Isleña Antumalen (born 1998) is a Chilean Huilliche singer, rapper, and activist.
Isleña Antumalen | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia |
| Born | 1998 Huapi Island, Chile |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Labels | Everlasting |
Biography
editIsleña Antumalen was born Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia on Huapi Island, Chile in 1998.[1][2] She is Huilliche,[3] a Mapuche ethnic group who are indigenous to southern South America. Isleña Antumalen explores themes of indigenous identity in her music.[4] In 2024 she attended COP29 in Baku and was photographed by the Associated Press in her capacity as an indigenous attendee.[5][6]
Music career
editIsleña Antumalen began making music under that name in 2020.[7] Her music has been described as having elements of many musical genres including rap,[8] reggaeton, dembow, dub, afrobeat, cumbia,[1] and perreo.[2] In an interview with the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Isleña Antumalen said that her music "tries to show a bit of how a Mapuche girl lives her daily life on an island."[9]: 4:15 She sings and raps in both Spanish and Mapudungun.[9]
Isleña Antumalen performed at the first International Indigenous Music Summit held in the summer of 2023 in Toronto.[3] Her debut album Ñaña was released in 2024 on Spanish record label Everlasting Records.[2] The release of the album was preceded by the singles "Maki", "Ko", "Sureña Desakatá", and "Ñaña Descoloniza Tu Belleza".[4] Mondo Sonoro rated the album 8/10.[1]
The FARO group of music magazines named Isleña Antumalen one of their "Artists to Watch in 2024".[7][a]
Discography
edit- Albums
- Ñaña (2024, Everlasting Records)
- Singles
- "Ko" (2023)
- "Maki" (2024)
- "Sureña Desakatá" (2024)
- "Ñaña Descoloniza Tu Belleza" (2024)
Notes
edit- ^ FARO is an alliance of eight Iberian and Latin American music magazines including Indie Hoy and Mondo Sonoro.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c Carlos Pérez de Ziriza (2024-10-23), "Ñaña (review)", Mondo Sonoro (in Spanish), retrieved 2024-11-21
- ^ a b c Javiera Tapia Flores (2024-11-04), "Isleña Antumalen: perreo con sabor a maqui", El País (in Spanish), retrieved 2024-11-30
- ^ a b Catalina Maria Johnson, "Dispatch From... Tkaronto, Canada", Songlines, no. 191 (October 2023), pp. 72–73, ISSN 1464-8113
- ^ a b "Antumalén lanza "Ñaña Descoloniza Tu Belleza", sencillo que busca romper con los cánones de belleza" [Antumalén launches "Ñaña Descoloniza Tu Belleza", a single that seeks to break with the canons of beauty], El Mostrador (in Spanish), 2024-06-16, retrieved 2024-11-30
- ^ Mauricio Maldonado (2024-10-23), "Isleña Antumalen llega a la capital regional para presentar su álbum debut "Ñaña"" [Isleña Antumalen arrives in the regional capital to present her debut album "Ñaña"], Diario Concepción (in Spanish), retrieved 2024-11-30
- ^ Rafiq Maqbool (2024-11-17), "Indigenous peoples, impacted by climate change, raise alarm about the planet at COP29", AP News, retrieved 2024-11-30
- ^ a b Editorial staff (2024-03-08), "24 Artistas para Seguir en 2024" [24 Artists to Watch in 2024], Mondo Sonoro (in Spanish), retrieved 2024-11-21
- ^ Ezio Mosciatti (2023-06-13), "Isleña Antumalen: "Soy de Isla Huapi y hago música urbana"", Radio Bío-Bío, retrieved 2024-12-01
- ^ a b Isleña Antumalen. Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage. 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-01 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Mondo Sonoro se suma a la alianza de medios iberoamericanos FARO" [Mondo Sonoro joins the FARO Ibero-American media alliance], Mondo Sonoro (in Spanish), 2021-06-22, retrieved 2024-11-30