El Buga and Sounds and Colours bring you a mix of some of the finest electronic sounds influenced by Peru’s tropical music legacy, featuring artists from across the globe who have sampled Peruvian classics, originals by the different... Read Article
“Cumbia, rock, salsa,” the man calls out in a raspy voice. He repeats the sentence every few seconds, with the same melodic cadence, to no one in particular. He’s leaning against a wall, faded red cap on his... Read Article
On their second compilation, the London-based Peruvian-focused label Tiger’s Milk Records have truly provided a document of what’s great about 60s and 70s Peruvian music. It’s all about the soul and those fiery guitar lines. Peru Bravo, which... Read Article
At first listen, it is so striking that it seems like a debut. Tigres en Fuga sounds fresh, vigorous and resonant, spreading incessant and pulsating rhythms for the entirety of the album’s 40 minutes. But then, when you... Read Article
It’s a sunny afternoon, which is rather rare for Lima in the winter, as I arrive at the APDAYC premises to interview Jorge Rodriguez Granda (pictured above (left) with Alberto Maravi (right), Los Mirlos’ producer and Infopesa CEO),... Read Article
It’s funny how life works. I recently attended a Los Mirlos concert a couple of weeks ago in Lima. At that time I had no idea I would be reviewing the newly launched Cumbia Amazónica album, which compiles... Read Article
The sixties and the seventies were, depending on who you ask, two of the most important decades for the development of music all around the world. Not only was there a political, cultural and sexual sea change from... Read Article
Brand new Peruvian cumbia for you today, which – in keeping with cumbia’s status as an international genre – comes from Argentina. Rolando Bruno y Su Orquesta MIDI is a project from Rolando Bruno, original member of Los... Read Article
Here’s a great nex mixtape from Movimientos Records, promoting Fongo, the forthcoming new album from Los Chinches, the UK’s finest Peruvian cumbia band. The mix – from DJs Cal Jader and Papa Chango – takes tracks from the... Read Article
Tasty selection of nueva cumbia tracks from Pedrolito that should take the edge of the wintry conditions for all those Northern Hemisphere types out there! Features tracks from Kumbia Queers, Cumbia Bestial and Makina as well as remixes... Read Article
Following in the footsteps of the Peruvian chicha revival, Massachusetts based Masstrópicas have dusted off the master tapes and re-released one of the genre’s previously overlooked classics, Grupo 2000‘s El Destape. First released in 1974, the band’s début... Read Article
Caballito, aka Grita and Bigote, are two DJs/producers from Spain with some serious love for Latin American music. You may remember the Caballito Es Colombia mixtape they did for us in the summer. Well, they’ve now put together... Read Article
