Helado NegroBest Helado Negro Albums Ranked

PHASOR

loudandquiet

9.0

“Any press release which lists Silver Apples, Ornette Coleman and Scott Walker as influences has my ear immediately. On Helado Negro’s latest album, we are thrust into an altogether unique narrative which doubtlessly leaves behind any other album of today – according to the artist himself, “PHASOR is magic. It’s music about seeing your aura and living inside of it. It’s music as landscaping.” PHAS”

This Is How You Smile

pitchfork

8.5

“Roberto Carlos Lange’s sixth and best album as Helado Negro deepens and expands upon the imagistic nature of his lyrics and cosmic synth-folk. It is a sublime, masterful piece of music.”

PHASOR

pitchfork

8.3

“Roberto Carlos Lange eases back into the groove with a gorgeous, delicately rendered album. It’s got space-age synths, wistful romance, and the breeziest vibe in town.”

Private Energy (Expanded)

pitchfork

8.1

“The latest from Roberto Carlos Lange’s electronic pop project is a melodic and beautifully produced meditation on identity and the difficulty of connection.”

PHASOR

exclaim

8.0

“Helado Negro’s music straddles many different sounds, lands and feelings: it is bilingual and expressive, visual and auditory, autobiographical yet deeply fantastical. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and composer Roberto Carlos Lange, Helado Negro fully broke through with 2019's This Is How You Smile, a hushed, hummed and proud love letter to his upbringing and his family. The son of Ecuad”

Far In

pitchfork

8.0

“The follow-up to 2019’s This Is How You Smile is mellower and breezier than its predecessor; it feels less like a tour of Roberto Carlos Lange’s psyche than an afternoon barbecue in his backyard.”