July is the month to catch some of the best Latin music from around much of the globe in New York City. A few of the concerts/showcases during the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC), Afro-Latinofest, and Central Park Summerstage... Read Article
Bogotá’s El Freaky premiered a new video via our friends at Remezcla, and it’s a hot one! As written by Sara Skolnik, who goes by Riobamba when DJing, the single “Twerk It,” is the collective’s first release via... Read Article
It seems the fourth edition of AfroLatinoFest in New York City comes at a crucial time. A survey by the Pew Research Center, released in March, points to a disconnect in how some Afro-Latinos living in the United States... Read Article
We are fast approaching festival season. Austin’s South by Southwest® (SXSW®) is around the corner, as are Miami’s electronic music weeks, and the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in New York City has early registration all set to go for... Read Article
If you want to know what’s happening with “urban dance music” (for want of a better phrase) in Colombia at the moment then you really need to look no further than El Freaky. The Bogotá-based collective are responsible... Read Article
What better way to start your week than with a new mixtape from an expat living in Bogotá, Colombia? The DJ behind the mix, Riobamba (real name: Sara Skolnick), hails from Boston, Massachusetts, and is well known as... Read Article
It’s not often that Sounds and Colours covers artists on the mainstream side, but a news about a couple of pop and Latin urbano/tropi-popstars headed to Colombia had to be shared. First up, our friends from El Freaky... Read Article
The 14th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference rolled into to New York City on July 9 through the 13th, bringing with it brutal humidity and heat, and loads of good music in a variety of subgenres.
“La Pongo (Put it Down)” is the first track from El Freaky, an audiovisual collective from Bogotá, Colombia. In recent years the collective have created a name for themselves as the home of “tropical bass” in Bogotá. They... Read Article
