01. Constelacion - Los Destellos 02. Diablo, El - Compay Quinto 03. Silbando - Los Riberenos 04. Colegiala, La - Los Ilusionistas 05. Pastorcita, La - Los Destellos 06. Lamento Del Yacuruna - Los Wemblers De Iquitos 07. Como Un Ave - Grupo Celeste 08. El Hueleguiso - Manzanita Y Su Conjunto 09. A Trabajar - Chacalon y La Nueva Crema 10. Cumbia Del Desierto - Los Destellos 11. Hueleguiso, El - Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical/Manzanita 12. Agua - Manzanita Y Su Conjunto/Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical 13. Aguajal, El - Los Shapis 14. Paga La Cuenta Sinverguenza - Manzanita Y Su Conjunto/Manzanita 15. Siboney - Los Walkers 16. Danza del Petrolero, La - Los Wemblers De Iquitos
'This second volume is not a sequel. It’s an attempt to rectify some of the biases and inaccuracies of the first volume. Volume 2 focuses more on the urban aspect of the music and less on the Amazonian side. It highlights some lesser-known bands, and it also broadens its scope to include some of the early Cuban-influenced groups who would play such a crucial role in the elaboration of the chicha sound, as well as some of the later bands who play in the more Andean style that came to be referred to as chicha. More roots. More chicha' ~ press perch merch
hopefully by now you're familar with the essential first volume of this series, which inspired other worthy comps like this & of course murky's encroyable stirruped in syrup purple chicha mix. so anyhu, vol 2 is equally stellar & features a riveting 24 page booklet chock fulla vintage fotos & notes, none of which are included here :) what an exciting age to be into good tunes. please don't hesitate to purchase the thang. this is my rainy day dream away musique. highest imaginable recommendation
'Peregoyo y su Combo are among Colombia's most influential & fondly remembered bands. Formed in the PACIFIC coastal town of Buenaventura in the mid 60s under the leadership of Prof. Enrique Urbano Tenario, the band shared a vision to create a modern electric sound out of the local musiques of Colombia. This album, recorded in 1972 at the height of their success, is the band's ultimate testament. Local rhythms such as the cumbia, curralo & porro as well as Cuban & Puerto Rican flavoured cuts are given the Peregoyo treatment. A rich powerful, horn led sound underpinned by rock-steady bass & percussion with impassioned vocals & riffing horns laced with jazz tinged solos. Sensual, melodic, rhythmic, classic... this record is considered the cream of the crop from the premiere Colombian label Discos Fuentes.' Q Magazine
'If you want horns, check out this burning set from 1972 of salsa from Colombia. This stuff never lets up as it hurls groove after incessant groove at you, sax and trumpet blazing from a path cut by fat, no bloated, bass licks, pervasive percussion and searing solo and group vocals. It's salsa, rumba, jazz and pop from coastal Columbia, Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York with nary a hint as to how they got there. ' ~ CF, RootsWorld
'This is a reissue of an early-'70s release by a band alas long defunct. The style is your basic salsa-cumbia (salsa-currulao, salsa-porro, etc.). But Peregoyo's group stood out for a splendid mix of originality and down-home tipico, plus an improvised solo trumpet lead to the frontline that gave the whole thing far more flair than the usual arranged horns. It's spiffing all round... ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, AMG
01. El avispón (Silvestre Montez y sus Guantanameros) 02. Lobos al escape (Los Orientales de Paramonga) 03. Pasión oriental (Los Destellos) 04. Viento (Grupo Celeste) 05. Cabalgando con ella (Los Mirlos) 06. Arre caballito (Manzanita y su Conjunto) 07. El escape (Los Mirlos) 08. Un silbido amoroso (Los Wembler's de Iquitos) 09. La ardillita (Los Destellos) 10. Cumbia pop (Los Beltons) 11. Beteando (Los Beta 5) 12. Lamento de un galax (Los Galax) 13. Mi gran noche (Aniceto y sus Fabulosos) 14. Mujer hilandera (Juaneco y su Combo) 15. El tramboyito (Los Sanders de Ñaña) 16. La danza de la tortuga (Los Beta 5) 17. Guajira sicodélica (Los Destellos) 18. Captura de lobos (Los Orientales de Paramonga) 19. Malambo (Los Diablos Rojos) 20. El trencito (Los Átomos de Paramonga) 21. La jorobita (Los Beta 5) 22. Aquí en la fiesta (I Don't Want To Spoil The Party) (Los Ecos) 23. La chichera (Los Demonios de Corocochay) 24. Liliana (Los Demonios del Mantaro) 25. Lamento en la selva (Los Mirlos)
In 1960s Peru, a thrilling and unstoppable style of music is born: Peruvian cumbia, also known as "chicha". Tropical genres such as merengue, guaracha, rumba and cumbia mix with 60s beat and psychedelic rock, while electric guitars reinterpret folk melodies and traditions from the Andes and the Amazonian jungle, in a musical representation of the exodus from rural areas to Lima and other big cities. First volume of a new series dedicated to documenting this most exciting and popular genre.
In mid-50s Peru, mambo was progressively replaced by preferences for other rhythms like merengue, guaguancó, cha cha cha, joropo, guaracha, rumba and cumbia, which timidly begins to sound during these years. In Lima it's the golden age of great orchestras and music ensembles which are capable of playing swing and jazz, but especially the diverse tropical variants inundating the market. The most successful of all, La Sonora de Lucho Macedo, released in 1965 an LP consisting exclusively of cumbia.
