Continuing The Neo-Tropical Revolution: An Interview with La Sonora Mazurén
For two musicians well-accustomed to fronting a psychotropic outpouring of vigour, one would be hard pushed to meet a pair... Read Article
Chicha Libre
MIXTAPE Haunted Childhood: A Latin Gothic Playlist
On Saturday March 1st 2014 Sounds and Colours will be taking part in a night of films, music and haunted... Read Article
REVIEW Los Chinches – Fongo
If you cross the sweltering Peruvian jungle with the urban wastelands of London’s music scene, and probably throw in some... Read Article
Best Albums Of 2012
It’s that time of the year again when we select some of our favourite releases from the last year, albums... Read Article
MIXTAPE Cal Jader’s Cumbia Bounce 2012
Cal Jader, the main man behind London’s Latin music promoters Movimientos, has just put together this amazing mix of cumbia... Read Article
REVIEW Chicha Libre – Canibalismo
If Pulp Fiction had been a South rather than North American production, there is no doubt it’s soundtrack would have... Read Article
Unearthing the Roots of Chicha: An Interview with Olivier Conan
Chicha, a unique form of cumbia from Peru has had something of a renaissance since Olivier Conan released his already-legendary... Read Article
In a Nutshell: Peruvian Cumbia / Chicha
Chicha or Peruvian cumbia, as it is often known, is on the rise. Since Barbes Records released The Roots of... Read Article
Upcoming release of The Roots of Chicha 2 means we don’t have to wait long for our psychedelic cumbia fix
I can still remember hearing The Roots of Chicha for the first time. I was in Choele Choel in Argentina... Read Article
Sonido Amazonico: Chicha Libre’s Amazonian Psychedelic Trip Back to the Brooklyn Jungle
When journalists in Lima want to write about Chicha, the psychedelic-meets-Amazon music once popular in Peru, ironically, they place a... Read Article