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About Me

Immersed in the arts from birth, multi-instrumentalist/producer Rudy "HighEnd" Mangual can't help but be passionate about music. He hails from a family of Puerto Rican artists: his father is a musician and publisher of Latin Beat Magazine and his mother is a painter and gallery owner.HighEnd attacks his music with an all-encompassing textural variety that pays tribute to his heritage and to his generation. Combining Latin rhythms and samples with jazz, lounge, hip-hop beats and down-tempo electronica, his music is dynamic and at times so bearing, and brings into focus an original sensibility that's all his own.
Visit GrooveGravy.com to hear and purchase these CDs
Project my boys are working on:
Did the score to this great short film:
Trailer featuring music I did for the film:
The Latest Dream Regime Production featuring music by yours truly!
Visit Dorian Merina's website for info on these classic releases:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/7/2005
Band Website: groovegravy.com/catalog/gg1106.html
Influences: Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, Dub, Reggae, Rock, Punk and everything inbetween. I love all kinds of music and draw influence from them all.

But what really fueled me growing up:

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Why's Animal got a chain around his neck!?
Sounds Like: Camels, spilled Corona and the sound Of mariachi bands.
Record Label: Groove Gravy Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I Believe...

I can believe things that are true and I can believe things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not. I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and M...
Posted by HighEnd on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:26:00 PST

Word!

Spinning at the Hollyshorts opening party at Nacional last night was fun. I had a gang of technical difficulties so I was sweatin most of the time, but for the most part the night was about peop...
Posted by HighEnd on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:18:00 PST

2007 Projects, Yup!

I need an official whip-cracker on my ass to get stuff done, but been workin on a bunch of unnamed, unplanned, and un-directed projects lately, and here's two things that are done deals:First got a tr...
Posted by HighEnd on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

HACKED (sorry)

Alright, my boy Joey T let me know today that my myspace account was hacked cuz it was sending out all kinda crazy spam messages. SORRY! I changed all my passwords etc but sorry for the an...
Posted by HighEnd on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:37:00 PST

August Events!

HollyShorts Film Festival - August 13/14 @ The Space Theater in Hollywood Designed to expose new talent, the festival will Feature 22 Short Films 30-minutes or Less From US, UK, Poland, Canada and Th...
Posted by HighEnd on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Review: Amazon.Com

Excellent!, June 13, 2005 This album is intense! I found Highend on a local college radio station and immediately bought the album. I dont quite know ...
Posted by HighEnd on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Review: Innerphase NY

** EDITORS PICK THE HIGHEND SOUND Urban Lounge Supreme (Groovy Gravy) Rudy Mangual (AKA HighEnd) comes from a Puerto Rican family and a wonderful artistic upbringing. You bet he's got a comprehensio...
Posted by HighEnd on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Interview: HollyShorts Film Festival

Holly Shorts recently had the opportunity to catch up Rudy Mangual (AKA HighEnd), one of the most creative music producers based out of Los Angeles. Mangual's new album High End puts a modern twist ...
Posted by HighEnd on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Review: Mobile Underground

One of the things that LA-based producer Rudy Mangual (AKA HighEnd) has always loved about lounge music from the 50s and 60s was that it seemed able to immediately create a mood in the listener's mind...
Posted by HighEnd on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Review: Properly Chilled

Super-deep, dub-inspired bass lines saunter through most of the songs here, but like any good lounge, HighEnd serves more than one drink. The best way to describe The Highend Sounds' opening track is...
Posted by HighEnd on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST