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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Heaven and Hell clash in a recording that could very well be one of the best Latin-Rock albums in Houston's music history.

Regarded in Houston as one of the most anticipated full-length albums by a local Latin Band. The third studio album by Mexican-American Latin Rock & Pop veteran Faustino "Tino" Ortega's "Everybody wants to go to heaven" marks his debut under the name of CHangoMan.
After almost three years in the making, long-awaited by fans of this show-stopping band and other local music aficionados, the record is finally here. Released under Indy label ACEtrax Music and featuring contributions by some of Houston's best musicians such as Bruce Jamison, José "Makiko" and Victor Luna (Passion D'Luna), William Cohn, Greg Haro, Evelyn Sarabia, Felipe Tristan, Miles Lott, Mark Ridell and Paul Beebe (Beetle/Thunderado), among others.

Leading man Tino Ortega manages to meet all expectations and truly delivers the goods. Co-produced by Tino Ortega and Paul Beebe, recording sessions for the album took place from 2007 to 2009 at The Beebe Gunn Studio and various other recording studios and the final mix was completed and mastered in late 2010 by DANGERman Aceves at ACEtrax audio-worx.

This album gathered some of Houston's most talented musicians, under Tino's direction, with the intention of creating a unique blend of styles and rhythms, with the promise to delight people of all backgrounds, creeds, religious beliefs and social standings with songs like "The Devil's Cumbia", "Fucked Up", "Vuelve", "The Border Song" and even a catchy tune dedicated to one of Mexico's most popular foods, the "Tamales" ..."Everybody Wants to go to Heaven" speaks of love, hate, hope, fear, sin and redemption. And it symbolizes one man's search for inner-peace and enlightenment, through music.

  CHangoMan - Tamales

  CHangoMan - Cumbia Revolution


"Everybody Wants to go to Heaven" is available on CD format at all local Houston-area record shops, live shows and via mail-order directly from ACEtrax Music. A deluxe version, containing an exclusive bonus track not included on the CD is available for digital download on iTunes and all other digital media retailers.

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