Around this time, the successful folklore group Los Pacharacos released the album "Los ídolos del pueblo", which included a cumbia number in the middle of the potpourri of huaynos, waltzes and polkas. The marriage between folklore and cumbia had taken place. The groups preserved the fusion of fox trot and mambo rhythms along with huayno and cumbia in the execution of their music. That feeling would be the basis for the success of such unorthodox and unclassifiable songs as 'La chichera' or 'Petipan'. The recording in 1965 of these two songs by Los Demonios del Mantaro on a seminal 45 rpm with the Sono Radio label was the jumping off point for the birth of cumbia andina, also called 'chicha' precisely for this song, which is dedicated to a vendor of the well-known Incan liquor.
The electric shock of rock guitars enters the world of cumbia in 1968. The cause of such copulation was Enrique Delgado Montes, regarded as the genre's godfather. He did it, as part of his band Los Destellos, on a 45 ('El avispón' / 'La malvada') and an eponymous LP. His songs constitute the most surprising musical fusions and amalgams of the time: whether they merge Cuban music and psychedelia, explore the sounds of Andean or Amazonian music, combine the digitalization of the Creole guitar with huayno melodies or abuse fuzz tones and distortion pedals with enormous strength. The metamorphosis of cumbia turns it into a genre that seems to voraciously cannibalize acoustic traditions and modern technologies. There wasn't an innovation that tropical guitarists didn't add to their sound: delay, fuzz tone, overdrive, wahwah, reverb, modulating effects typical of rock bands are assimilated into a stunning sonic cocktail.
In this context, cumbia reached the top of the charts in popularity. Cumbia replaced rock as the urban sound. The groups would slowly develop an ethnic sensibility inspired by native Shipibo motifs and an astonishing and bewitching sound that seemed to drink from all the mysteries, secrets and myths of the jungle.
it's not as though i need prodding or justification to be π radikal, but this one is sold out. you will download & enjoy. by far the premier [only?] cumbia comp since the stellar 'roots of chicha' & so worthy of a re-issue. los galax are increíble y los orientales de paramonga were entirely nuevo to me until i heard them hear. another quintessentially groovy collection de vampi sole. mas aqui
EDIT ~ SEEMS TRAQUE 11, 'BETEANDO' BY LOS BETA FIVE DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE ORIGINAL UPLOAD. IT IS NOW ADDITIONALLY INCLUDEDHEAR POST-HASTE, AS WELL AS IN THE TRAQUELIST ABOVE. Desculpa me
01. Manuel Alvarez y Sus Dangers – Esclavo Moderno 02. Cassimbas Negras – Bumburumbumbum 03. Abelardo Carbonó y su Conjunto – Palenque 04. Son Palenque – Tungalala (El Sapo) 05. Cumbia Siglo XX – Naga Pedale 06. Wganda Kenya – Pim Pom 07. Banda Los Hijos de La Niña Luz – Dejala Corre 08. Pedro Beltran – Puyalo Ahi 09. Cumbia Moderna De Soledad– Tetero 10. Abelardo Carbonó y su Conjunto – Quiero a Mi Gente 11. Lisandro Meza y su Conjunto – Shacalao 12. Son Palenque – Palengue Palengue 13. Abelardo Carbanó – La Negra Kulengue 14. La Tromba – Calaba Calabao 15. Los Soneros de Gamero – Katunga 16. Rabel Y su Grupo – Manaye 17. La Nelda Pina – El Sucusu 18. Wganda Kenya – El Lobo 19. Son Palenque – Dame Un Trago 20. Grupo Palma Africana – La Botellita 21. Wganda Kenya – Yoro
another encroyable soundway joint, this is likely the most swingin mix i heard since summer officially popped off. sometimes you just gotta swallow yr pride & transmogrify into a hungry little consumer regardless of how piratical you might consider yrself & purchase new vinyl so that the brilliant record labels hookin us up with these rare sides might continue to do brisque business & manifest more of these pearls to quench the endless thirst of our insatiable ears. a suggestion then? buy the 3xLP from Soundway somehow or even patronize one of their distributors & hang onto the thang, so when you're old & gray yr kids might say 'dam my folks were into some fly chit' or your nephew or whomever. flavor never dies & there aint a dud on this blistering set. plus we get to hear another ten-toes-tappin Lisandro Meza banger. no-brainer
Colombian multi-instrumentalist & world champion of accordian, Lisandro Meza has been a key figure of Colombian popular music since 1961, first as a member of supergroup Los Corraleros de Majagual, and then in Banda Los Hijos de la Niña Luz -- the late-'70s band composed of his children & his wife. They played their own style of brass band street music that has its roots in the carnival tradition of Colombia. 'Dejala Corre' from 1980 is a huge favorite along the Caribbean coast of Colombia and in the interior, too. The flip side features an edit of the final segment of a long medley from a 1980 Los Hijos LP on legendary Colombian label Discos Fuentes. The two pieces featured are 'El Sapo' which runs into a unique big band version of Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy (Crees Que Soy Sexy)." This is a tropical dancefloor double-sided bomb and strictly limited to 1000 copies. The record comes in a unique bespoke black printed sleeve on textured high quality manilla card.
