Bulletproof Tiger

When the stage is set, the two masked figures in charge of creating the night’s upbeat atmosphere stand in place to make it happen. That sight, and the sounds that follow, have become familiar to El Paso music fans.
But not for much longer. Bobby Miracles and Jean-Luc Duvalier, the two alias-using members of electronic dance-rock duo Bulletproof Tiger, are leaving El Paso for brighter prospects in San Diego.
“El Paso was a perfect city for us to develop our style and grow as musicians and performers,” said Miracles, the guitarist. “But the time has come for us to start our search for different opportunities.”
The Tiger boys will throw one last show Friday, March 22, at Lowbrow Palace alongside System A, Raydub and Braille.
The move coincides with changes in their music; keyboardist Duvalier has started to contribute vocals, and Miracles is branching out to the beat machine and synthesizer.
“Since day one, we have been open to new styles, new ideas, different instrumentation and breaking the concept we have been carrying of being an ‘instrumental project,’” Miracles said. “That’s a new concept we are starting to experiment with. We’re having a lot of fun with it, and we hope that we can keep adding more and more elements in hopes that we can grow as musicians and performers.”
The duo formed in 2009 and quickly built up a local following. Duvalier’s array of electronic bass lines, lead synths and crazy amount of knowledge on the keys, along with with the rawness of Miracle’s guitar playing, make for a powerful combination. At one energetic live show after another, fans couldn’t help moving along.
“In high school we had art class together, but after Jean-Luc graduated, we didn’t see each other for years,” Miracles said. “We reunited only to find out that we were both in hip-hop projects, so we decided to start a side project, which later became Bulletproof Tiger.”
In June 2011, the two released a 7’ vinyl EP bearing split singles “Shout of the Dark” and “Healthy Fear.” That November, they followed it up with “Year of the Tiger,” a nine-track full-length album that enjoyed a release party at Lowbrow Palace.
They also became a reliable live act, having played Neon Desert, Sun City Music Festival and the Sunset Heights Block Party. Last summer they embarked on their first tour of the West Coast, playing Tucson, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Oakland, Las Vegas and Flagstaff.
Rob Bass, the resident DJ of La Parada, the monthly downtown social, since September 2010, has booked the pair more than once.
“Their brand of disco-infused electro rock is infectious, and their energy is unmatched during their live performance,” he said. “The times we have booked Bulletproof, we’ve had nothing but energetic crowds who don’t stop moving. They pull an audience for sure. I think it’s great they are moving onto bigger and better things. The city is with them.”
Angel Mendoza, a promoter with RockOn! Promotions, called them “one of the top bands” when it comes to local dance and electronic music, and he raved about their ability to provide original entertainment while drawing a crowd.
“I am extremely happy, one of the happiest people, when it comes to them leaving,” he said. “This falls in line in going in that direction, with getting more exposure and a new market. It’s exactly what they need.”
The Tiger boys hope that California’s densely situated big cities will help them cultivate a playing circuit and get attention. But they won’t forget their hometown.
“El Paso is and always will be our home,” Miracles said. “We will be back to play another show for our hometown in the near future.”
- What's Up Magazine

