#Stefa Marin

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Stefa Marin Alarcon

Gender: Non binary (they/them)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Colombian

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist, singer, songwriter, musician

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Brooklyn, NY -- Last week, Robert Ouyang Rusli announced their original score for the upcoming Julio Torres A24 film Problemista, which will be released alongside the film's premiere on August 4 via A24 Music**. Along with the announcement, they released "Huele a Fraude," produced by OHYUNG (the solo project of Rusli) and features STEFA* on the vocals. The bright track spans just about 3.5 minutes long and its infectious energy will have you feeling invincible. The punchiness of the vocals with the euphoric swells of the instrumentation project an anthemic confidence that swelters as the song progresses. There's a motivating charm to "Huele a Fraude" that'll keep you amped up as you chug along in life.

On the project, Rusli shared: “The score for Problemista was the most ambitious project I’ve ever worked on, and lasted a full year. I’m really proud of this score and it feels super personal to me—there are so many ideas that I’ve never been able to get into a film – things like chanting choirs, patterned marimbas, euphoric pop – and many of them fit so naturally into Julio’s strange world. I’ve been scoring films for a while but rarely work on comedies, but Julio’s style of comedy is very in line with mine. I make my own music under the name OHYUNG, and a lot of what I try to do as an artist outside of film scoring is creating music and art that observes beauty and critiques forces of power around me in strange ways, and Julio’s comedy does the same, so it felt like a perfect match.”

Connect with Robert Ouyang Rusli / OHYUNG:

Official Site | Twitter | Instagram

**please note: Problemista was set for a limited release on August 4 but release plans are now postponed due to the current strikes and in support of Julio Torres who is on strike as a member of WGA and SAG.

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A Night to Remember: The 2022 Queer|Art Annual Party

A Night to Remember: The 2022 Queer|Art Annual Party

left to right: Alexis De Veaux, Wendi Moore-O���Neal, stefa marin alarcon photographed by Summer Surgent-Gough. ALEXIS DE VEAUX WINS 2022 PAMELA SNEED AWARD FOR BLACK QUEER|ART|MENTORSHIP ARTISTS & ORGANIZERSWENDI MOORE-O’NEAL AND STEFA MARIN ALARCON WIN SIXTH ANNUAL QUEER|ART|PRIZE AWARDSGRADUATION OF 2021-2022 QUEER|ART|MENTORSHIP FELLOWS On Thursday, November 10th, a radiant crowd of LGBTQ+…

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Ava Luna, STEFA*, and YATTA at Starr Bar

Taking the stage for the first time in five years, New York City’s Ava Luna headlined a sold out, benefit show at Starr Bar on Thursday, April 18, 2024. The group were joined by YATTA and STEFA*, with funds from ticket and poster print sales going to the The Palestinian Social Fund. The PSF “raises unconditional funding for cooperative farms in Palestine through grassroots efforts.” Nadine Fattaleh of the PSF spoke to the audience briefly before the second act began their set.

When announcing this concert, Ava Luna mentioned that they are working on a new album, and this intimate show gave audience members a preview of that forthcoming material. Carlos and Felicia of Ava Luna also worked with River L. Ramirez on movement for this show too, so it was their first time utilizing choreography rather than playing instruments.

The night began with a set from artist YATTA (ricky sallay zoker) who I saw perform live for the first time since Silent Barn’s final show in 2018. YATTA spoke eloquently to the audience about the war happening in Palestine while also seeming to have a lot fun on stage.

STEFA*, the musical project by stefa marin alcaron was up next and for their set, stefa was backed by Kaley Puckett on keys, Miles Francis on drums, and Nick Joz on double bass/electric bass. STEFA*’s lyrics were sung in both English and Spanish and alcaron joked before one song that they would translate what they were about to sing for “the gringos in the audience.”

During their set of brand new material, Ava Luna members Carlos Hernandez, Felicia Douglass, Julian Fader, and Ethan Bassford were joined by Keenyn Omari on flute for one song, plus Sarah Snider on keys and Keyanna Hutchinson on guitar and percussion. The final song of their set was “Daydream,” off their album from 2014, Electric Balloon, where Hernandez performed on guitar.

Photos of the show from Starr Bar are in this gallery. Additionally, I captured Ava Luna’s last show five years ago at Market Hotel and those images can be found here.