Argentina’s Rafa Caivano and Lisandro Sona have undergone various transmutations since first forming Frikstailers in 2006. Back then, the pair’s maiden musical steps were underpinned by an obsession with fusing disparate cultures and sound-colours. Releasing their blend of... Read Article
Kaleema is Heidi Lewandowski-a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and singer from Buenos Aires who’s planted herself deep in Latin America’s dank, dazzling downtempo scene. Since 2017’s acclaimed debut album Nomada, a hypnotic whirr of contemporary electronics and organic instrumentation,... Read Article
Alex Figueira is a Venezuelan-Portuguese musician, producer, DJ and record collector based in Amsterdam, known in independent music circuits as “the hardest working man in Tropical music”. It’s no hyperbole; Figueira is the founder of tropical psych-punk outfit... Read Article
Pioneering sound artist Tamara Montenegro is better known under her nom de plume NAOBA. For over a decade, the Nicaraguan producer, singer and DJ (and namesake of Lake Nicaragua’s Ometepe Island natives), has been leading the organic downtempo,... Read Article
Born in Paris, raised in Peru, DJ, producer and label-boss Deltatron has been a leading figure in Latinx urban music scenes for over a decade. His label Terror Negro is a self-appointed haven for “cultural piracy and vandalism”... Read Article
London-based Los Bitchos are a psychedelic cumbia quartet formed in 2017 after having found inspiration in the acclaimed compilation of instrumental Peruvian Cumbia The Roots of Chicha. Since their formation they have beguiled audiences with their breezy blend... Read Article
Colombian-Spanish duo Guacamayo Tropical are audiovisual artists who focus on rescuing and spreading Latin-American tradition worldwide. Their live sessions are characterised by the integration of digital beats with native Latin instruments such as Colombian gaita, tamboras and djembe,... Read Article
Lima-born, Berlin-based Ale Hop (Alejandra Cardenas) is an experimental instrumentalist and researcher whose mammoth body of work includes multi-channel installations, live shows, record releases, sound and multimedia pieces, and research on the intersection between sound, art and technology.... Read Article
Coming from the capital of salsa, Cali’s El Dragón Criollo keeps rhythm in his blood, though living now in Geneva. The Pacific-city expat, who splits his time between performing with his groups Contento, La Jungla and Acid Coco,... Read Article
Both his experience and his musical elasticity situates Carlos Gualda (AKA Carrot Green) right at the spine of Rio’s – and, indeed, Brazil’s – dance music scene. Just as comfortable performing shamanic downtempo as pulse-racing techno, vivid slo-house... Read Article
For our latest Raro instalment, we’re turning to veteran disk-jockey, DJ Paulão, who has been sharing unknown and underplayed analogue cuts since 1998. Moving from college radio to the dancefloor around the turn of the century, the São... Read Article
Our latest mixtape comes from a label that needs no introduction: the magnificent ZZK Records in Buenos Aires. Home to the likes of King Coya, La Yegros and El Remolón, the latest medley is brought to us by Frikstailers, whose recent... Read Article