When the stage is set, the two masked figures in charge of creating the night’s upbeat atmosphere stand in place to make it happen. That sight, and the sounds that follow, have become familiar to El Paso music fans.
But not for much longer. Bobby Miracles and Jean-Luc Duvalier, the two alias-using members of electronic dance-rock duo Bulletproof Tiger, are leaving El Paso for brighter prospects in San Diego.
“El Paso was a perfect city for us to develop our style and grow as musicians and performers,” said Miracles, the guitarist. “But the time has come for us to start our search for different opportunities.”
The Tiger boys will throw one last show Friday, March 22, at Lowbrow Palace alongside System A, Raydub and Braille.
The move coincides with changes in their music; keyboardist Duvalier has started to contribute vocals, and Miracles is branching out to the beat machine and synthesizer.
“Since day one, we have been open to new styles, new ideas, different instrumentation and breaking the concept we have been carrying of being an ‘instrumental project,’” Miracles said. “That’s a new concept we are starting to experiment with. We’re having a lot of fun with it, and we hope that we can keep adding more and more elements in hopes that we can grow as musicians and performers.”
The duo formed in 2009 and quickly built up a local following. Duvalier’s array of electronic bass lines, lead synths and crazy amount of knowledge on the keys, along with with the rawness of Miracle’s guitar playing, make for a powerful combination. At one energetic live show after another, fans couldn’t help moving along.
“In high school we had art class together, but after Jean-Luc graduated, we didn’t see each other for years,” Miracles said. “We reunited only to find out that we were both in hip-hop projects, so we decided to start a side project, which later became Bulletproof Tiger.”
In June 2011, the two released a 7’ vinyl EP bearing split singles “Shout of the Dark” and “Healthy Fear.” That November, they followed it up with “Year of the Tiger,” a nine-track full-length album that enjoyed a release party at Lowbrow Palace.
They also became a reliable live act, having played Neon Desert, Sun City Music Festival and the Sunset Heights Block Party. Last summer they embarked on their first tour of the West Coast, playing Tucson, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Oakland, Las Vegas and Flagstaff.
Rob Bass, the resident DJ of La Parada, the monthly downtown social, since September 2010, has booked the pair more than once.
“Their brand of disco-infused electro rock is infectious, and their energy is unmatched during their live performance,” he said. “The times we have booked Bulletproof, we’ve had nothing but energetic crowds who don’t stop moving. They pull an audience for sure. I think it’s great they are moving onto bigger and better things. The city is with them.”
Angel Mendoza, a promoter with RockOn! Promotions, called them “one of the top bands” when it comes to local dance and electronic music, and he raved about their ability to provide original entertainment while drawing a crowd.
“I am extremely happy, one of the happiest people, when it comes to them leaving,” he said. “This falls in line in going in that direction, with getting more exposure and a new market. It’s exactly what they need.”
The Tiger boys hope that California’s densely situated big cities will help them cultivate a playing circuit and get attention. But they won’t forget their hometown.
“El Paso is and always will be our home,” Miracles said. “We will be back to play another show for our hometown in the near future.”
- What's Up Magazine

Bobby Miracles is psyched: “There’s something in the air nowadays, El Paso is turning into something different.” He continues unprompted, a quickly recognizable theme, “It’s new air, it’s new El Paso!” Miracles, along with Jean-Luc Duvalier, make up Bulletproof Tiger, an “electornica, rock/synth group” from El Paso, Texas. As Miracles’s words convey, the pair are rather excited about the burgeoning El Paso music scene - they’re also amped about their fans, about eating in El Paso (Ripe and the Tap were the first places they named), and this week at least, about the prospect of playing the first Neon Desert Music Festival (April 30, Downtown El Paso). The enthusiasm is the second thing you notice about Bulletproof Tiger.



The first thing you notice is the masks. They’re hard to miss, really; the duo of Miracles (guitar) and Duvalier (drum machine, synth, keyboards) are never seen in public without the bright orange plastic replicas of their titular animal. The headpieces call to mind an early-80’s Saturday afternoon TV movie set on the Indian Subcontinent, or perhaps some tacky painted glass decoration from your grandmother’s living room. Not surprisingly, at this early stage of the Bulletproof Tiger story, the masks are consistently among the first things they are asked about, and since the location of my conversation with them was dictated by their adornments (tiger masks don’t translate to the bar very well, apparently), I felt kind of obligated to begin our talk on that topic. This turned out to be a fitting starting point, as understanding the masks is key to understanding the larger mission of the band. “Our music is all instrumental,” says Duvalier in his comparatively drawn-out way. “It inspired us to make an animalistic sound… two animals growing with each other, growling, arguing… the way we heard it, we wanted people to see it.”



Miracles, the more effervescent of the pair, adds, “the fact that we have tiger masks is a symbol for nature. As a society, we’re attached to technology and distanced from nature… let’s go back to nature, let’s go back to jungle sounds.” If an El Paso-based artist name-dropping (climate-dropping?) the jungle initially comes across as out of place, the connection is quickly explained via Bulletproof Tiger’s combination of local and transnational awareness. To wit, our conversation had a brief derailing about the use of English-language grammatical structures and punctuation rules in Spanish-named restaurants in El Paso. As applies to their music, Bulletproof Tiger tap into an international consciousness of hybridity of genres, styles, and cultures, the two members playing off one another in an organic and germane fashion. The sound itself is jubilant in its organized chaos, reminiscent of early-century Daft Punk at their spazziest, or perhaps the more guitar-laden parts of the first Ratatat record. In any event, it’s a logical addition to a festival line-up with acts coming from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, as well as various points in Mexico and the United States.



