Julio Torres Presents: The Cursed Amulet III
About This Event
Julio Torres — a musician and songwriter rooted in the Colombian vallenato tradition — brings an electronic program to Elsewhere with Julio Torres Presents: The Cursed Amulet III. His work, developed in an early Bogotá ensemble and presented at venues like Town Hall through Performa Live On Broadway alongside artists such as Casey Jost, Lonnie Holley, serpentwithfeet and Slauson Malone 1, favors structured melodies and clear storytelling over spectacle.
About The Cursed Amulet III
At Elsewhere, Julio Torres Presents: The Cursed Amulet III frames an electronic set through the lens of a songwriter shaped by Colombian vallenato. Torres first developed his approach in a Bogotá ensemble, then carried it into New York contexts, including a Town Hall appearance via Performa’s Live On Broadway. The program tracks how inherited folk structures can be rerouted through club-ready synthesis without severing their narrative spine. It reads less like genre crossover than a document of translation across cities and scenes.
About the Artist
JULIO TORRES
Julio Torres is a musician and songwriter associated with the Colombian vallenato tradition, known for helping establish an early Bogotá-based ensemble that brought the style into wider national view. His work sits at the intersection of folk songcraft and band arrangement, with melodies built for direct storytelling.