Sonorama is a Chicago-based Dj collective fronted by Charly Garcia and Eddy Baca and created with the objective of promoting world roots music through our obsessive love of vinyl music culture. More than just djs, we collect, scavenge, and are ever in search of new sonic and rhythmic delights both new, old, or sometimes forgotten, but with the purpose to share our discoveries with the rest of the internet community. Through podcasts and other various media we try and criss-cross geographic borders and genres with ease, and together with our different musical tastes and backgrounds; set out to showcase an eclectic program of rare grooves, musical curios, and Afro influenced dance music, along with any other surprises we dig up along the way.
Charly Garcia
Eddy Baca
Booking and Contact info:
sonoramachicago@gmail.com
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I have to say excellent style, remember the forgotten and elaborate on it. So now I’m hooked after hearing it for the first time at the Kinzie Corridor art expo. To say the least your mixes are a gem. As someone that’s into Latin American cultural studies and world music, kudos for sampling all of that vibrant music.
Joe Bryl here (past co-owner of Sonotheque). I know that you’re also involved with Ed at Maria’s. I’m starting a new weekly world music residency there every Wednesday starting December called ‘Global Soul’. I’ll have a guest(s) every week with me showcasing different styles of world rhythms. The range will be very wide and the participants have complete freedom. It doesn’t have to be dance themed; it’s more like a listening lounge.
So far I have Tony Sarabia (WBEZ), Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader), Brian Keigher (Chicago World Music Festival) & Frank Orral (Poi Dog Pondering).
I’d like to know if you’d like to participate in January 2011. I can be reached at the email above or at 312.493.5807. Thanks.
Amigos,
I just moved to Chicago from Chile (Im Ecuadorian and a globe-trotter) and so glad to find out that there are peeps with similar musical appreciations in this city, and are doing something about it. Im constantly checking the events page but if you have any other pointers as to magazines, blogs, websites that promote events like the one’s you organize please let me know. Hope to see you guys live soon,
Sebas
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