Back in the halcyon days of late-2015, Peruvian electro-roots crew Novalima dropped their latest album, the globe-referencing Planetario. For our reviewer, the album was ‘a mix of incredible folkloric rhythms, yearning female vocals and modern bass-culture touches’, yet... Read Article
Enjoyed reading about our favourite South American albums of the year? Well, now we’ve put together a Soundcloud playlist featuring tracks from some of those albums as well as lots of other choice selections from across the year.... Read Article
In what is hopefully becoming an annual tradition here is DJ Cal Jader to bring you some of his favourite Latin-flavoured tracks from 2015. As the head honcho of Movimientos (Latin events producers and cultural agitators in London)... Read Article
The criteria for our annual year-end list is simple: these are collectively our favourite South American albums of the year, which is to say that they are albums that either hail from South America or feature South American... Read Article
We are delighted to be a part of the upcoming Movimientos 10 weekender in London, a 2-day event celebrating the 10th birthday of Latin events organiser and cultural beacon Movimientos. The event will be taking place over Saturday... Read Article
For anyone, who hasn’t heard Novalima before, then you’re in for a treat. Because these are past masters of grafting the rootsiest of Peruvian sounds with the best that international DJ culture has to offer. And for those... Read Article
As our friend Cal Jader put it on his Movimientos podcast the other week, Novalima “are back!” (Check out his interview with band member, Rafael Morales.) We couldn’t be more thrilled to hear new music from the multi-piece collective, who... Read Article
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts played host to a unique blend of global roots and modern dance music on the weekend of December 6 & 7, 2013. The New Frequencies Fest, held annually in downtown San Francisco,... Read Article
Wonderwheel Recordings have today released Karimba Diabolic Remixes, a brand new remix album from the Afro-Peruvian collective Novalima. The album takes tracks from Novalima’s last album, Karimba, and gives them the remix treatment, moulding the originals into a... Read Article
If you haven’t been following the music press recently, there’s been a lot of really interesting (and some downright stupid and misinformed) debates concerning the state of electronic dance music today. As recently as this week, Rolling Stone... Read Article
It’s that time of the year again when we select some of our favourite releases from the last year, albums either made by South Americans or suitably inspired by South American music as to be deemed worthy of... Read Article
Afro-Peruvian collective, Novalima, are set to bring their sultry sound to SOBs in New York City on July 8 as part of their summer tour in the United States. Get prepped for the show by downloading a special... Read Article
