Members:
Richard Alexander Caraballo
Genre:
Electronic, Chipmusic
Hometown:
Lower East Side, NYC
Record Label:
8bitpeoples

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Website:
Current Location:
East Harlem, New York, NY
General Manager:
Richard Alexander Caraballo
Booking Agent:
Richard Alexander Caraballo
Press Contact:
hello@minusbaby.com
Influences:
8bitpeoples, Lô Borges, De La Soul, Milton Nascimento, Márcio Faraco, Jorge Ben, Caetano Veloso, The Smiths, Ed Motta, Som Imaginário, A Tribe Called Quest, Marcos Valle, Stevie Wonder, João Donato, Moacir Santos, Ween, Dr. Alimantado, Tom Zé, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Nara Leão, Joyce, Vinicius Cantuária, Digable Planets, Dom Salvador e Abolição, Carlos Lyra, Tim Maia, Cartola, Quarteto em Cy, Roy Ayers, Bossa Três, The ARE, John Coltrane, Willie Colón, Gilberto Gil, Nina Simone, Trans Am, Som Nosso de Cada Dia, Cal Tjader, Azimuth, Nicolay, Beto Guedes, Elis Regina, Al Green, Beastie Boys, Amon Tobin, Miles Davis, Gal Costa, Mix Master Mike, Baden Powell, Steely Dan, Eric B. & Rakim, César Camargo Mariano, Héctor Lavoe, Vinícius de Moraes, Brand Nubian, Henry Mancini, Public Enemy, Gang Starr, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Group Home, Joy Divison, Ray Barretto, Joe Cuba, Joe Bataan, Ray Charles, Cold Crush Brothers, The RAMM:ELL:ZEE, Fantastic Freaks, Doug E. Fresh, Jonzun Crew, Busy Bee, Grandmixer DXT, Bill Laswell, Liquid Liquid, Sly & The Family Stone, The Alegre All-Stars, Ramito, Grand Wizard Theodore, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force, Papete, Luciano Perrone, Sarah Vaughn, Baaba Maal, Cyro Baptista, Bill Withers, Public Enemy, Black Sheep, Organized Konfusion, Main Source, Henry Threadgill, Neotropic, Kay, Fu-Schnickens, The UMC's, DJ Big Wiz, Pigeon John, Joe Raposo, Flying Lotus, Req, Peter Gabriel, Moto Perpétuo, Johnny Hartman, Kraftwerk
Band Interests:
Making it nice.
Biography:
minusbaby, born Richard Alexander Caraballo in New York City, is a musician, designer, photographer, and wandering, beat-collecting international vagabond, whose finely-crafted blips and bleeps are as eclectic as the broad range of music and culture he draws inspiration from. Focusing primarily on software-based composition, minusbaby uses lo-fi electronic synthesis to create chip music that defies genre classification. One song could be a micromusic lullaby inspired by 17th Century Spanish arch... (read more)
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minusbaby wrote at 1:35am on May 9th, 2008
Me, too! Hey, Don! Hi, everyone! Sorry I've been so quiet. I've been on "on" for five months. I'll post an update soon. <):')

Bloink!
Don wrote at 7:10am on May 4th, 2008
Looking forward to your June show!
Peter wrote at 5:06am on April 8th, 2008
Melissa wrote at 8:08pm on April 2nd, 2008
Beep?
Alex wrote at 7:03pm on April 2nd, 2008
Blip!

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