The Juarez/El Paso metropolitan region is a literal metaphor for the meeting of nations and people, and about half the acts playing Neon Desert have ties to the region. There is a lineage of borderland musicians appropriating the localized issues of the border and applying them to their music, a compulsion that Bulletproof Tiger accept. “Musicians have a responsibility to promote a good message, especially if it’s going to help the city and the people,” says Miracles, adding in a brief moment of moderation, “Doggone it, people believe in music.”



Bulletproof Tiger are scheduled to play the Mattress Firm Stage at 3:45. They’re also playing an after party at the San Carlos Building (~11 PM) with Designer Drugs, the Black and White Years, and the DA. A limited-edition 7” will be available at a special party this June, and their debut full-length, Year of the Tiger, is expecting a July release. - Contemporary Snobbery

Bobby Miracles is psyched: “There’s something in the air nowadays, El Paso is turning into something different.” He continues unprompted, a quickly recognizable theme, “It’s new air, it’s new El Paso!” Miracles, along with Jean-Luc Duvalier, make up Bulletproof Tiger, an “electornica, rock/synth group” from El Paso, Texas. As Miracles’s words convey, the pair are rather excited about the burgeoning El Paso music scene - they’re also amped about their fans, about eating in El Paso (Ripe and the Tap were the first places they named), and this week at least, about the prospect of playing the first Neon Desert Music Festival (April 30, Downtown El Paso). The enthusiasm is the second thing you notice about Bulletproof Tiger.



The first thing you notice is the masks. They’re hard to miss, really; the duo of Miracles (guitar) and Duvalier (drum machine, synth, keyboards) are never seen in public without the bright orange plastic replicas of their titular animal. The headpieces call to mind an early-80’s Saturday afternoon TV movie set on the Indian Subcontinent, or perhaps some tacky painted glass decoration from your grandmother’s living room. Not surprisingly, at this early stage of the Bulletproof Tiger story, the masks are consistently among the first things they are asked about, and since the location of my conversation with them was dictated by their adornments (tiger masks don’t translate to the bar very well, apparently), I felt kind of obligated to begin our talk on that topic. This turned out to be a fitting starting point, as understanding the masks is key to understanding the larger mission of the band. “Our music is all instrumental,” says Duvalier in his comparatively drawn-out way. “It inspired us to make an animalistic sound… two animals growing with each other, growling, arguing… the way we heard it, we wanted people to see it.”



Miracles, the more effervescent of the pair, adds, “the fact that we have tiger masks is a symbol for nature. As a society, we’re attached to technology and distanced from nature… let’s go back to nature, let’s go back to jungle sounds.” If an El Paso-based artist name-dropping (climate-dropping?) the jungle initially comes across as out of place, the connection is quickly explained via Bulletproof Tiger’s combination of local and transnational awareness. To wit, our conversation had a brief derailing about the use of English-language grammatical structures and punctuation rules in Spanish-named restaurants in El Paso. As applies to their music, Bulletproof Tiger tap into an international consciousness of hybridity of genres, styles, and cultures, the two members playing off one another in an organic and germane fashion. The sound itself is jubilant in its organized chaos, reminiscent of early-century Daft Punk at their spazziest, or perhaps the more guitar-laden parts of the first Ratatat record. In any event, it’s a logical addition to a festival line-up with acts coming from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, as well as various points in Mexico and the United States.



The Juarez/El Paso metropolitan region is a literal metaphor for the meeting of nations and people, and about half the acts playing Neon Desert have ties to the region. There is a lineage of borderland musicians appropriating the localized issues of the border and applying them to their music, a compulsion that Bulletproof Tiger accept. “Musicians have a responsibility to promote a good message, especially if it’s going to help the city and the people,” says Miracles, adding in a brief moment of moderation, “Doggone it, people believe in music.”



