Polen Records

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Polen Records is an independent music label based in Bogota, Colombia. Created in 2006 by the producer Felipe Alvarez. Polen Record's first release was Bajotierra's Los Días Adelante (2006), followed by Bomba Estéreo's debut EP, Vol.1, and Chocquibtown's debut LP, Somos Pacífico.

Since then, Polen Records has produced or released some of the most important acts of Colombia and South America. In 2013, Polen was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards with Bomba Estéreo's album Elegancia Tropical (2012) as Best Alternative Music Album.

Artists and releases (past and present)[]

• Bajotierra: Los Días Adelante, 2006
• Bomba Estéreo
• - Vol. 1, 2006
• - Estalla, 2008. Reissued the following year in the United States as Blow Up (Nacional Records, 2009)
• - Elegancia Tropical, 2012
• - Qué bonito (single), 2014
• Ella Fuksbrauner: Ink, 2010
• Sidestepper: 15:The Best of 1996-2011, 2011
• Mucho Indio: Mucho Indio, 2011
• Mitú
• - Potro, 2012
• - Balnear, 2014
• Crew Peligrosos: Medayork, 2012
• Cero39: Móntate en el viaje, 2012
• Bareto: album Cumbia (2008) released in Colombia in 2014
• Mónica Giraldo: Que Venga La Vida, 2014
• Nortec Collective: Bostich + Fussible: Motel Baja, 2015
• Systema Solar: Rumbo a Tierra, 2016
• Rionegro: Rionegro, 2016

See also[]

• Codiscos
• Discos Fuentes

References[]

• Article about Bomba Esteréo in Rock Paper Cissors
• Polen Records' page on Womex website
• Article in Spanish in Cartel Urbano
• Article in Spanish about Polen Records' 7th anniversary in Shock.co
• Article in Spanish about the most relevant independent labels from Colombia in Noisey

External links[]

• Polen Records' official website