After something of mini-hiatus in the build-up to this year, 2018 has been quite something for Colombian trailblazers Frente Cumbiero. A Japanese tour incorporating Fuji Rock Festival, a fistful of Mexican dates through August and September, an extended... Read Article
Ask anyone who knows a thing or two about making music in Colombia and Eric Banta is a name you can trust. Best known for his work in the studio, as well as being celebrated for his craft... Read Article
Revered as the ‘Godfather of Champeta’, Abelardo Carbonó, is the latest in a growing line of Colombian artists to team up with British producer Quantic. Best known for a motley catalogue of styles, mesmeric guitar skills and psychedelic... Read Article
Following on from their double album / triple-LP debut was never going to be easy for Ondatrópica, the Colombian supergroup of Mario Galeano and Will ‘Quantic’ Holland, and that’s perhaps why there’s been a four-year gap before the announcement... Read Article
On 19th May, musician, producer and DJ Quantic, a.k.a Will Holland, will return to the capital for a special live set at Shoreditch’s Village Underground. Performing during the UK-leg of his Tropical Elevation World Tour, Quantic will be... Read Article
Ondatropica, the Colombian music supergroup set-up by Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero) and Will “Quantic” Holland are currently planning their second album and need your help. After blowing everyone away, us included, with their self-titled debut (read our review... 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
A new compilation on Staubgold records has collected together recordings made by Ensamble Polifonico de Vallenato and Sexteto La Constelación de Colombia in 1999/2000. While these names may not be familiar at first glance, the musicians involved certainly... 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