Bulletproof Tiger are scheduled to play the Mattress Firm Stage at 3:45. They’re also playing an after party at the San Carlos Building (~11 PM) with Designer Drugs, the Black and White Years, and the DA. A limited-edition 7” will be available at a special party this June, and their debut full-length, Year of the Tiger, is expecting a July release. - Contemporary Snobbery

Bobby Miracles is psyched: “There’s something in the air nowadays, El Paso is turning into something different.” He continues unprompted, a quickly recognizable theme, “It’s new air, it’s new El Paso!” Miracles, along with Jean-Luc Duvalier, make up Bulletproof Tiger, an “electornica, rock/synth group” from El Paso, Texas. As Miracles’s words convey, the pair are rather excited about the burgeoning El Paso music scene - they’re also amped about their fans, about eating in El Paso (Ripe and the Tap were the first places they named), and this week at least, about the prospect of playing the first Neon Desert Music Festival (April 30, Downtown El Paso). The enthusiasm is the second thing you notice about Bulletproof Tiger.



The first thing you notice is the masks. They’re hard to miss, really; the duo of Miracles (guitar) and Duvalier (drum machine, synth, keyboards) are never seen in public without the bright orange plastic replicas of their titular animal. The headpieces call to mind an early-80’s Saturday afternoon TV movie set on the Indian Subcontinent, or perhaps some tacky painted glass decoration from your grandmother’s living room. Not surprisingly, at this early stage of the Bulletproof Tiger story, the masks are consistently among the first things they are asked about, and since the location of my conversation with them was dictated by their adornments (tiger masks don’t translate to the bar very well, apparently), I felt kind of obligated to begin our talk on that topic. This turned out to be a fitting starting point, as understanding the masks is key to understanding the larger mission of the band. “Our music is all instrumental,” says Duvalier in his comparatively drawn-out way. “It inspired us to make an animalistic sound… two animals growing with each other, growling, arguing… the way we heard it, we wanted people to see it.”



Miracles, the more effervescent of the pair, adds, “the fact that we have tiger masks is a symbol for nature. As a society, we’re attached to technology and distanced from nature… let’s go back to nature, let’s go back to jungle sounds.” If an El Paso-based artist name-dropping (climate-dropping?) the jungle initially comes across as out of place, the connection is quickly explained via Bulletproof Tiger’s combination of local and transnational awareness. To wit, our conversation had a brief derailing about the use of English-language grammatical structures and punctuation rules in Spanish-named restaurants in El Paso. As applies to their music, Bulletproof Tiger tap into an international consciousness of hybridity of genres, styles, and cultures, the two members playing off one another in an organic and germane fashion. The sound itself is jubilant in its organized chaos, reminiscent of early-century Daft Punk at their spazziest, or perhaps the more guitar-laden parts of the first Ratatat record. In any event, it’s a logical addition to a festival line-up with acts coming from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, as well as various points in Mexico and the United States.



The Juarez/El Paso metropolitan region is a literal metaphor for the meeting of nations and people, and about half the acts playing Neon Desert have ties to the region. There is a lineage of borderland musicians appropriating the localized issues of the border and applying them to their music, a compulsion that Bulletproof Tiger accept. “Musicians have a responsibility to promote a good message, especially if it’s going to help the city and the people,” says Miracles, adding in a brief moment of moderation, “Doggone it, people believe in music.”



Bulletproof Tiger are scheduled to play the Mattress Firm Stage at 3:45. They’re also playing an after party at the San Carlos Building (~11 PM) with Designer Drugs, the Black and White Years, and the DA. A limited-edition 7” will be available at a special party this June, and their debut full-length, Year of the Tiger, is expecting a July release. - Contemporary Snobbery

Bobby Miracles is psyched: “There’s something in the air nowadays, El Paso is turning into something different.” He continues unprompted, a quickly recognizable theme, “It’s new air, it’s new El Paso!” Miracles, along with Jean-Luc Duvalier, make up Bulletproof Tiger, an “electornica, rock/synth group” from El Paso, Texas. As Miracles’s words convey, the pair are rather excited about the burgeoning El Paso music scene - they’re also amped about their fans, about eating in El Paso (Ripe and the Tap were the first places they named), and this week at least, about the prospect of playing the first Neon Desert Music Festival (April 30, Downtown El Paso). The enthusiasm is the second thing you notice about Bulletproof Tiger.



