Boa Música

Boa Música is an independent Spanish music company founded in 1992 by Nando Luaces, with its headquarters in Madrid. It began as a distributor of imported catalogues and over the decades evolved into a record label, music publisher and creative hub. The company describes itself as an artistic and independent space — a boutique artisan workshop where passion for music, culture, art and design coexists with cutting-edge innovation and technology. It has specialised in Latin music in Spanish and Portuguese, working across a wide diversity of styles and genres, and has built a catalogue of great value both editorially and discographically, with a particularly notable presence in Spanish urban music. Boa Música operates as both a music publisher and a record label, with offices and local companies in four countries: Spain, Brazil, Mexico and the United States. Its music reaches audiences through a broad global network of partners, collaborators and clients who use it across multiple channels including television, series, radio, live concerts and digital platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. The company also owns three professional recording studios — in São Paulo, Madrid and, soon, Mexico City — designed as spaces where composers and artists can create with total freedom, combining top-level equipment with highly qualified engineers and producers. Over the years the label has been known under names including Boa Music, Boa Recording and Boa Cor. It started as a distributor of import catalogues from labels such as EFA, Alternative Tentacles, Dischord, Southern Studios, K Records, Greensleeves, Rawkus, Def Jux, Hostile, Delabel and Spanish independents like Potencial HC, Oihuka, Gor, Esan Ozenki, Metak, Gridalo Forte, Propaganda pel Fet, Elkar, Yo Gano, Avoid and Zona Bruta. One of its most remembered projects as a distributor was the univerSOnoro compilation series, of which six volumes were published at very affordable prices. In 1995 it created Boa Publishing to manage editorial rights, and it has been a member of the SGAE board since 2015. From 1999 Boa Música began producing its own record projects, becoming a label. Its main activities revolve around hip hop and urban music, focusing on the publication and promotion of record releases and on organising the large specialised festival Cultura Urbana, whose first edition was held in 2005 at the Matadero space in Madrid. The festival had three more editions under the label's stewardship until 2009, when it passed to another company. Other events included the Boa 18 and Boafest festivals. Boa Arte is an urban art collection created by the label itself, featuring works by artists such as Eltono & Nano 4814, San, Okuda, Sixeart, Boamistura, 3ttman, Inocuo, Bertone, Spok and Fefe Talabarte. The label's roster includes artists such as Silvio Rodríguez, Fillas de Cassandra, Kase.O, Conchita, SFDK, Ergo Pro, Sila Lua, José María Vitier, Rodrigo Cuevas, Gian Marco, Karmento, Miranda, Las Rodes, Ill Pekeño, Admire, Chico Pérez, De Ninghures, Pedro Pastor, Guadi Galego, Rupatrupa, Liderj, Malva Vela, Nadal015, Rufus T. Firefly, Sho Hai, La Mare and Sosad. Its sub-label Fol Música, originally called Edicións Do Fol, was created to support and promote traditional Galician music, with a catalogue that has since opened to root musics from other places. Boa also published rock titles by artists such as Obús, Manolo Kabezabolo, Mamá Ladilla, Heredeiros da Crus and Xabarín, as well as flamenco by José Menese and Agujetas, and acquired the catalogue of the Barrabás label.

