It’s been a while since Miss Garrison, one of the most promising acts of the new wave of Chilean bands, has been working on their new album Al Sol de la Noche, and creating expectation with its release.... Read Article
There are few years in world history which rival the sheer historical tumult of 1991. The collapse of the Soviet Union. The original Gulf War. Esko Aho becomes the youngest ever prime minister of Finland at the age... Read Article
Chile’s underground psychedelic rock movement provided a couple of real treats in 2013 with records from Föllakzoid and The Holydrug Couple, both of whom made it onto Sounds and Colours’ Best Albums of 2013 list. It looks like this... Read Article
I first met Boogat through his 2011 record Pura Vida and his amazing collaboration with Mati Zundel in “Alto de la Paz” which, even through some broken-Spanish rapping, floored me because of the strength of Boogat’s delivery: powerful,... Read Article
Antioch is a Chilean DJ and producer whose Umbral EP has just been released on Santiago’s Dilema Industria label. The follow-up to last year’s Las Brisas EP, Umbral features five tracks which glide through hip hop, electro and... Read Article
The new video from Chilean indie outfit We Are The Grand takes minimal to new levels, possibly referred to as maximum-minimal. The song is ‘Ecstasy’ from the band’s recent album Until the Morning, and the video appears to feature little... Read Article
Is it me or are we seeing more of an emphasis on Peruvian music these days? Whatever it is, the new album by the London-based Tiger’s Milk Records is going to make fans of classic Peruvian music extremely... Read Article
The new video from Chile’s Electrodomésticos emphasises the distance travelled by the band since their origins in the 80s playing in clandestine underground sweatboxes during the Pinochet dictatorship. Once symbolic of a new wave of disaffected young Chileans... Read Article
Even by the upbeat standards of Astro, new single ‘Hawaii’ is a stab of unbridled effervescence. Set to the sound of waves, seagulls, and a synth-riff that wouldn’t be out of place in an 80s Van Halen video,... Read Article
Electronic music’s global renaissance in the last couple of years has been led in Latin America by Brazil, according to an interview with Brazilian deep house duo Dashdot in the Colombian online magazine Cartel Urbano. Dashdot members Felipe... Read Article
A new portal into Chilean house music has opened with the launch of Pegamentos Vol. 1, the first in a series of compilation albums and EPs dedicated to showcasing the best of Chile’s rapidly expanding electronic music scene.... Read Article
They’ve been around for some time but it’s only been relatively recently that Venezuelan electronic duo Fur Coat have been making waves on the international scene. Having entered the wider public sphere with a series of house remixes... Read Article
