Lima’s digital cumbia duo Dengue Dengue Dengue are rarely out of earshot these days. Their last album, La Alianza Profana, can be seen as a runaway success, setting-up the duo as one of the finest exponents of electronic... Read Article
I would never have believed it if six years ago somebody told me that Peruvian psychedelic cumbia, also known as chicha, would become somewhat hip amongst white people in the northern hemisphere, and that luxurious vinyl reissues would... Read Article
Chicha or Peruvian cumbia, as it is often known, is on the rise. Since Barbes Records released The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru in 2007 the popularity of the genre has grown both internationally and in... Read Article
