REVIEW La Yegros – Suelta
It might appear a little out of place that the woman dubbed “the queen of New Cumbia” and “the first lady of Electro Cumbia” should hail from Argentina. But (Mariana) La Yegros’ roots lie in the north east... Read Article
Electro Cumbia
Lido Pimienta on Forthcoming Industrial Reggaetón Album ‘Miss Colombia’: ‘It’s A Cynical Love Letter To My Country’
There is no easy, or apt, way to describe Lido Pimienta. She’s a versatile, enigmatic artist who combines a multitude of styles in her music, ranging from electro-pop synths to the indigenous folk rhythms from her homeland Colombia.... Read Article
REVIEW Systema Solar – Rumbo A Tierra
Systema Solar have known how to prender la fiesta for some years now throughout Colombia, as well as touring worldwide with their first and second albums Systema Solar (2010) and La Revancha del Burro (2013). Their newest offering Rumbo... Read Article
Nomade Festival, A Feast Of Electro Cumbia In The Middle Of The Rainforest
Ah, electro cumbia, that elusive term that encompasses any sound mixing traditional cumbia with electronic beats and samples. After almost a decade of increasing popularity, the electro cumbia scene is currently enjoying an all-time high; it seems as... Read Article
Help ZZK Records Keep On Releasing Great New South American Music
Let’s go back about seven years. Chances are the first time you heard the term ‘electro-cumbia’ it was in relation to a song released by ZZK Records. In 2009 the genre got hot for a New York minute... Read Article
REVIEW Piper Street Sound – The Fall Line
Sometimes it is quite surprising how a sound or even a music style can move, translate and restate itself thousand of miles away from its original residence. An example is what has happened with Piper Street Sound, the... Read Article
EXCLUSIVE: Chancha Via Circuito feat. Lido Pimienta “Jardines”
Amansara, the latest album from Argentina’s Chancha Via Circuito, has already shot into our Best Albums of 2014 list and it feels as if the forward-thinking producer could soon be in our Top Videos list too. “Jardines” is... Read Article
REVIEW Chancha Via Circuito – Amansara & Frikstailers – Crop Circles EP
Since 2011’s ground-breaking Rio Arriba, it has become apparent that Chancha Via Circuito (Pedro Canale) is more than just a producer of digital cumbia. Three years, and a multitude of incredible remixes, have passed since then, and his... Read Article
MIXTAPE de Lacey’s Digital Cumbia Mixtape
From cumbia’s modest beginnings in Colombia, its influence has now stretched across the majority of South America. The sound of “Digital Cumbia” is a relatively new beast, with the primary sites of production now being Lima, Peru and... Read Article
Free Download (for a limited time): New track from Dengue Dengue Dengue!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… the mighty Dengue Dengue Dengue were born. Well, actually, it was in Lima in 2010, but in that short time the limeño duo (Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira)... Read Article
Bomba Estéreo and Astro set fire to Santiago’s La Cupula
En route to Santiago’s La Cupula theatre the police have shut off traffic for some unknown reason. This means hopping out of the cab and trekking across the vast expanse of the city’s O’Higgins Park (named after the... Read Article
REVIEW Doma Tornados – Ritmo Latido
From start to finish, Ritmo Latido plunges the listener into a musical journey of epic proportions. At once tribalistic and cutting-edge, the Argentine musician Guillermo Piacenza (operating under the pseudonym Doma Tornados, and slickly translating as ‘Tame Tornados’... Read Article