Boa Música was founded in Madrid in 1992 by Nando Luaces (some sources state 1993). It began its activity as a distributor of import catalogues from labels such as EFA, Alternative Tentacles, Dischord, Southern Studios, K Records, Greensleeves, Rawkus, Def Jux, Hostile and Delabel, as well as Spanish independents including Potencial HC, Oihuka, Gor, Esan Ozenki, Metak, Gridalo Forte, Propaganda pel Fet, Elkar, Yo Gano, Avoid and Zona Bruta, among many others, fanzines, magazines and demos. One of its most remembered projects as a distributor was the univerSOnoro compilation series, of which six volumes were published at very affordable prices. In 1995 Boa Publishing was created to manage editorial rights; it has been a member of the SGAE board since 2015. The sub-label Fol Música, originally called Edicións Do Fol, was born as a brand dedicated to supporting and promoting traditional Galician music. Its first catalogue reference was the debut album by the group Chouteira, titled Chouteira; later it would include formations and soloists such as Berrogüetto, Susana Seivane, Os Cempés, Na Lua, Magín Blanco, Talabarte, Budiño, Pancho Álvarez, Son de Seu, Rodrigo Romaní, Ses, Guadi Galego, Mercedes Peón, Uxía, Doa and Davide Salvado, among others. More recently the catalogue has opened to root musics from other places, also featuring artists such as Raúl Rodríguez, Jorge Pardo, Carmen París, Kepa Junkera, José María Vitier and Pablo Milanés. Boa also published rock titles by artists such as Obús, Manolo Kabezabolo, Mamá Ladilla, Heredeiros da Crus and Xabarín, as well as flamenco by José Menese and Agujetas. It acquired the catalogue of the Barrabás label, with numerous records by groups such as Porretas, Boikot, Ñu and Leize. From 1999 Boa Música began producing its own record projects, becoming a label. Its main activities revolve around hip hop and urban music, focusing on the publication and promotion of record releases and on organising the large specialised festival Cultura Urbana, whose first edition was held in 2005 at the Matadero space in Madrid. This festival had three more editions under the label's stewardship until 2009, when it passed to another company. Other events were the Boa 18 and Boafest festivals. Boa Arte is an urban art collection created by the label itself, comprising works by artists such as Eltono & Nano 4814, San, Okuda, Sixeart, Boamistura, 3ttman, Inocuo, Bertone, Spok and Fefe Talabarte, among others. Since 2000 the director has been Manuel Pena. The company has been known over the years under the names Boa Music, Boa Recording and Boa Cor. Today Boa Música operates as an independent music company with headquarters in Madrid and offices and local companies in Spain, Brazil, Mexico and the United States. It owns three professional recording studios — in São Paulo, Madrid and soon Mexico City — and describes itself as a boutique artisan workshop where passion for music, culture, art and design coexists with cutting-edge innovation and technology. It specialises in Latin music in Spanish and Portuguese, with a particularly notable presence in Spanish urban music, and its catalogue includes artists such as Silvio Rodríguez, Fillas de Cassandra, Kase.O, Conchita, SFDK, Ergo Pro, Sila Lua, José María Vitier, Rodrigo Cuevas, Gian Marco, Karmento, Miranda, Las Rodes, Ill Pekeño, Admire, Chico Pérez, De Ninghures, Pedro Pastor, Guadi Galego, Rupatrupa, Liderj, Malva Vela, Nadal015, Rufus T. Firefly, Sho Hai, La Mare and Sosad.

• 2015

  Boa Publishing joins the SGAE board.

• 2009

  Cultura Urbana festival passes to another company after four editions under Boa Música.

• 2005

  First edition of the Cultura Urbana festival held at Matadero, Madrid.

• 2000

  Manuel Pena becomes director.

• 1999

  Boa Música begins producing its own record projects, becoming a label.

• 1995

  Boa Publishing created to manage editorial rights.

• 1992

  Boa Música founded in Madrid by Nando Luaces.

• univerSOnoro compilation series

  Six volumes published at very affordable prices.

• Fol Música sub-label

  Originally Edicións Do Fol, dedicated to traditional Galician music and later root musics from other places.

• Boa Arte urban art collection

  Urban art collection featuring artists such as Eltono & Nano 4814, San, Okuda, Sixeart, Boamistura, 3ttman, Inocuo, Bertone, Spok and Fefe Talabarte.

1. 1Boa Música official websiteboamusica.com
2. 2Sobre nosotros - Boa Músicaboamusica.com
3. 3Boa Música - Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
4. 4Boa Musica - Wikidatawikidata.org