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
This is the long overdue international debut single from Colombia’s Romperayo. Originally a one-man production job as Pedro Ojeda (drummer for Ondatrópica, Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Sidestepper, Mucho Indio, amongst others) experimented with tropical music samples, percussion and... Read Article
Old school salsa with a twist? Cuban son with synth knob-twitching backing and feedback? Boleros with white noise ambience and atonal atmosphere? Descargas with Miles Davis’ electric-era horns and freaky tremolo guitar playing? All this and more is... Read Article
New York’s psychedelic salseros La Mecánica Popular released their self-titled debut album this week. It’s fair to say we’ve been waiting for this once for quite some time – well since we first heard some fuzzed up hip-shaking... Read Article
Following on from releasing two incredible release from Colombia’s Frente Cumbiero, New York City’s NYC Trust record label have just released a great new 7″ from Meridian Brothers, the project of Frente guitarist Eblis Alvarez in which he... Read Article
The day has arrived; the ridiculously good new 7″ from Frente Cumbiero was today released on the US-based record label Names You Can Trust. The record contains two new songs from the group, “Unconvention” and “Iko” and is... Read Article
