Son Rompe Pera electrified a sleepy Sunday tent at Womad this year; their high-energy cumbia-punk kicked off an early afternoon tropical dance party. Thrash marimba and infectious rhythms punctuated by searing guitar and wild yells drove a dazed crowd into a joyful frenzy. The band’s passion for the new-from-old sound...
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If there’s a band which thoroughly embodies the engaged character and dedication of the new Colombian music wave, that must be La Perla. Rather than considering a strictly musical perspective, our focus lies on the social and environmental consciousness and militancy which the all-female trio formed by Diana Sanmiguel, Giovanna...
Last Sunday the Upsetter Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the greatest producer of reggae history, passed away aged 85. He left us a wealth of reggae and dub music from Bob Marley and The Congos to contemporary collaborations with bands from around the globe. We listen to some of his work with...
Nightshop show May 2021 for Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport with 3 hours of new global sounds. Four songs of the day from Cape Verdian violins to a Sinti rom cello song, tamashek blues and electronic Latin-Arab bass. Our albums of the month first take us to Africa, with...
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...
This might be one of the rare – actually extremely rare – occasions when you can forget to damn the lockdowns and Covid-19 regulations and instead bless the fact that you’re going to spend another weekend at home, possibly staring at a screen and having to turn your living room/bedroom...
It goes without saying that we will miss Bandcamp Fridays… Today, till midnight (Pacific Time), is indeed the last appointment with one of our favourite initiatives meant to support and bring some well-deserved fee-free income to the pocketsof labels and musicians. So, to celebrate the 10th Bandcamp Friday of this...
Sweet September, 2,5 hours of music with 7 albums of the month and songs of the day. Starting with 3 songs of the day by Andy One, Penny Penny and Kemal Rachid. Our albums of the month start with traditional ritual Hauka folk music from Niger by Lingo Seino and...
This week Radio Mukambo focuses on two Japanese projects: Tokyo-based ten-piece wild Japanese folk band Minyo Crusaders joins forces with Colombian cumbia radicals Frente Cumbiero on the EP “Minyo Cumbiero” (on Mais Um Discos), while Japanese afrobeat rockers Stepak Takraw do it without horns on the EP “Livyatan” (on Soul...
