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