This Corona stuff really sucks ey! Since we might all be bound by borders for a while, we’d like to come together and share some happiness in the shape of a playlist or mix! In the next days and weeks, check out Safe & Sounds, where we will figuratively introduce you...
Tag Archives: Colombia
What’s it like when fresh Colombian sounds meet their sonic siblings from the UK jazz scene? Enter Mestizo. Rising names in the UK Jazz and Colombian new music scenes have reunited for a one-off streamed show as the collective Mestizo. The performance has undergone a creative reinvention following their first...
Colombian ‘Tropicanibalist’ Frente Cumbiero just released a video for their tune ‘Jaley Jaley’ extracted from their latest album Cera Perdida: https://ffm.to/ej91v8m The album, published in November on Biche, is a “very Frente Cumbiero” response to 2020, reflecting on the Colombian state of affairs and the protests happening around the country...
It’s Earth day and there’s nothing to celebrate, but much to fight for… Get some momentum going with London-based producer and DJ Carthnage‘s new single “La Sequía” featuring Argentinian singer/songwriter and beatmaker Dat Garcia out now on Salgari Records: https://salgarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/carthnage-feat-dat-garci-a-la-sequi-a-ep “From the hyperuranium of Argentinian folktronic, the mesmerizing and ancestral...
Check out a live rendition of ‘Cumbia del Pichamán’ by Bogotà-based experimental and psychedelic cumbia band Meridian Brothers. The song, a very Meridian Brothers’s version of Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man”, is extracted from the band’s latest album Cumbia Siglo XXI and released by Bongo Joe Records: https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/cumbia-siglo-xxi...
Voy Pa’ Allá is our album of the week, delicious marimba music from the Colombian Pacific coast, not just made by a band but by a cultural institution: Semblanzas del Río Guapi. Out on Llorona Records. Radio Mukambo also serves afrobeat from Lagos (Nigeria) and Bahia (Brazil), musical patchworks by Jaguar...
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In ‘Pedacito de Coco’, French dub and jungle producer Krak in Dub fully expresses his love for Colombian music collaborating with Bogotá-based trio La Perla. The single is extracted from Krak in Dub’s brand-new album Catleya out on May 21 via Galletas Calientes Records which was entirely recorded in Bogotá...
On Friday, Colombian multi-instrumentalist and producer Mente Orgánica will release his new album on Earthly Measures. El Espacio, which is the first LP published by the London-based label, is a “beautifully crafted album with glorious textures, steady grooves, calming vibes & a dancefloor filler or two”. More info...
Check out the new video by Colombian DJ & producer KillaBeatMaker out now on Galletas Calientes Records. “Killabeatmaker presents ‘HURACÁN’, a video that speaks to the depths of our African roots combined with Afro-Colombian sound. The video was filmed in the mountains of San Agustín (Huila) by the director Sir...
Here’s the new single and video by one of the new sensations of Afro-Colombian music. ‘Batea’, by San Andrés de Tumaco-based band Bejuco, is extracted from the debut album of the band out now on Discos Pacífico/Llorona Records : https://lloronarecords.bandcamp.com/album/batea “Bejuco plays bambuco, bunde, juga, employing the timbre...