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
Colombia’s premier tropical noise trio Los Pirañas are back with a video for one of the standout tracks on recent album La Diversión Que Hacía Falta En Mi País. “Del Sol, A 18 Minutos” is in fact a... Read Article
Percussionist Pedro Ojeda has been involved with many groups that form part of the current alternative music scene in Colombia; Frente Cumbiero, Meridian Brothers, Sidestepper, Chúpame el Dedo, to name a few. Now he leads Romperayo, a project... 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
It bends but it does not break. You can take cumbia and you can twist it, curve it, flex it but you won’t change its nature. That seems to be the concept behind the first and only recording... Read Article
Check out the first video from Bailar En La Cueva, the new album from Uruguay’s Jorge Drexler. Marking a big departure from his previous work, Bailar saw Drexler decamp to Bogotá and work with members of Frente Cumbiero,... Read Article
Pedro Ojeda is a drummer and percussionist from Bogotá. He plays in Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Romperayo, Ondatrópica, Sidestepper and Mucho Indio, to name just a few of the great projects he’s involved in. Not too surprisingly, Pedro... Read Article
