It’s beautiful to see how artists come together and make an international community from a musical style taken out of a humble region of the world, especially when the sound is fuelled with rebellious attitude and search for unity.... 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
Tinsel people started dancing around Helado Negro‘s Twitter timeline (and stage shows) about a year ago and it’s something we just had to ask him about when we ran into him at the Latin Alternative Music Conference earlier this... Read Article
Ondatropica, the Colombian music supergroup set-up by Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero) and Will “Quantic” Holland are currently planning their second album and need your help. After blowing everyone away, us included, with their self-titled debut (read our review... Read Article
For his last album, Bailar en la Cueva, the Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the bold step of relocating to Bogotá and working with Mario Galeano, the mastermind behind Ondatrópica and Frente Cumbiero, and a new group of... Read Article
Everything we love about music is instilled in Colombian band Los Pirañas. The tropical noise trio from Bogotá – whose members are the mainstays of bands like Frente Cumbiero, Meridian Brothers and Romperayo – play music with no fear,... 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
Supernatural Love, the latest project from Bogotá-based Sidestepper, is set to relaunch the relationship between fan and artist. The group have launched a crowdfunding campaign through Uonset, inviting listeners to purchase the album online or make a contribution... Read Article
A new compilation on Staubgold records has collected together recordings made by Ensamble Polifonico de Vallenato and Sexteto La Constelación de Colombia in 1999/2000. While these names may not be familiar at first glance, the musicians involved certainly... Read Article
It bends but it does not break. You can take cumbia and you can twist it, curve it, flex it but you won’t change its nature. That seems to be the concept behind the first and only recording... Read Article
Since Quantic moved to Colombia back in 2007 there has been no shortage of musical activity – collaborations with Alice Russell, excursions into dub and cumbia, extensively-researched compilations for Soundway Records, the forming of the Colombian super-group Ondatropica,... Read Article
