There is only one negative aspect in relation to Urban Orishas (or “Orixás Urbanos” in Portuguese). It is too short. This ten-minute documentary should be at least one hour long. The way it mixes religion, life in the... Read Article
On an epic trip across South America, DJ and researcher Tonton Scülp explored the folk music of each region he visited, picking up music and recommendations that are now rearing their heads on his Raíces De Viaje series of mixes. His... Read Article
Uruguay’s Jorge Drexler brings us a new single from his latest album Salvavidas de Hielo. “Asilo” features Chilean artist Mon Laferte and was recorded in just one take. Drexler has described it as “a plea for a sentimental refuge... Read Article
Sometimes local bands can be like milanesas, everyone thinks theirs is the best. But I know that this album hit a tone that resonates with the city I live in here in Montevideo, just as I know my grandma’s... Read Article
The Uruguayan Carnival, apparently the longest in the world, is a month and a bit marathon of riotous satire, fiercely contested shows and above all, the emblematic sound of the murga. It’s said that ticket sales outnumber any... Read Article
More than 20 years ago the so-called favela funk (or funk carioca) scene grew out of a few basic elements: banging 808 drum beats – indebted to the Miami Bass scene – short berimbau-looping patterns, porn samples, salacious... Read Article
For his last album, Bailar en la Cueva, the Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the bold step of relocating to Bogotá and working with Mario Galeano, the mastermind behind Ondatrópica and Frente Cumbiero, and a new group of... Read Article
After publishing Uruguayan producer Selectorchico™‘s amazing fusion of tropical bass and gnawa music earlier this week, we stumbled across this incredible mixtape that Selectorchico™ put together just a few months ago. Titled Revisiting Macondo Vol. 1 and with... Read Article
Uruguay’s Selectorchico has just unleashed a new bomb of a track uniting South American electronica with the sounds of gnawa (a music with origins in West and North Africa). While comparisons to artists like Tremor and Maga Bo... Read Article
Ahí Vienen! from Argentine duo Eduardo Herrera (pictured above right) and Zelmar Garín (pictured above left) is one of our albums of the year, a work “in which dozen of styles come into contact with each other, mix themselves and... Read Article
I first heard Eduardo Mateo thanks to a bald-headed man on a Vespa in a small Uruguayan town called Tacuarembó. There was really no reason for me to be there, other than the fact I knew that a... Read Article
Last month we got an email from the Brazilian music/graphic design collective coletivoACTION telling us about a mixtape of Uruguayan candombe-influenced music they’d put together. Well, it’s been a busy month and so we only just got round... Read Article
