Few know better the freshest tunes coming out of Latin America than Cal Jader – one of the busiest tropical DJs in the UK, and the man behind the Movimientos radio show, record label and parties. It’s for... Read Article
Based in Berlin, Eck Echo have been a platform for different forms of diffusing Latin culture heritage. Recently, they showcased the tropical electronic music scene in the German city on their Berlin – Tropisches Tor documentary, while also... Read Article
If you ever get lost in the south of Madrid, you may stumble upon a handful of picanterias emanating slowly-cooked fumes of seafood and fried yuca. The trail spreads into neighbouring locutorios, call-shops where you can find stacks... 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
Chicha, a unique form of cumbia from Peru has had something of a renaissance since Olivier Conan released his already-legendary compilation The Roots of Chicha in 2007. That compilation largely showed the Amazonian side of cumbia, featuring bands... Read Article
After the surprise success of The Roots of Chicha, released in 2007, there is no real surprise that a second volume has been issued. Both releases feature Peru’s chicha music, also known as Peruvian cumbia, or as the... Read Article
Chicha or Peruvian cumbia, as it is often known, is on the rise. Since Barbes Records released The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru in 2007 the popularity of the genre has grown both internationally and in... Read Article
In preparation for the release of The Roots of Chica 2 in October we thought we would post this excellent video of Los Shapis, who feature on the compilation, performing their song “El Aguajal” from the film Los... Read Article
I can still remember hearing The Roots of Chicha for the first time. I was in Choele Choel in Argentina asking a guy called Fernando for some music, in the hopes that he would put me onto some... Read Article
