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Yaro Celis, known in the Music Industry and social media by yaro360, Promotes A Sound That Pays Homage To His Colombian Roots Los Angeles/New York City/December 15, 2009 – While Yaro’s production catalogue spans popular, urban, world and R&B music, his talent is infusing African drum and Afro Latin chants and giving modern music a worldly texture and depth beyond a single genre.

“I’ve worked with many different artists and love to find those excited about new and different sounds. We tend to feed off each other’s creative energy and something good always emerges, that’s the power of music. My goal is to work with M.I.A., Calle 13, Akon and of course El Gran Combo,” says Yaro.

Yaro has produced for artists such as Billboard Top Ten group T-Weaponz, DUB and Machete/Universal Music artist Ese Daz, La Bruja, Alvare, Tragedy Khadafy, Inti, YG, and Nardo Ranks.

The son of Nhorma Ortiz, a Musicologist and founder/producer of the Internationally renowned Festival del Tambor y Africania, Yaro’s colorful upbringing has always included music: his youth stretched from Bogotá, Colombia and Mexico, to his late adolescence in rural America and some time in Europe.

“I was raised in the Afro Colombian culture on the Pacific Coast of Colombia and I can remember as a kid being engulfed by drum sessions and live music. When we moved to Mexico, my mom enrolled me in music theory, Marimba, Conga, Flute and Guitar lessons. I remember being struck by how different the music was but comforted by the spirit it shared with my native music,” says Yaro.

By the time Yaro arrived in rural Iowa he was acutely aware of music’s power to affect culture and it’s ability to bridge gaps. “These guys worked in the corn fields all day listening to Tupac, Biggie, BonesThugs, Nas and Dr. Dre and knew the lyrics from front to back,” smiles Yaro. “It was a very profound time and I realized how culturally influential music really is.” Yaro enjoys a professional career that straddles New York City and Los Angeles.

Yaro Celis is also producing Music Radio shows for hundreds of Radio Stations in United States and Latin America.

Yaro is the second son of Carlos Celis & Nhorma Ortiz, an Ethnomusicologist, professional dancer, and re-known event and parade producer (http://www.festivalafricano.org).