Borderland Sonic Theorist
Joined December 2020
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14 Nov 2024
Thank you @julyssa_raquel for this thoughtful feature & conversation @RollingStone. rollingstone.com/music/music…
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28 Jul 2025
For your Latin Grammy® Consideration.
In these perilous times, my debut album—Sonorous Present—strikes a chord of urgency concerning borders, immigration, & the erosion of fundamental rights in the U.S. Thank you for listening. Un abrazo.
aechavez.com/#sonorouspresen…
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2 Jun 2025
Humbled & honored to have been elected once again to serve as a National Trustee of the @RecordingAcad & advocate for, support, & celebrate the many voices that makeup our diverse creative community. In these times, our voices are especially vital.
#RepresentingTheAcademy
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Alex E. Chávez retweeted
21 Nov 2024
Due to the unique mix and execution of all the elements present, Alex E. Chávez's 'Sonorous Present' is richly rewarding and an astonishing sonic experience.
➡️ tinyurl.com/AlexEChavez
@_AEChavez_'s 'Sonorous Present' is a #PMPick out now. - @Ingalls1969
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Alex E. Chávez retweeted
14 Nov 2024
How @_AEChavez_ Found Healing Through Sounds of the Border
The musician and scholar's solo album, Sonorous Present, explores personal loss and mourning by reimagining folk sounds and reflecting on migration.
Interview: rollingstone.com/music/music…
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31 Oct 2024
OUT TODAY. “The Shadow” — final video from Sonorous Present. Directed by @osvaldofcuevas it features the amazing family of musicians on the album @JAMDEK_STUDIO & #nestrecorders in L.A. Abrazos.
youtu.be/Xq5AjOqDFWI?si=ajzX…
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Alex E. Chávez retweeted
31 Oct 2024
The Dos Santos front man @_AEChavez_ reckons with political, personal, and musical border crossings on the kaleidoscopic Sonorous Present. | ✍️ Sandra Treviño chicagoreader.com/music/alex…
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30 Oct 2024
Great #interlocutor interview about Sonorous Present.
open.spotify.com/episode/5oE…
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18 Oct 2024
SONOROUS PRESENT is here! Four years in-the-making. It chronicles a universe of family stories, of borders, of trauma, of loss, of migration through sound, lyric, poetry, theory, verse, ethnography, & rhythm. Thank you for listening. LINKS IN BIO open.spotify.com/album/2yjE3…
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11 Oct 2024
ONE WEEK AWAY. It has been wonderful to unveil “Sonorous Present” over the past several weeks. I’ve felt such an amazing outpouring of support from everyone listening & sharing. There are 10 more songs to look forward to on the full Lp. More soon!
open.spotify.com/artist/2UW0…
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25 Sep 2024
“catalina” is dedicated to my late older sister. She was murdered at age 18—a victim of domestic violence. She was a light. And not a day passes without her on my mind, her laughter in my ear. May her memory be a blessing. open.spotify.com/album/22kVO…
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5 Sep 2024
“The Shadow” 2nd single from my debut LP SONOROUS PRESENT out now, featuring #GRAMMY winner Quetzal Flores & Roger Reeves (@Guggenheim @CGUTuftsAwards @griffinpoetry). I am also happy to share an intimate documentary portrait of the making-of the album: youtu.be/g4NRU3dtE7U?si=LivR…
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21 Aug 2024
The album also features luminaries from the worlds of traditional Mexican son, jazz, & R&B—including, @marthartivista (2022 @macfound) @aloeblacc (2015 #Grammy nominee), & Ramón Gutiérrez (of Son de Madera).
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21 Aug 2024
This artistic statement marks a crucial moment in my career, as I fully integrate my work, songcraft, & voice to reimagine the creative horizons of what a studio album can sound like & the multi-modal forms scholarship can take, while exploring the sonorous politics of borders.
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21 Aug 2024
VINYL PRE-ORDER LINK IN BIO.
SONOROUS PRESENT paints affecting scenes in homage to the lives & deaths of my older sister, mother, & father across the sunburst surreal of America’s borderlands, told thru personal stories of migrant crossings, grief, & the politics of our times.
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21 Aug 2024
This album was realized in collaboration with #Grammy Award-winning producer Quetzal Flores. Dynamic explorations of Mexican Regional & Latin American sounds & traditions are deepened by avant jazz arrangements & ethnographic field recordings, alongside the poetry of Roger Reeves
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21 Aug 2024
Today, I am proud to share “cómplices de luto” (accomplices in mourning)—the 1st single from SONOROUS PRESENT, my debut album OUT OCT 18. The single is NOW AVAILABLE on all digital music platforms & is accompanied by a beautiful, animated video, which premiered @floodmagazine
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Alex E. Chávez retweeted
21 Aug 2024
On the @DosSantosChi member’s new solo single, @_AEChavez_ is joined by Laura Cambrón, who offers a stunning counterpoint to the vocalist’s melodic runs
floodmagazine.com/170772/ale…
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