Charly Ortiz-Martínez
James Brown’s death left the title of Hardest Working Man in Show Business vacant, but Charly Ortiz-Martínez has come for the title belt. He not only kept the backbeat for two of the bands taking home BON album awards this year — My Wall and Maanta Raay. He also released both LPs on his own No Sabes imprint. The label boasts a broad international flavor with releases this year from Colombia — by producer Ruido Selecto (as Echo Selector) as well as trippy alt-pop unit Animaleja — and Chicago (post-hardcore unit Bursting). If all that in addition to his day job wasn’t enough, Ortiz-Martínez is also one of the brains behind two local Latin dance party residencies: Esencial, which moves locations on occasion, and Inglewood Lounge’s La Celosa.
