History
The band has released independent albums, including Tripping Tropicana (produced by Tweety González) and Calidosound (produced by Rafa Sardina), and has performed at international festivals in Colombia, Latin America, the United States, and Central America.
Throughout their career Superlitio has performed with artists such as Juanes, Café Tacuba, Julieta Venegas, Control Machete, Babasónicos, Molotov, Aterciopelados and Manu Chao.
Superlitio was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2004. The band won the La Banda Elástica (LBE) Music Award for Best New Latin Alternative Artist, and multiple SHOCK Awards, including Recording of the Year, Band of the Year, Best Video, and Best Alternative Band. They were also nominated for Univision's Premio Lo Nuestro for Best Rock Album.
Superlitio's music incorporates Spanish, French, and English lyrics, combining elements of rock, hip-hop, drum and bass, jazz, funk, electronica, reggae, and Latin rhythms.
Superlitio's music has been featured on Colombian television series and reality shows, including Francisco el Matemático and the Colombian version of the X Factor. In 2008, the band's theme song for the Colombian film Dog Eat Dog reached number one on several Colombian radio stations.
In September 2008, Superlitio recorded their fourth album. In partnership with the newspaper El Tiempo, the band released a six-part web series documenting the production process on the entertainment website vive.in.
The band independently released Calidosound in July 2009, which was produced by Rafa Sardina. That year, they headlined the Rock al Parque festival and received the Recording of the Year award at the SHOCK Awards.
A preview of the album received over 40,000 downloads through a partnership with a Colombian newspaper, and recorded over 150,000 streams on the MSN portal during its release week.
In March 2010, right after their second appearance at SXSW Festival and a short US tour with shows in NYC, Washington, and Miami, CALIDOSOUND was digitally released on a global scale through The Orchard. "Perro Come Perro" was selected as the single of the week on iTunes Latino in the United States and Mexico, where it received over 50,000 downloads.
In 2010, the band toured Colombia to promote the single "Te Lastimé", which reached number one on several domestic radio stations and was accompanied by a stop-motion music video.
