Polen Records | |
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Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Felipe Álvarez, Lucas Guingue |
Genre | latin alternative, cumbia, electrocumbia |
Location | Bogotá, Colombia |
Official website | www |
Polen Records is an independent music label based in Bogota, Colombia, created in 2006 by producer Felipe Álvarez and musician and anthropologist Lucas Guingue.[1] Polen Record's first release was Los Días Adelante (2006) by Medellín band Bajo Tierra , followed that same year by Bomba Estéreo's debut EP, Vol.1, and Chocquibtown's Somos Pacífico.[2] In 2008 Polen released the Bomba Estéreo album Estalla, which included the international hit Fuego.[3]
In 2013, Polen was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards with Bomba Estéreo's album Elegancia Tropical (2012) as Best Alternative Music Album.[4]