Wow, I was just jamming to vol.1 of this great series the other day and wondering why the hell this never made it to vinyl. Well it seems the vinyl gods have heard my prayers because Barbes has just released a massive 2Lp set compiling the best of the two volumes. This is an amazing [...]
Filed under: Peru | Tagged: chicha, cumbia, los destellos, los mirlos, Peru | Leave a Comment »
As some label’s have pointed out in past years Peru has proven to be a hotbed of musical treats that have given our ears plenty of amazing grooves. Among them, Peruvian cumbia or chicha (as it might mistakenly be generalized) is a musical genre that still remains largely uncharted world that still holds many surprises [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Lima, MassTropicas, Peru, peruvian cumbia | Leave a Comment »
El Monstro Mix! Listen/Download Just in time for Halloween, a little non-stop mix of bone shakin’ monster themed garage rock, surf, and jerk rhythms from south of the border. Includes tracks by some of Mexico and Peru’s wildest teen punk rockers. Happy Jaloguin from Sonorama!!!! EB playlist: La noche–Los Crazy Birds Hey monstruo–Los Monstruos Pobre [...]
Filed under: Latin Rock/Psych | Tagged: garage rock, Halloween, Mexico, mix, Peru, surf, teen punk | Leave a Comment »
Following the release of the Woodstock film in 1970, Santana became an instant success with their Afro-Cuban blend of pscyh/blues/jazz/rock that soon toured the the globe including a prematurely ended tour of South America known as the Lotus tour in 1973. The tour must have nonetheless left a mark on the South American scene because [...]
Filed under: Latin Jazz, Latin Rock/Psych, Latin Soul/Funk | Tagged: covers, funky, latin psych, latin rock, Peru, Uruguay | Leave a Comment »
In the last couple of years there’s been a great amount of fusings of musical traditions with new technologies and electronic rhythms around the globe. Take the “Nortec” soundz from Tijuana, baile funk in Brasil, “Balkan” beats from NY, or the bhangra beats sounds in India, no genre or rhythm has been excluded and these [...]
Filed under: PODCASTS | Tagged: Argentina, chicha, digital cumbia, Peru, Sofrito, Sr.Coconut, sssonorama | 3 Comments »
