armando & marcos garibay: producers, song writers, artists. the blackout beat: recording studio, beats, your next hit.
who are we and what do we do?
The Blackout Beat is a full service music production company that provides multimedia entertainment for the Twitter generation. Although The Blackout Beat provides entertainment in many formats, music is at the heart of the company. Founders, Marcos and Armando Garibay have spent years creating a sound that they hope will one day redefine what is considered mainstream!
The Blackout Beat was started in 2002 by Marcos & Armando Garibay immediately after Marcos' high school graduation. Marcos also started a lawn service to fund the young production company. Eventually, lawn mowing and many fundraisers led to a professional studio. However, it took a few more years before Marcos and his brother Armando developed their signature sound that attracted recording artists from all over the country. In the last 9 years Marcos and Armando have produced several songs for many artists from cities that include San Jose, Boston, San Fransico, and New York City. During this time Marcos and Armando also released several successful mixtapes, including the globally exposed This is NOT The Revolution Mixtape, which was downloaded in over 16 countries, including the US, The UK, Costa Rica, Japan, and Russia!
By looking further back it would seem that music and entertainment has been in the Garibay brothers’ blood way before The Blackout Beat existed...
Marcos and Armando grew up as star dancers in their mother’s (Ramona Garibay) dance company, Ballet Colores Latinos. The group performed regional Mexican Folklorico, Aztec, Salsa, Merengue, Zoot Suit, Tango, Hip Hop, and Flamenco. Unfortunately, the dance company came to a tragic end in 1998 when three group members died (Ramona Garibay, Mallory Gonzales, and Virgina Chavez) in an one car accident on the way home from an out of state performance in Kansas.
Years later during high school, Marcos began to DJ and Armando continued to dance folkloric. It was during this time that the brothers began to fall in love with Hip Hop music and became fascinated with the production aspect of the industry. Timbaland, Diddy and The Neptunes were just a few of the producers who began to inspire and influence the brothers. Before the end of Marcoss’ senior year the brothers decided that they would become producers and not stop until they had accomplished all their goals. Their music education soon began, working with other aspiring artists and setting up their first studio located in the basement of their family home.
Marcos and Armando have also made a name for themselves over the years by the events that they have organized. Salsa Night, Havana Night, The White Party, The Lights Out Concert, and Dancing With The Coyotes were all very successful in 2007. These events have enriched the cultural diversity of Southeastern Colorado while spreading and exposing people to The Blackout Beat sound that Marcos and Armando created.
One event that occurred more frequently was Salsa Night. For the last 8 years Marcos Garibay has DJ'd, promoted, and organized Pueblo, Colorado's only Salsa Night, playing the hottest Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Reggaeton while promoting Blackout artists and releases.
Over the next 2 years, The Blackout Beat would evolve from an up and coming production company into a multimedia, technically savvy, entertainment source. Aside from producing music, The Blackout Beat began making a name for itself with music videos, special concerts, a unique online presence, and other creative promotions. Not only did the business structure of The Blackout Beat evolve, but so did the sound.
In the Winter of 2007 Marcos and Armando released their highly anticipated first release: The Blackout Revolution album. The Blackout Revolution was a mainstream fusion of Hip Hop, R&B, Reggaeton, New Wave, Flamenco, Salsa, and other world sounds. Not only did The Revolution introduce Marcos & Armando's sound, it also debuted The Blackout Beat recording artists: Reflecshaun, Juan Alvarez, Lexie, and Marcos Garibay. One of the album's stand out tracks was most arguably After U Left. The Flamenco guitar driven Hip Hop track featured Marcos Garibay, Reflecshaun, Juan Alvarez, and Lexie. The track was made into a music video and soon after it was announced that it would be the album’s last single. After U Left was chosen to be The Revolution's last single by an online vote where fans picked between two possible singles.
Aside from the projects listed above, Marcos and Armando Garibay gained notoriety in 2008 through numerous newspaper and magazine features that included Hispanic Living and The Pueblo Chieftain. The cable network Si TV also featured Marcos Garibay as their Spotlight Personality during the month of January!
In July of 2008, The Blackout Beat released the debut solo LP from Juan Alvarez, Live @ Rojas. The album was recorded live during Juan's live Friday night shows at Rojas Restaurant. The album was composed of almost all acoustic performances that included many popular covers like My Way and El Cantante. Listeners were also treated to a surprise bonus at the end of Live @ Rojas. The album contained 4 bonus tracks with full instrumentals and the popular Sangre Canela remix that featured Marcos Garibay and Reflecshaun. The Sangre Canela remix was the album’s first single.
After appearing on The Revolution, Blackout rapper Reflecshaun released The Warning as a digital mixtape that was available as a free download from The Blackout Beat website. The Warning allowed Reflechaun to display his diversity as a artist and allowed Marcos and Armando to try some new things as producers.
After The Warning, Marcos and Armando began partnering with outside business' in cross marketing promotions, the first of which generated a lot of local attention. A deal was made Headlines, a popular Southern Colorado styling salon. The salon became the exclusive distributer of The Blackout Revolution. The Revolution was given for free to each paying customer. The co-op deal's marketing campaign brought new business to the salon and new fans to The Blackout Beat.
In 2009 The Garibay brothers finally decided that it was time to leave Pueblo and set up shop in a
bigger city to pursue new opportunities. Marcos moved in the winter and Armando followed that summer.
During this time the brothers continued to work on TBA, which was the follow up to The Blackout Revolution that featured production entirely from Armando. Adjusting and surviving in a new city consumed much of the year and things for Blackout seemed to be at a stand still. But like any good story things started to turn around at the darkest moment
In the last part of the year, The Blackout Beat released Room 86, an EP that featured tracks that were originally recorded for TBA but never made the cut. The purpose of Room 86 was to create a buzz for the upcoming TBA album. Shortly after the successful release of Room 86, Marcos & Armando found a building to open their first Denver recording studio, located in the RiNo Arts District. After months of construction and promotion, the Garibay family opened the doors to their new recording studio and soon after clients started scheduling sessions one by one.
Currently, The Blackout Beat is preparing to release their 2nd full length album titled To Be Announced or TBA. TBA is entirely produced by Armando Garibay and goes in a very different direction from 2007's Blackout Revolution. The sound of TBA is Electro, 80's, Pop, Hip Hop, & R&B. As TBA is released a massive marketing and media campaign will begin. This blitz includes many big city shows, state and regional tours, in store events, cross promotions, music videos, documentaries, and a massive internet and mobile device campaign. The album’s first single, "About U" features Marcos Garibay in a sexy, mid-tempo song meant for the dance floor. A video was shot and premiered in the summer of 2008. Music videos for future singles are currently being shot and one song titled "Why Should I Care" featuring Reflecshaun, has already hit the Colorado radio scene.
In addition to TBA, The Blackout Beat is focusing heavily on marketing and networking to grow their
Denver based recording studio. This is a stepping stone in the Garibay brothers ultimate quest to
establish themselves in the industry next to the names of Timbaland, The Neptunes and Prince, the
producers who the brothers idolize the most.
Events, music production, short films, and more live performances are in the near future for The Blackout Beat. Marcos and Armando have also began reaching out to other artists and industry players in efforts to secure new production jobs and deals.
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