Peligrosa Gives Back by Bringing the Beats

Latinitas
2 min readJun 8, 2017

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Latinitas’ 15th-year anniversary gala is going to be one memorable Quinceañera, and the music will shake you right onto the dance floor since DJ Orión García and his Peligrosa crew will bring their infectious blend of sounds to the party.

Photo courtesy of Peligrosa

Latinitas has been empowering the lives of girls since 2002 and will celebrate with a Quinceañera fundraising gala on Saturday, June 10th, where they will recognize some of the girls whose lives have been changed by their education and empowerment programs and the supporters who have helped this organization thrive.

“I think the Latinitas mission is important,” said DJ Orión, who started the independent collective of artists and entrepreneurs better known as Peligrosa, in 2007. Since then, the 11 members of the collective have learned a lot of artistic and entrepreneurial skills and “we want help make that education easier for young people,” he said.

DJ Orión García at Empire Control Room

Peligrosa is doing more to give back to the community, and on Saturday they are donating their time and talent to set the dance floor on fire with music that includes sounds “from different diasporas, with cumbia, salsa, merengue and we’ll throw in some pop, hip hop, reggaeton and modern,” said DJ Orión. You’ll likely also hear gaitas, son, bachata, tropical bass, kuduro, electro and funk since those are some of their other influences, according to their Facebook page.

If supporting how Latinitas is empowering young Latinas and the lineup of fun hasn’t convinced you to buy your tickets, check out some of Peligrosa’s music on Soundcloud to get you in the mood. If you are going to be out of town, you can opt to donate so someone else can enjoy the fiesta.

If you haven’t experienced Peligrosa, don’t miss this chance with Latinitas. You can also catch one of their shows the third Friday of each month at the Empire Control Room & Garage on East Seventh Street, or check out Discos Peligrosa, the record label they started almost two years ago, and their 11 releases.

Members of Peligrosa (from Facebook):

  • Orión (Orión García)
  • Manolo Black (Trey López)
  • DUS (Dusty Oliveira)
  • Pagame (Jaime Mayo)
  • Sonora (Joseph Albert)
  • King Louie (Luis Espada)
  • VJ 4th Wall (Chris Jackson)
  • Chorizo Funk (Eddie Campos)
  • Quito (marQuito Molina)
  • DJ Manny (Manuel Muñiz)

Written by Josefina Casati

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