Cosmica Artists Sign Chicano Batman’s Bardo Martinez, Divino Niño, Loyal Lobos and More (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Thania Garcia Bardo Martinez of Chicano Batman, Lila Downs, Divino Niño, Arath Herce, Victor Internet and Loyal Lobos have signed management deals with Cosmica Artists.

The indie record label and company represents Latin talent from alternative genres across Los Angeles, Miami, Austin and Mexico city. “Reaching our 20 year anniversary at Cosmica Artists is such a proud moment for me as I started this as a one person company, stuffing manilla envelopes with burned promo CDs, xeroxed bios and EPK’s,” Gil Gastelum, founder of Cosmica, tells Variety. “Our new signings usher in a new chapter for Cosmica Artists, as we begin to navigate the future with confidence and pride.

Looking at distribution, marketing, publishing, sync, and touring partners future and present has us all ready for the next 20 years.” Martinez will be represented by Cosmica as focuses on a solo career — a new LP, “Stones Throw Records,” is slated for 2025 — outside of role as the lead songwriter and vocalist for the group Chicano Batman.

The rock band formed in 2008 with a fresh take on tropicália and indie-rock that led to five studio albums. In recent weeks, the group announced they were going on an “indefinite hiatus.” Lila Downs is a Mexican singer-songwriter, while Divino Niño hail from Chicago and Colombia with innovative hyper-pop (Divino were featured on Variety‘s Best Latin Albums of 2022).