The first thing you notice is the masks. They’re hard to miss, really; the duo of Miracles (guitar) and Duvalier (drum machine, synth, keyboards) are never seen in public without the bright orange plastic replicas of their titular animal. The headpieces call to mind an early-80’s Saturday afternoon TV movie set on the Indian Subcontinent, or perhaps some tacky painted glass decoration from your grandmother’s living room. Not surprisingly, at this early stage of the Bulletproof Tiger story, the masks are consistently among the first things they are asked about, and since the location of my conversation with them was dictated by their adornments (tiger masks don’t translate to the bar very well, apparently), I felt kind of obligated to begin our talk on that topic. This turned out to be a fitting starting point, as understanding the masks is key to understanding the larger mission of the band. “Our music is all instrumental,” says Duvalier in his comparatively drawn-out way. “It inspired us to make an animalistic sound… two animals growing with each other, growling, arguing… the way we heard it, we wanted people to see it.”



Miracles, the more effervescent of the pair, adds, “the fact that we have tiger masks is a symbol for nature. As a society, we’re attached to technology and distanced from nature… let’s go back to nature, let’s go back to jungle sounds.” If an El Paso-based artist name-dropping (climate-dropping?) the jungle initially comes across as out of place, the connection is quickly explained via Bulletproof Tiger’s combination of local and transnational awareness. To wit, our conversation had a brief derailing about the use of English-language grammatical structures and punctuation rules in Spanish-named restaurants in El Paso. As applies to their music, Bulletproof Tiger tap into an international consciousness of hybridity of genres, styles, and cultures, the two members playing off one another in an organic and germane fashion. The sound itself is jubilant in its organized chaos, reminiscent of early-century Daft Punk at their spazziest, or perhaps the more guitar-laden parts of the first Ratatat record. In any event, it’s a logical addition to a festival line-up with acts coming from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, as well as various points in Mexico and the United States.



The Juarez/El Paso metropolitan region is a literal metaphor for the meeting of nations and people, and about half the acts playing Neon Desert have ties to the region. There is a lineage of borderland musicians appropriating the localized issues of the border and applying them to their music, a compulsion that Bulletproof Tiger accept. “Musicians have a responsibility to promote a good message, especially if it’s going to help the city and the people,” says Miracles, adding in a brief moment of moderation, “Doggone it, people believe in music.”



Bulletproof Tiger are scheduled to play the Mattress Firm Stage at 3:45. They’re also playing an after party at the San Carlos Building (~11 PM) with Designer Drugs, the Black and White Years, and the DA. A limited-edition 7” will be available at a special party this June, and their debut full-length, Year of the Tiger, is expecting a July release. - Contemporary Snobbery

Like every other creative scene in El Paso, the music scene is bursting right now with young, audacious and innovative talent. A handful of local bands already have a big following, including Zechs Marquise, Bird Sounds, The Lusitania, Mexicans at Night, Heart Chemist and Chihuahua Gold. These bands are putting out albums, getting signed to labels, going on tour around the world, and most of all, making really great music.

But when you ask the people who love music what their favorite band in El Paso is --what band has that special blend of talent, uniqueness, and the kiss of genius that can propel a group from local fame to international glory -- two names surface again and again.

The D.A.

When I first saw The D.A., I was blown away by their dynamic energy and their infectious, upbeat sound, which has been described as "desert acid rock with disco beats."

The five musicians bring diverse backgrounds in flamenco, classical music, punk and electronica. And the sound they produce together blends these influences into a melodic, energetic, slightly electronic sound designed with one mission: to make people dance.

I've never been to a D.A. show where they haven't accomplished this mission.

The D.A. has sold a thousand copies of their first album "Thank God for Aluminum"; won second place in last year's Best of the Best Original Band category; and were this year's Battle of the Border champions. They just recorded their second album, "You Kids!," at Sonic Ranch Studios, and they're about to take off on a tour of the western United States with plans to play in Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles.

Their single "Big Woman///Pastels" will be available on iTunes and Amazon in a few weeks, and "You Kids!" will be released in fall 2011. In the meantime, check them out at facebook.com/thedamusic.

