His parents were immigrants from Ecuador, but Roberto grew up in the materialistic lifestyle of southern Florida, U.S.A. Pounding bass beats from passing cars, boom boxes bouncing down the block, and late-night parties provided a foundation for Lange’s interest in sound.
Lange has collaborated with visual and sound artist David Ellis to compose a new series of kinetic sound sculptures. These include typewriters that self-type the lyrics to Grand Master Flash's "The Message" (in rhythm to the song, none-the-less), musical owls drawn out of liquor bottles, owl costumes made out of straws, flying musical birds, motion paintings, and trashcans (full of trash) that are actually living drum machines. Lange has also worked with Paul Duncan and Bear in Heaven as well as famed music producer Guillermo Scott Herren to produce Prefuse 73 and Savath and Savalas as an active member and contributor.
Lange's other projects include ROM, Epstein, as well as Helado Negro. Epstein is Lange's “beats and loops” project, a friendly beast born of the MPC sampler. Epstein's wildly prolific output, including a series of digital releases, full-lengths, and a remix album, is a gauzy, sunny kind of dance music that references DJ mixing, summertime block parties, and mellow compositional noise.
Helado Negro began when Lange moved to New York in 2006. The early group concept grew through projects and experiments Roberto would conduct while recording himself and others in his home studio. Loops, computer synthesis, record samples, and live instruments provided the foundation for the first full-length, Awe Owe, a vibrant, shimmering, full-band Latin psyche-funk-folk epic.
After taking time to create a new series of sound sculptures, release a Helado Negro EP, score one film and begin work on another (based around his animation), Lange recently holed up in a cabin in the Connecticut woods to record the follow-up to Awe Owe. Canta Lechuza is the latest incarnation of Helado Negro and its sound may come as a surprise. Gone is the big collaborative group jam of previous work and in its place is Helado-Negro-as-intimate-solo-project. Canta Lechuza feels like the place it was recorded—its vocals and beats and synth lines coming together to craft a warm, buoyant, comforting electronic dance sound, an effortless, personal thing anchored by Lange's warm, earthy, conversational voice. Based around field recordings and live instrumentation fed through computer processing, Canta Lechuza is a thoroughly modern affair.
Ojos Que No Ven
Helado Negro Lyrics
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Ojos que no dan no dan un espejo
Abrete
Y amamame y amame y amame algo asi
Y llevate y llevate y llevate
Todo de aqui
Y ya no ves y ya no ves y ya no ves pienso en ti
Estan y sigo
Ojos que no ven no dan un reflejo
Ojos que no dan un espejo
Abrete
Y amame y amame y amame solo a mi y llevate y llevate todo de aqui
Y ya no ves pienso en ti
The lyrics in Helado Negro's "Ojos Que No Ven" (Eyes That Don't See) are sung in Spanish, which adds an extra layer of depth and emotion to the meaning behind them. The opening lines set the tone for the rest of the song, stating that "eyes that don't see don't give a reflection" and "eyes that don't give don't give a mirror." It's as if the singer is saying that sometimes it's better to not have a clear reflection or mirror image, because it's easier to hide behind or not face the truth.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "open up, love me and take everything from here," which can be interpreted as a plea for someone to open up emotionally and let themselves love fully, while also asking them to take everything away from the singer's current situation. The second verse mentions "trying kisses on one side, oh I forget what this was so much" which hints at a situation where the singer is trying to move on and forget someone, but is struggling to do so.
Overall, the lyrics in "Ojos Que No Ven" convey a sense of longing and yearning for something deeper, whether it be love or closure. The use of language and repetition throughout the song only adds to the emotional weight of the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
Ojos que no ven no dan un reflejo
Things that are unseen don't reflect back.
Ojos que no dan no dan un espejo
Things that don't give, don't reflect back.
Abrete
Open up.
Y amamame y amame y amame algo asi
Love me and love me and love me like this.
Y llevate y llevate y llevate
Take and take and take.
Todo de aqui
Everything from here.
Y ya no ves y ya no ves y ya no ves pienso en ti
And now that you're gone, I still think of you.
Probando besos de un lado hay hay olvido lo que esto tanto
Trying kisses from one side, there is forgetting of what was so much.
Estan y sigo
They are and I continue.
Abrete
Open up.
Y amame y amame y amame solo a mi y llevate y llevate todo de aqui
Love me and love me and love me only, and take and take everything from here.
Y ya no ves pienso en ti
And now that you're gone, I still think of you.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Roberto Lange
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Estero Calandria
Un sello gringo de renombre que también produce música en español. No sé si los de Helado Negro son hispanos o no, pero no importa: ¡me encanta!
El Moro Marley
Si investigaras antes de hablar, te darías cuenta de muchas cosas. Caray ya ni has de tener esta cuenta jajaja
Érika Zúñiga
Qué chingón! <3
Diskettzon STHLM
The children whom have made this - gaah! O_O
This is sooo GOOD
Dana Felice
Oh Wow Oh Wow oh Wow!!! I love it so so so so so much!!!!!
Alias Here
I heard this on KDVS Davis, CA. Well, I actually requested it. Support your local college radio station. Yee.
Duvine
Corazón que no siente.
Yuval Galai
I helped make it
Looks sick
Billy Mateo
No entiendo sus videos, no se que quiera decir, oh la persona que los hace no tiene idea de lo que el está diciendo en la canción, oh qué pasa, ningún video lo entiendo.
Devon
Yo no entiendo la mitad de lo que dice Helado Negro en sus canciones jaja