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M.A.K.U. Soundsystem

By Gina Vergel 14 December, 2017

A new video by Combo Chimbita, a quartet whose explosive brand of “tropical futurism” has been lighting up venues in the... Read Article

By S&C Team 19 December, 2016

The votes have been collected and now we’re ready to divulge our favourite Latin American albums of the year. As... Read Article

By Joerg M. Unger 14 July, 2016

Every year in early July, you can get in touch with music from all over the world in Rudolstadt, Germany.... Read Article

MAKU Soundsystem, an eight-piece immigrant band based in New York, mix Colombian beats with American funk, jazz and hip hop. With... Read Article

By Russ Slater 14 April, 2016

M.A.K.U. Soundsystem are back with their most visceral record to date. The group, whose members hail from Colombia as well... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 07 October, 2015

If October is an indication of what’s in store for the global bass, tropical, Alt-Latino, and AfroColombian scenes in New York... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 26 February, 2014

In just a few short days it will be “Noche de Tambo” in Barranquilla, Colombia — the unofficial kickoff to... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 05 August, 2013

The good folks behind New York City’s M.A.K.U. Soundsystem like to describe themselves as providers of immigrant beats. That comes... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 19 August, 2012

They say that the family that plays together, stays together. All right, maybe no one ever really said that. But... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 27 July, 2012

Masters of Colombian folkloric cumbia, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, played Le Poisson Rouge on July 26 and it was... Read Article