Bulletproof Tiger

If you want to be seized by a sound that fills your veins with electricity and pulsates through your body with thumping emotion, listen to the music produced by the two-man team Bulletproof Tiger. This secretive duo, who played at Neon Desert in the spring and opened for the electro-pop group Miami Horror in Las Vegas last year, combine their hip-hop and electronic influences into an aggressive, animalistic synth dance-rock that is everything such music should be: dark, sinister, upbeat and powerful.

The growl of the guitar, the pounding of the drums, the wail of keys -- theirs is a music that gets into your bloodstream and makes your heart pound. You lose yourself in it and are left riveted, panting and satisfied. To be blunt, it is really, really good.

As part of their mission to create a live music experience that reconnects people with their more primal natures, the musicians wear tiger masks to hide their identities. The masks lend mystery and theatricality to their shows, and transform the men from mere musicians on stage into animalistic angels delivering dance music to the frenzied masses.

Bulletproof Tiger just finished recording their first album, "Year of the Tiger," which will be released in fall 2011. Their two singles, "Healthy Fear" and "Shout in the Dark" are available for download at soundcloud.com.

They'll also be playing at the one-year anniversary of La Parada on Sept. 2.

We may never know who they really are, but that's not the point of their music -- it's to help us discover the animal within. - El Paso Times

Like every other creative scene in El Paso, the music scene is bursting right now with young, audacious and innovative talent. A handful of local bands already have a big following, including Zechs Marquise, Bird Sounds, The Lusitania, Mexicans at Night, Heart Chemist and Chihuahua Gold. These bands are putting out albums, getting signed to labels, going on tour around the world, and most of all, making really great music.

But when you ask the people who love music what their favorite band in El Paso is --what band has that special blend of talent, uniqueness, and the kiss of genius that can propel a group from local fame to international glory -- two names surface again and again.

The D.A.

When I first saw The D.A., I was blown away by their dynamic energy and their infectious, upbeat sound, which has been described as "desert acid rock with disco beats."

The five musicians bring diverse backgrounds in flamenco, classical music, punk and electronica. And the sound they produce together blends these influences into a melodic, energetic, slightly electronic sound designed with one mission: to make people dance.

I've never been to a D.A. show where they haven't accomplished this mission.

The D.A. has sold a thousand copies of their first album "Thank God for Aluminum"; won second place in last year's Best of the Best Original Band category; and were this year's Battle of the Border champions. They just recorded their second album, "You Kids!," at Sonic Ranch Studios, and they're about to take off on a tour of the western United States with plans to play in Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles.

Their single "Big Woman///Pastels" will be available on iTunes and Amazon in a few weeks, and "You Kids!" will be released in fall 2011. In the meantime, check them out at facebook.com/thedamusic.

Bulletproof Tiger

If you want to be seized by a sound that fills your veins with electricity and pulsates through your body with thumping emotion, listen to the music produced by the two-man team Bulletproof Tiger. This secretive duo, who played at Neon Desert in the spring and opened for the electro-pop group Miami Horror in Las Vegas last year, combine their hip-hop and electronic influences into an aggressive, animalistic synth dance-rock that is everything such music should be: dark, sinister, upbeat and powerful.

The growl of the guitar, the pounding of the drums, the wail of keys -- theirs is a music that gets into your bloodstream and makes your heart pound. You lose yourself in it and are left riveted, panting and satisfied. To be blunt, it is really, really good.

As part of their mission to create a live music experience that reconnects people with their more primal natures, the musicians wear tiger masks to hide their identities. The masks lend mystery and theatricality to their shows, and transform the men from mere musicians on stage into animalistic angels delivering dance music to the frenzied masses.

Bulletproof Tiger just finished recording their first album, "Year of the Tiger," which will be released in fall 2011. Their two singles, "Healthy Fear" and "Shout in the Dark" are available for download at soundcloud.com.

They'll also be playing at the one-year anniversary of La Parada on Sept. 2.

We may never know who they really are, but that's not the point of their music -- it's to help us discover the animal within. - El Paso Times

Bulletproof Tiger, el dueto con máscaras de tigre y de raíces fronterizas, se despide de El Paso el viernes 22 de marzo con una fiesta en The Lowbrow Palace.

El dúo de música electrónica en vivo se mudará a San Diego, California, en busca de ampliar sus horizontes musicales, pero antes se despedirán al lado de System A, Raydub, y Braille.

