The remote village of San Basilio de Palenque in Colombia’s Caribbean region has become internationally known in recent years, and not without reason. Renowned as ‘Africa in Colombia’, Palenque is the first ‘free town’ in the American Continent,... Read Article
Lucas Silva is a workaholic. If he’s not recording music, he’s shooting a music video or a documentary or writing a script or something else. It was hard to catch him during my first trip to Colombia because... Read Article
Palenque, a name that has always gone hand in hand with Afro-Colombia. “The only one with its own language, is San Basilio”, Lucas Silva of the iconic record label named after the town, recently pointed out, “but there... Read Article
Following on from his Top 10 Tunes of 2017, Cal Jader has now sent us over part of his Best of 2017 mixtape. Featuring tracks from across Latin America as well as bands formed by Latin American migrants... Read Article
The musical magic of Afro-Colombia has once again graced our ears. This instalment comes from Galletas Calientes Records and a group of DJs and producers who span the Global Bass scene. On Palenque Records AfroColombia Remix they deliver... Read Article
Palenque Records Remixed is a unique compilation which features two different meetings of cultures in two different moments in time. The first meeting dates back to the 70s, when inhabitants from San Basilio de Palenque – a community... Read Article
Do Uproot Andy and Geko Jones ever sleep?
This year we produced our first ever print edition, a book about Colombian music and culture. One of the great things about the book was the opportunity to show off Colombian music old and new, and this extended... Read Article
This week we officially released our Colombia book and CD, a project devoted to sharing the amazing music and culture of Colombia. The book contains 198 pages of articles, illustrations and photos by contributors from Colombia, Europe, North... Read Article
Incredible new video and performance – just listen to the drums and vocals – from Son Palenque. The group, led by Justo Valdez, is one of the best exponents of music from the Colombian village of San Basilio... Read Article
They say that the family that plays together, stays together. All right, maybe no one ever really said that. But the family-like crew that makes up M.A.K.U. Soundsystem makes the saying seem gospel to me. The Queens, N.Y.-based collective,... Read Article
Brand new video from Palenke Soultribe, the Los Angeles-based Colombians with a taste for mixing their Colombian roots with electronic styles. Their upcoming record Palenke vs. Palenque is a collaboration with Palenque Records, a Colombian record label who... Read Article
