weed420 is one of the most visionary names on Venezuela’s music scene. Together with acts such as Los Thutanakas, the young collective creates a soundtrack for a lost generation of Venezuelan youth. Somewhere between tradition and futurism, they build frantic, labyrinthine sound collages from noise, dark cloud rap and ambient, crossed with genres such as salsa and perreo. The result is radical protest music – an artistic refuge and a form of cultural counterpower amid Venezuela’s political turmoil.

“One of the coolest things I’ve heard this year” – Pitchfork

With their DIY aesthetic, weed420 defies any commercial agenda. They blend lo-fi and vaporwave with dark cloud-rap vocals and ambient textures, crossing them with traditional genres such as perreo and 2000s salsa. Guitars, synths and distorted vocals form the skeleton of a sound that feels like hyper-emo and atmospheric reinterpretations of club music, driven by a vibrant, carefree energy.

weed420 is based in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. The members met online and have been making music together since 2021, but did not meet in person until 2025. Their debut, Amor de Encava (2025), is inspired by the Venezuelan buses that serve as public transportation. In a whirlwind of reggaetón, salsa baúl, pop memories and samples from the buses, weed420 creates a sonic mapping of lost everyday life and systemic catastrophe – like a breathless ride through a country marked by deep political turmoil. Live, weed420 unfolds their radical sonic universe in a constant shift between overwhelming percussion, hypnotic passages and ecstatic excursions. Don’t miss one of Latin America’s most exciting and visionary acts when they perform at ALICE.

What they say about weed420
“Built on a rhythmic backbone of salsa baúl and atmospheric traffic noise, the album layers reggaeton easter eggs and crooner classics with memes and fair hike announcements that underscore generational struggle and a life-sustaining sense of humor.” – Rolling Stone

“One of the coolest things I’ve heard this year is Amor de encava, a tape from the Venezuelan group weed420 released on Deprerreo, a delightfully fried and furry-friendly Spanish label. The collective used ‘encava’ bus sounds and samples to concoct a dizzying, plunderfucked mix, with the idea of capturing the grim loneliness of how it feels to live in Venezuela now.” – Pitchfork