El Hijo del Búho was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and is an acclaimed artist and music producer renowned for his innovative fusion of Afro-Colombian folklore with electronic and pop influences. He took his stage name from his father, a well-known journalist and avid music collector. He gained significant recognition in 2020 when he was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work as a music producer. His work delves deeply into the musical traditions of the Colombian Caribbean, often incorporating powerful messages of love and well-being into his music.
Shonny, also from Barranquilla, is a rising singer-songwriter with a hypnotizing voice. Saba Anglana was born to an Italian father and a Somali-Ethiopian mother in Somalia. Her family was forced to flee to Italy when Saba was five years old, where she eventually became a well-known TV actress and singer.
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The trio, El Hijo del Búho, Shonny and Saba Anglana, worked together on the Global Beats song "Mudar la Piel" (Shed My Skin), to create a unique cross-cultural collaboration that blends elements of laid-back reggaeton, Colombia roots music and East African flourishes. Trading lyrics in Spanish and Somali, Sonny and Anglana sing of personal transformation. "Today I'm going to leave behind all the skin / From that other life / I've been going around in circle / For so long without finding a way out / Today I'm going to mutate / Today I'm going to shed my skin."
On the mystical “Amor Universal” (Universal Love), featured on Putumayo's Lounge World, El Hijo del Búho sings about the power of love and his joy for life. “There's only one thing that love gives you / And that's well-being / Thank you for the path / Thank you for my heartbeats / Thank you because today I know / That love is the way / Thank you for you and for me / For the shadow and its light.”
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