Released by Lima-based label Matraca, the new song by Mexican singer and breakthrough MC Charly Gynn, “Taka Taka”, is a bass heavy dembow with reggae dub elements and a hard-hitting classic reggaeton drum pattern; it’s produced by Veracruz-born... Read Article
Skipping the street fights and druggy references, Chilean música urbana group MET Music are making melodic pop mixed with contemporary genres, ranging from reggaeton to trap, but always with a smooth treatment closer to R&B. This is complemented... Read Article
Urban music in Latin America found its way to the mainstream just as rap did in North America in the 90s, mixing street level stories with inescapable rhythms that mixed the classic with the new. In the case... Read Article
One of the key figures in Chile’s developing trap scene, Young Cister also has time for perreo, as he kindly invites us to do it on his latest 3-track EP, Perreamos?, which features Spanish artist Kaydy Cain and... Read Article
More than ten years have passed since Latin America’s traditional genres hit the world of underground electronic music, with cumbia quickly becoming widespread, establishing itself as a go-to rhythm for producers (you can even hear Flying Lotus or... Read Article
Peruvian-born, now Mexico City-based, Lukro presents the new video for his latest track released by the Ten Toes Turbo label, home of the best underground footwork coming out of Mexico. On “Fyah”, co-produced with New York’s secret weapon... Read Article
A lot has been said about the origins of reggaeton, the whitewashing and cultural appropriation that led to its global conquest. Not everyone is aware that the dembow riddim came from Jamaica’s first digital dancehall productions, which caught... Read Article
What to do when your ‘Colombianness’ isn’t coming through in your music? In the case of Lao Ra, you work, re-work, and evolve your sound until you get it right. The Los Angeles based artist, who was born... Read Article
Similar to compatriots NAAFI in North America, HiedraH Club De Baile are combining the forces of the underground electronic scene, but they’re doing it for the southern tip of South America, stemming from Argentina, building an army of... Read Article
Jeffrey (2016) is a docudrama from Dominican filmmaker Yanillys Perez, following a young boy who cleans car windscreens in the busy traffic jams of Santo Domingo and dreams of becoming a reggaeton singer like one of his nine... Read Article
If there is one thing to be said about Riobamba, the NYC-based DJ whose real name is Sara Skolnick, it’s that she’s a huge fan of reggaeton and perreo. It’s evident each time she plays out. Recently signed... Read Article
Right now in Mexico reggaeton is a social phenomenon. The music is everywhere: radio, TV, clubs, etc., etc. It’s listened to by all social classes, it’s breaking taboos about sexuality and freedom for new generations. And, there are... Read Article
