S&C New Latin Music Playlist #1
Welcome to a brand new feature on the site, a regular playlist that will bring you some of the music we’ve been listening to here on the Sounds and Colours stereo. To start off we’ve got 20 tracks... Read Article
Andres Landero
Best Reissues of 2016
Considering the amount of Brazilian reissues that came out this year we felt compelled to bring a few of the finest to your attention, as well as a compilation from a stone-cold Colombian legend and some really nice classic cumbia... Read Article
ZZK Records Offer Free Download of Negro Dub Electrocumbia Compilation
This is a real gift for any fans of electrocumbia out there. DJ Negro Dub has been putting out cumbia bangers for many years now, turning tunes old and new into all-out dancefloor fillers, as well as working... Read Article
The Familial Vibe of NYC’s M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
They say that the family that plays together, stays together. All right, maybe no one ever really said that. But the family-like crew that makes up M.A.K.U. Soundsystem makes the saying seem gospel to me. The Queens, N.Y.-based collective,... Read Article
World Circuit’s Cumbia Cumbia 1&2 Compilation Released Today
World Circuit Records released Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2 today as a double CD and limited edition double LP. The collection features a ridiculous array of tracks recorded in Colombia’s legendary Discos Fuentes studio between 1950 and 1988,... Read Article
We don’t need the mainstream: An Interview with Frente Cumbiero’s Mario Galeano
One of the most interesting groups coming out of Colombia’s nueva cumbia scene is undoubtedly Frente Cumbiero. So far they have released a 7″ on Brooklyn’s Names You Can Trust record label and a collaborative album with Mad... Read Article
REVIEW The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79
Global music moguls Soundway Records have released another bag of Colombian treats with The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79. This time round, we are introduced to... Read Article