Nicola Cruz has announced his much-anticipated follow-up to Prender El Alma and the initial signs are that this is an even deeper excursion into ancestral music from the Andes, and even further afield. With a release date of January... Read Article
The UK arrives somewhat late to the party with the June 10th release of Embrace of the Serpent, which premiered at Cannes in May 2015 to a ten-minute standing ovation, before being awarded the Art Cinema Award for... Read Article
Sidestepper are set to make their long due return to the spotlight this year. The Colombian group – led by British producer Richard Blair and sharing members with Ondatropica, Mucho Indio and other noted Colombian bands – have... Read Article
Romperayo are all set to release their second album in vinyl and digital formats via UK-based Discrepant Records. We have to be honest and say that we’ve heard a sneak peek of some of these tracks and you are... Read Article
Pedro Ojeda is a drummer and percussionist from Bogotá. He plays in Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Romperayo, Ondatrópica, Sidestepper and Mucho Indio, to name just a few of the great projects he’s involved in. Not too surprisingly, Pedro... Read Article
Mucho Indio is the current project of Colombian musician Teto Ocampo. Working with indigenous rhythms and melodies from a multitude of Colombia’s tribes, it’s a project with it’s heart firmly in nature and indigenous life but with a... Read Article
This year we produced our first ever print edition, a book about Colombian music and culture. One of the great things about the book was the opportunity to show off Colombian music old and new, and this extended... Read Article
This week we officially released our Colombia book and CD, a project devoted to sharing the amazing music and culture of Colombia. The book contains 198 pages of articles, illustrations and photos by contributors from Colombia, Europe, North... Read Article
Released in Colombia last year to little fanfare, Mucho Indio is a project and album that quite literally snuck under our radar. Which is a huge shame because it’s one of the most interesting, rhythmic and texturally intense... Read Article
We were extremely honoured to be invited onto Cal Jader’s Movimientos radio show on SOAS Radio in London for a Sounds and Colours-style takeover. The result was an hour of hip-hop, afro-beat, indie, electro-pop, noise and all manner... Read Article
The time has come again to choose our favourite albums of the year. It’s a task that’s never easy, especially after the bumper year we’ve had, with great music coming from all over South America, reflected in the... Read Article
After spending a few days in Bogota to recharge, plan and teach a couple of workshops, we have arrived to Santa Marta. We are staying at our sound engineer’s family vacation home. Their gorgeous apartment by the sea... Read Article
