project Sol Invicto. With Sol Invicto now officially his main project Londres has always hinted at returning to finish the work he started in Cultura Londres. In a recent interview Londres stated "I want to debut the true sound of Cultura, much more in tune with my roots as a musician and producer. I've always been into the heavier, darker side of music, its always been in my heart. I tried all kinds of sounds for Cultura Londres and I've ended up back where I started. It's a journey I think you have to make as an artist to truly know why you do what you do."

Cultura Londres Productions 2022

Cultura Londres returned in 2022 as Cultura Londres Productions, currently working on a number of scores for film and television for the Latin sector with Universal Latino.

Production

Londres is based in London/NYC & Los Angeles. He is known to use a combination of Logic, Ableton and live instrumentation for production. His influences are cited from Motown to Aphex Twin.

Discography

With Cultura Londres

* "Tiago" (4 track industry sampler) 2004 * "Todo" (Debut EP) 2007 * "Escape Inglaterra" (EP) 2009 * "Radio Bootlegs Volume 1" 2011

With Sol Invicto

*Private releases only

With Necro Deathmort

* ''Return To Planet Atlas (Vocals/FX)'' (2009, Distraction Records.)

With Eric Bobo

* ''Fiesta'' (Meeting of the Minds, 2008, Writer/Producer (Nacional Records) * ''Todo'' (Meeting of the Minds, 2008, Writer/Producer (Nacional Records) * ''Maestro'' (Ritmo Machine, 2011, Engineer (Nacional Records)

With Universal

*''Real Freestyle'' (La Pasion, 2009, Producer (Universal CHAP347A) *''Ignite The Night'' (La Pasion, 2009, Producer (Universal CHAP347A) *''Progressions'' (La Pasion, 2009, Producer (Universal CHAP347A)

With Okujira

*''Black Gold'' (Okujira Tapes, 2013) *''King Whale'' (Okujira Tapes, 2014) *''Sick Of Synchronicity'' (Okujira Tapes, 2014) *''Drop To The Floor'' (Okujira Tapes, 2015) *''Omni Ross'' (Okujira Tapes, 2015)

Remixes

* "Legal Drug Addict (Richie Londres Remix)"

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& thekeenone * "Diamond Eyes – Deftones" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2010 Warner * "You've Seen The Butcher – Deftones" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2010 Warner * "Morte Et Dabo – Asking Alexandria" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2011 Sumerian Records * "Lesson Never Learned – Asking Alexandria" (Sol Invicto Remix) 2011 Sumerian Records

References

*http://www.doseofmetal.com/2011/09/interview-richie-londres-sol-invicto/ *http://www.latinrapper.com/featurednews55.html *http://deftones.ru/pressa/sol-invicto-exclusive-interview-richie-londres-deftonesru.html *http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131972 *http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/06/18/sol-invicto-feature-members-of-deftones-cypress-hill-sikth/ *http://www.threedworld.com.au/?p=1029 *http://www.cargo-london.com/event/odb-sessions-2 *http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/article/019R8U6cmrcPL?q=Sol+Invictus *http://www.discogs.com/artist/Richie+Londres

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Londres, Richie Living people English multi-instrumentalists English rock guitarists English songwriters Musicians from London Sol Invicto members Year of birth missing (living people)