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
Native Instruments today launched a new website for everything global bass. Titled Tropical Frequencies, the site has burst into full colour with two new mini-documentaries on digital cumbia from Peru, one showcasing the Terror Negro collective, and the... Read Article
Lima’s digital cumbia duo Dengue Dengue Dengue are rarely out of earshot these days. Their last album, La Alianza Profana, can be seen as a runaway success, setting-up the duo as one of the finest exponents of electronic... Read Article
Mixtape paying tribute to tropical bass and cumbia from Peruvian and Peru-based artists from Pedrolito Radioglobal. Classic artists such as Juaneco Y Su Combo, Los Wemblers De Iquitos and Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical sit alongside the new... Read Article
Here’s a great new mixtape focusing on melodies and rhythms from all over South America, with a few African selections included too. Creatividad (Verano Mix 2012) was put together by Zach Bezold, who also happens to be a... Read Article
Los Pirañas is a side project of members of Frente Cumbiero and Meridian Brothers, two of Colombia’s most interesting bands. From the first beat of the opening track it’s quite clear that Los Pirañas is a vehicle for... Read Article
Great video of Los Wemblers de Iquitos performing “La Danza del Petrolero” in Iquitos last year. Los Wemblers are one of the bands who will most likely featuring in the Roots of Chicha vinyl release party in New... Read Article
