Niño de Elche: visionary musician, accidental activist, sound troubadour, nonconformist. His new work looks at the influence of Latin America on flamenco music. A classically trained flamenco musician, Francisco Contreras Molina routinely turns his ear to alternative styles,... Read Article
After almost five years hidden in the shadows, Pedro Ojeda and Eblis Álvarez‘s bizarre hybrid of tropical grindcore and black metal, Chupame El Dedo, are finally back with their second album. Even though the last few years have... Read Article
With what looks certain to be a triumphant London show happening tonight we are very happy to be making public the brand new video from Colombia’s avant-garde tropicalistas Meridian Brothers. Animated by Mateo Rivano (whose work has also... Read Article
Colombia’s finest art rock imaginators Meridian Brothers are back with a new album ¿Dónde Estás María? and European tour dates set for September and October this year. The first taste of the new album is the title track... Read Article
Discrepant Records have continued their work releasing experimental music with a wide geographical focus thanks to the recent and upcoming releases of two notable Colombian projects, Chupame El Dedo‘s debut album on vinyl, and the forthcoming reissue of... Read Article
I must admit that this album had me non-plussed when I first heard it. It seemed almost wilfully obtuse. And this is from someone who knows that the Meridian Brothers don’t always pave the way for people to... Read Article
Colombia’s experimental tropicalistas Meridian Brothers are back with a new track, “Vertigo”. With a shuffling rhythm and bursts of keyboards the track resembles the works of electronic music mavericks Raymond Scott and Bruce Haack, with just the groove... Read Article
Romperayo are all set to release their second album in vinyl and digital formats via UK-based Discrepant Records. We have to be honest and say that we’ve heard a sneak peek of some of these tracks and you are... Read Article
If Quentin Tarantino were able to make a kids movie with Salvador Dali, then they’d want Los Pirañas to write the soundtrack. Playful yet psychedelic melodies curve around this surreal album, played on frantic, bending, twanging guitars that... 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
Everything we love about music is instilled in Colombian band Los Pirañas. The tropical noise trio from Bogotá – whose members are the mainstays of bands like Frente Cumbiero, Meridian Brothers and Romperayo – play music with no fear,... Read Article
This is the long overdue international debut single from Colombia’s Romperayo. Originally a one-man production job as Pedro Ojeda (drummer for Ondatrópica, Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Sidestepper, Mucho Indio, amongst others) experimented with tropical music samples, percussion and... Read Article
