We continue our "Best of LA Countdown", covering every day one of the artists that made our Year Ends Best of LA Poll list (a chart compiled by a jury comprised of local bloggers, music writers, promoters, record store personnel, DJs, and our writers and readers).
Adding some Latin flare to The Deli’s emerging artist poll, Ceci Bastida‘s rise in 2010 was not unexpected. Spending the 90’s fronting punk/ska band Tijuana NO, and more recently backing Julieta Venegas, Bastida has only recently gone solo. In 2009 she was named as part of SXSW’s Top 21 Performers at the festival and followed up her success there in early 2010 with the release of her first full length solo album, VEO LA MAREA ("I See the Tide"). The album pulls sounds from all of Bastida’s influences: from her Latin roots, to a taste of ska horns, with the pop sensibilities of her time with Venegas, and a dash of electronica for good measure.
You can check out the remix edition of her album Veo La Marea, released in November, on BandCamp.
-Angelo Lorenzo