La Banda Chuska are re-imagining the vintage sounds of Peru through the lens of their New York home, via diverse backgrounds, taking inspiration from the twangy surf music of 1960s Peru (Los Belkings, Los Siderals) as well as... Read Article
‘Lina from Lima’ is a dazzling, genre-bending musical comedy with a unique take on the migrant experience. The film screens as part of this year’s London Migration Film Festival which runs from 25th November to 1st December.
One of the most active faces on the tropical underground scene is Peru’s now CDMX-based Lukrø. Always combining urban beats like juke, trap and jungle into our beloved Latin rhythms, dembow, cumbia et al, on his latest Descarga... Read Article
We are so excited about the batch of fresh, productive electronic artists setting foot in the now established tropical bass and digital folklore scene in Peru. It’s even sweeter because it now gets more female visibility. Hearing this... Read Article
On a road that started with a Chile-focused edition, New Latam Beats are keeping the folk-meets-electronic scene in Latin America alive and together. Following a second compilation digging Brazilian music, which moved between the old and the new,... Read Article
Dedicated as they are to the production of lovingly packaged obscure musical curios from a bygone day, those diligent people at Vampisoul in Madrid have been very busy in recent months digging through Peruvian and Colombian packing crates... Read Article
Back in 1972, Juan Wong Popilizio and his friend Noe Fachín signed to the Peruvian record label Infopesa to release their first full-length, an album called El Gran Cacique, which was also the nickname of their bandleader. Little... Read Article
Based in Berlin, Eck Echo have been a platform for different forms of diffusing Latin culture heritage. Recently, they showcased the tropical electronic music scene in the German city on their Berlin – Tropisches Tor documentary, while also... Read Article
Her work may suggest otherwise, but Giovanna Nuñez, who sings under the pseudonym of La Lá, does not have a typical history with music. When asked by Evaristo Corona, host of the Mexican podcast Meta: Cultura Pop en... Read Article
To celebrate Peruvian Independence Day we are very happy to bring you a new mixtape from one of our frequent collaborators, French music researcher and DJ Boebis. This latest mixtape seems him delve deep into Afro-Peru with tracks by... Read Article
If you ever get lost in the south of Madrid, you may stumble upon a handful of picanterias emanating slowly-cooked fumes of seafood and fried yuca. The trail spreads into neighbouring locutorios, call-shops where you can find stacks... Read Article
In June we released one of our most ambitious projects to date, Sonidos Raíces del Perú, a collection of inventive electronica – with touches of the avant-garde, dub, pop and an assortment of Andean and Afro-Latin rhythms –... Read Article
