2017 marks the end of an era for El Búho, as he moves to France after two highly productive years in Mexico which saw his distinctive brand of organic, melodic cumbia digital reach new levels of popularity. Although... Read Article
Joe Galbraith takes a trip to carnival in Barranquilla, Colombia. He finds out why it’s the second largest carnival in South America, discovers its afro-caribbean roots, its close ties with cumbia and checks out the picó soundsystem culture... Read Article
The UK arrives somewhat late to the party with the June 10th release of Embrace of the Serpent, which premiered at Cannes in May 2015 to a ten-minute standing ovation, before being awarded the Art Cinema Award for... Read Article
Ciro Guerra’s Oscar nominated third feature picks up where his second, 2009’s The Wind Journeys (Los Viajes del Viento), left off. His subject material is once again the rich anthropological heritage of his native Colombia, but where the... Read Article
Desierto’s title sequence promises much. Grandiose, panoramic photography introduces the desert as a vast lunar world in which human life seems alien, and utterly insignificant: an entirely appropriate setting for a film about illegal immigrants desperately trying to... Read Article
It seemed fitting that Francisco Varone’s debut feature, Camino a La Paz, opened 2015’s Argentine Film Festival in London, a festival that also featured a retrospective on the work of a more familiar name in Argentine cinema, acclaimed... Read Article
Faauna were early pioneers of the digital cumbia sound, closely affiliated to the foundational ZZK Records since its inception, but they made the short hop over to fellow Buenos Aires-based imprint Concepto Cero to release their third album.... Read Article
