Helado Negro is American musician Roberto Carlos Lange (born 1980 in Florida). The son of Ecuadorean immigrants, Lange's childhood was suffused with the rich sounds and colors of the various Latin American cultures of southern Florida. Pounding bass beats from passing cars, boom boxes bouncing down the block, and late-night parties called "peñas" provided a foundation for Lange’s interest in sound and lifelong quest to discover the unlimited variety of objects used to produce music.