“Es nuestro último show en El Paso. Nos vamos a San Diego en busca de un mayor mercado, más lugares donde tocar, hacer giras, y captar la atención de agencias que nos puedan representar”, dice Bobby Miracles, guitarrista juarense de Bulletproof Tiger.

El dueto, formado también por Jean Luc Duvalier (teclados, sintetizadores) de El Paso; empezó como un proyecto de hip hop que evolucionó, y adoptó influencias de la música disco, rock y otros ritmos.

Su debut fue en un club de El Paso llamado The Black Market. Tocaron en el festival Sun City Music Fest; en el Enchanted Circle Music and Arts Fest en Taos, Nuevo México; y poco tiempo después se embarcaron en una gira que los llevó por varias ciudades de California y sus alrededores. Participaron en el festival South by South West, en la primera edición del Neon Desert Music Fest 2011 en El Paso, y el 22 de diciembre de ese mismo año lanzaron su primer disco titulado ‘Year of the Tiger’.

En noviembre del 2012 y por primera vez, se presentaron en Ciudad Juárez al lado de la banda juarense Ligre, donde tuvieron una respuesta muy favorable.

Bobby declara que el uso de las máscaras es para generar cierto nivel de misterio, y porque de niño, era un fanático de las máscaras de luchador.

“Cuando empezamos este conjunto, la música y la fiesta era lo principal a lo que íbamos. No se trata de nosotros, se trata del ambiente, la fiesta y la música” .

El nombre del dúo surgió una noche, cuando Jean Luc veía un programa de comedia y le causó gracia que uno de los personajes decía sentirse como un “tigre a prueba de balas” (Bulletproof Tiger), la frase quedó girando en el aire y se convirtió en el nombre del grupo.

Bobby platica por último que a finales de este año lanzarán su segundo disco, cuya grabación están por concluir.

“Estamos trabajando en el siguiente álbum, antes de irnos vamos a acabar la sesión de grabación para después mezclarlo y masterizarlo”. - El Diario

Bulletproof Tiger, el dueto con máscaras de tigre y de raíces fronterizas, se despide de El Paso el viernes 22 de marzo con una fiesta en The Lowbrow Palace.

El dúo de música electrónica en vivo se mudará a San Diego, California, en busca de ampliar sus horizontes musicales, pero antes se despedirán al lado de System A, Raydub, y Braille.

“Es nuestro último show en El Paso. Nos vamos a San Diego en busca de un mayor mercado, más lugares donde tocar, hacer giras, y captar la atención de agencias que nos puedan representar”, dice Bobby Miracles, guitarrista juarense de Bulletproof Tiger.

El dueto, formado también por Jean Luc Duvalier (teclados, sintetizadores) de El Paso; empezó como un proyecto de hip hop que evolucionó, y adoptó influencias de la música disco, rock y otros ritmos.

Su debut fue en un club de El Paso llamado The Black Market. Tocaron en el festival Sun City Music Fest; en el Enchanted Circle Music and Arts Fest en Taos, Nuevo México; y poco tiempo después se embarcaron en una gira que los llevó por varias ciudades de California y sus alrededores. Participaron en el festival South by South West, en la primera edición del Neon Desert Music Fest 2011 en El Paso, y el 22 de diciembre de ese mismo año lanzaron su primer disco titulado ‘Year of the Tiger’.

En noviembre del 2012 y por primera vez, se presentaron en Ciudad Juárez al lado de la banda juarense Ligre, donde tuvieron una respuesta muy favorable.

Bobby declara que el uso de las máscaras es para generar cierto nivel de misterio, y porque de niño, era un fanático de las máscaras de luchador.

“Cuando empezamos este conjunto, la música y la fiesta era lo principal a lo que íbamos. No se trata de nosotros, se trata del ambiente, la fiesta y la música” .

El nombre del dúo surgió una noche, cuando Jean Luc veía un programa de comedia y le causó gracia que uno de los personajes decía sentirse como un “tigre a prueba de balas” (Bulletproof Tiger), la frase quedó girando en el aire y se convirtió en el nombre del grupo.

Bobby platica por último que a finales de este año lanzarán su segundo disco, cuya grabación están por concluir.

“Estamos trabajando en el siguiente álbum, antes de irnos vamos a acabar la sesión de grabación para después mezclarlo y masterizarlo”. - El Diario