Cumbia
Album Review: El Búho – ‘Strata’: Cumbia infused electronica to celebrate and satisfy.
If anyone was going to justifiably lay claim to the tags ‘organic electronics’ or ‘natural electronica’ with any degree of credibility then that must be El Búho. The UK producer/DJ, otherwise known as Robin Perkins, has always partnered his environmental activism with his music, they are parts of him that in many ways have grown …
Say Psych: Album Review: Los Bitchos – Let The Festivities Begin!
London’s Los Bitchos have finally released their debut LP, aptly titled Let the Festivities Begin! It invokes panthers prowling through a desert, cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust, riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine. Los Bitchos’ hallucinatory surf-exotica is as evocative as it is playful: the pan-continental group could well be your …
Say Psych: Interview: Los Bitchos
London-based, pan-continental female instrumental four-piece Los Bitchos yesterday shared the video to their latest single ‘Pista (Fresh Start)’. We caught up with them recently to discuss all things Bitchos… Hey guys, thanks for taking some time out to talk with us! Let’s start with the obvious; where does the name come from? Serra – It …
Track: Las Calakas – Morena
Cumbia fusión band Las Calakas, have announced their debut full length album will be out in Spring 2022, after signing to Los Angeles based label My Grito Industries. They have shared a track from the album – Morena. The band had this to say about the news: “We have been working on this album for about 2 years …
Premiere: Los Esplifs – ‘Perro Rabioso’: Tucson psych-cumbia outfit go roamin’ for a (rabid) hot dog
DO YOU have a particular penchant for those liminal musical zones, the subduction zones where musical tectonic plates bend and upheave and buckle and melt into one another? Particularly, perhaps, when you’re left with a wide grin and a begged question: just how did they get there, exactly? You know the sort of thing I …
NEWS: World Circuit to reissue ‘Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2’ and Ali Farka Touré’s ‘Red’ on vinyl
REVERED label World Circuit has taken a dive into the halls of its back catalogue and has announced vinyl pressings for two albums that will surely please fans of the global sound everywhere. The first of the two reissues is to be Various artists – Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2, an exploration of the rhythms of …
SEE: The video for XIXA’s ‘Eclipse’: Tucson barrio sextet go back to their roots
FOLLOWING on down that seductive, dusty road from their previous singles, September’s “Genesis of Gaea” and late October’s “May They Call Us Home”, Tucson’s TexMex rock fusioneers XIXA have dropped the video for “Eclipse”, another instalment from next month’s album, Genesis. You can watch below. It’s a rousing tune, showcasing a poppier end to the …
ALBUM REVIEW: Various Artists – Selva Selects: Thunder Claps: a year in Quantic’s superb new imprint
Selva Selects: Thunder Claps wins big in touching on so many tangents in the world of music, da funk, da disco, Latin, electro: it’s so eclectic, but it all works because Quantic is like a dowsing rod for a great tune. He’s the constant, the overseer, the constant thread, and this compilation is the absolute mustard. Year-end podium position tackle.
SEE: XIXA – ‘May They Call Us Home’: where desert rock meets cumbia
COMING atcha suited and booted, dusty with the long ride in from Tucson, AZ, XIXA have released the second single from their forthcoming album, “May They Call Us Home”. You can watch the video herein. The video was directed by the amazing photographer Charlie Stout and stars fellow traveller across the wide-open landscapes of the borderland …
Say Psych: Track Review: Los Bitchos – Tripping Party
Rating: 7/10 Cassette only DIY label Blak Hand Records are known for finding gems and thrusting them forward, and their latest release from London ladies Los Bitchos is no exception. The trio play an playing an exciting Latin American dance-oriented sound commonly known as ‘Cumbia’. Made up of Serra on and Carolina on guitars and …