I only first knowingly experienced cumbia last year when Kasey and I visited Colombia. It was everywhere we went. In the tropical wall-ringed Cartagena, for example, rhythmic, Caribbean-inspired cumbias spilled out of small clubs packed full of late night revelers into the early hours of morning. But Cumbia wasn't limited to the coast. In Bogota, when I dragged Kasey to a dusty, local record store slightly off the beaten path and asked the owner what traditional Colombian music he recommended, he produced a foot and a half tall pile of cumbia records. He'd play the records one by one while [...]
. Pour annoncer son second album, Dirty Dancing , prêt à sortir sur Disko B, Schlachthofbronx annonce la parution le 10 février d'un très bon double singl e, Slowine / Dickie Riddim . Le premier morceau est assez intriguant et mélange, sur un rythme lent, cumbia et techno distordue. Le second, quelque peu "grimey", séduit plus directement, emporté par le flow de Warrior Queen. En tout cas, voilà de quoi patienter avant la sortie [...]
El maestro de la chicha Alejandro Zárate con su banda Pintura Roja allá por el 1985.
Dec 13, 2011, 2:17am
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Some really nice cumbia vibes coming from Jack Posada! Check them out! Cumbiambero Loco 3 by jackposada
Córdoba, Argentina's Ø+yn have teamed up with GMC, La Plata's premiere solo sample twister, to form [drumroll, please ] Ø+yn + GMC. Combining Ø+yn's penchant for sprawling, free form rhapsodies with with GMC's relatively more tightly constructed, but by no means less unhinged, compositions is the type of pairing that seems like a no-brainer, though the collaboration's result is far from mindless. In "Cumbia Masonica," Ø+yn's arsenal of instruments loom their way to the forefront and then cede their places without either proper introduction or goodbyes, even as they're held closely together by the GMC's sampled grooves and the airy melodies that [...]
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When we stumbled upon the World's Funkiest Covers compilation just released on US label Cultures of Soul Records, we exclaimed: 'Damn! Those cats have really been Molesting Laura the Paris DJs way!!'. Their selection, available on CD and glorious vinyl, carefully selected by DJ Deano Sounds, features indeed some of the funkiest covers from around the world and throughout time, from deep funk to latin soul, hard salsa, soul, afro beat, and even cumbia. We couldn't pass on the opportunity to invite the label to do a special Molesting Lauramix and they nailed it for real!! Enjoy these [...]
La Colombie et ses musiques Soundway Records propose une carte de la musique made in Colombie. Une sorte de "dessous des cartes" de la richesse musicale colombienne. Alors il ne s'agit pas d'un hasard puisque le label se balade dans ce coin d'Amérique Latine depuis un bon moment ; en témoignent les compilations sorties depuis quelques années. Compilations bien sûr chaudement recommandées et dont nous avons du parler ici, notamment en parlant de cumbia . Cette carte est une invitation au voyage, une manière de découvrir la [...]
Manshines, Fauna ZZK Records, Argentina Rating: 76 by Pierre Lestruhaut If you happened to undergo your teen years as an indie rock fan (with most of your friends being roughly into the same kind of music) in Latin America somewhere around 2005, then you probably were the kind of kid staying as far away as possible from all the dem bow and cumbia rhythms that could be emanating from any speakers. Yet six years after suffering at every possible reggaetón- and cumbia-infused party, indie [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Galambo is Chilean musician/producer and folk investigator Bryan Phillips, who recently relocated to Melbourne. Australia is very privileged Galambo has chosen to live in Melbourne, as this is a project connected to the futurist folk scene in Latin America having played gigs with the likes of Argentine genius producer Chancha Via Circuito ( ZZK Records ) and their debut album was produced by Argentinian digital cumbia guru The Peronists . Phillips spent some time in Melbourne in 2006 as [...]
Once upon a time I gave Philippe Cohen Solal (of Gotan Project ) a few CDs of experiments with the Colombian rhythm of Cumbia, which I had sourced from travels in Mexico, myspace, blogs, or directly from producers and DJs in Tijuana, Mexico City, Monterrey, Bogota and Buenos Aires. I figured someone who had very successfully innovated with Tango, would be interested in another similar movement going on with Cumbia. In fact I was so excited about this new twist on cumbia, that in 2008 I started a project called [...]
Best Of Quantic Mix by J.Rocc by Tru Thoughts Tags: Jrocc Quantic Tru_thoughts Best Of Mix It has been a decade since Will Holland aka Quantic released his first album on Tru Thoughts. Twelve albums later and Quantic has a vast discography; [...]
It has been a decade since Will Holland aka Quantic released his first album on Tru Thoughts. Twelve albums later and Quantic has a vast discography; funky, soulful vibes with the Quantic Soul Orchestra, Flowering Inferno's reggae infused dub, cumbia with The Combo Barbaro, and more. The Best Of Quantic album highlights the stunning range of his work, bringing together some of the biggest tracks from across his many projects. To celebrate the release and a decade of music from Quantic, the world famous J.Rocc (one of the finest DJs on the planet), created the Best Of Quantic [...]
Montreal is a cold place. Thankfully, producer and selectah Poirier resides there, offering some heat to his frost-bitten city. That is, if you can catch him in town: his releases on Ninja Tune, Chocolate Industries, and the Argentinian digital cumbia label, ZZK, have kept the DJ and producer in demand across the globe. Poirier's work shows a knack for blending tropical rhythms, whether it be soca, dancehall, or cumbia, with a healthy dose of bass. The roster of vocalists he's worked with reads like the posters in the corner of your favorite jerk-patty store - Busy Signal, Burro Banton, and [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. I have been meaning to introduce to this blog for a long time the mastermind behind "the most important Hollywood production in the history of cumbia" (see video above), and more importantly the one and only Cumbia Pilgrim in search of the Temple of San Juanita Chinola all over the world: RANDY SALAZAR JR . Hailing from a city rich in cumbia - Monterrey, Mexico - Randy Salazar Jr. is finally releasing his EP [...]
Earlier this year I travelled to Guatemala, this is the music I listened to. It's all from South and Central America (or influenced by). This'll be the first in a series of Mixcloud mixes of my current listening, for better or worse... Guatemalan Road Trip by Half Machine on Mixcloud
Interview with Curro Fuentes by Quantic & Miles Cleret in Colombia from 2009. Curro Fuentes musical legacy is presented in Soundway's compilation: Cartagena ! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962 - 72.
Commodore 64 chiptunes, cumbia villera, and Tommy gun dubstep comprise the juicy premise of Argentine audiovisual duo Super Guachin. This pair of youngsters has a serious affair with '80s and '90s nostalgia and is literally encoding 8-bit integers into folk archetypes. With this caliber of embeddable intellect, the duo is making a fair attempt to fill generational gaps by referencing the application and cultural awareness of portable and game consoles in the modern man. Super Guachin is also the latest inductee in the ZZK Records catalog, with whom they will release their debut EP, Piratas y Fichines . Leading [...]
Mexican underground label #401 are releasing their first compilation "3rd World Bootlegs" next week and its free!. The compilation features a heap of refixes, edits, bootlegs made by latin american producers Ezekiel , Lao , Trigzo , Panchitron , ZUTZUT and Elebleu . You will be able to download this compilation for free next monday, August 22nd but for now you can download/stream the minimix below. For more details [...]
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