As two of the leading forces pushing the experimental-meets-traditional sounds of Peru and South America, Eck Echo and Matraca have come together to take a further step with Andean-inspired sounds. This is not your average folktronica downtempo compilation,... Read Article
Released by Lima-based label Matraca, the new song by Mexican singer and breakthrough MC Charly Gynn, “Taka Taka”, is a bass heavy dembow with reggae dub elements and a hard-hitting classic reggaeton drum pattern; it’s produced by Veracruz-born... Read Article
Despite underground electronic music becoming more and more active in Latin America, fundamental subjects like equality, gender and race, are rarely mentioned. Nevertheless, there are various examples of labels, like Fértil Discos in Argentina, or Panal Records in... Read Article
One of the most active faces on the tropical underground scene is Peru’s now CDMX-based Lukrø. Always combining urban beats like juke, trap and jungle into our beloved Latin rhythms, dembow, cumbia et al, on his latest Descarga... Read Article
Recent times have brought profound thoughts towards our ways of living, exacerbated by the worldwide situation of being stuck in various levels of quarantine, with mass events firmly out of the picture. Isolation has been hard for many,... Read Article
Prepare yourself for the latest edition of Matraca Global on Peruvian imprint Matraca Netlabel. This second instalment, is heavily inspired by the sound of the Brazilian streets, with touches of Bahia bass and baile funk. The 3-track EP... Read Article
