Chillumbia Mixtape

Chillumbia Mixtape

A guest mixtape with some chilled out Cumbia for the 34 Mag from Minsk for their New Years Eve (pre/after)party special which features more mixtapes from Stereobeaver, KorneJ and others as well. Tracklist: 01. Rafael Aragon – Mi Secreto 02. DJ Nirso –...

Macumbia – Carne Latina

Macumbia – Carne Latina

Macumbia is a band based in Joao Pessoa in Northeastern Brazil. They mix Caribbean and Latin with traditional Brazilian rhythms. As the groups members are from different cultures and nationalities such as Brazil, Venezuela and North America the lyrics are in Spanish,...

Superlage

Superlage

Superlage comes up with an excellent mix of Cumbia and regional flavors from North Brazil such as Carimbó and Brega. With it’s tripping tropical off beats this will for sure warm up every heart and soul suffering from winter dark- and frostiness. From their...

Sabor Sonidero Mixtape

Sabor Sonidero Mixtape

Cumbia Sonidera in Mexico City is a kind of what Cumbia Villera is in Buenos Aires: originated from Colombian Cumbia it has been transformed in the marginalized settlements. Its sound is characterized by slow beats, long instrumental parts and voices often deformed by...

Reventon de Halloween

Reventon de Halloween

Some tracks from a compilation I got recently in Mexico D.F. Differently of what the cover could imply, it’s full of Salsa, Pop, Electro, but as well Cumbia and...

Dale Tumbao Mixtape

Dale Tumbao Mixtape

Mixtape of Mexican Reggaeton. Actually I am not sure if it is all Mexican, but at least I got the stuff there and as there is not much info on artists in the tags, it’s difficult to check. Tracklist: 01. Somo De La Calle 02. DJ Rasec – La Cumbia Drums 03....

Sacassaia

Sacassaia

Sacassaia from Brasília produce a very interesting mixture of Brazilian styles and other Latin-American rhythms together with Rap and Dub. From their website: “In the first semester of 2008 the DJ/MC/composer Gardenel (Gabriel Gardenal) and the...

Lisandro Meza

Lisandro Meza

Lisandro Meza is one of Colombia’s most recognized Cumbia artists and played an important role in the evolution of Cumbia. He plays accordion, sings, and composes and is a master of vallenato sabanero, an accordion-driven style of music that originated in...

Celso Piña

Celso Piña

Mexican musician Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing cumbia with ska, reggae, rap, hip-hop, dub etc. working together with guys like Toy Selectah and Chic Sonido. His hit “Cumbia sobre el rio” is a milestone and was for many people (including me) the...

Descarga Sonidera

Descarga Sonidera

When I was showing my friend Maga Bo the CDs I bought recently in Mexico City and asked him which one he wanted to check out he selected straight the one with the cyber chicks on the cover. We both had no idea what will be on that, but were quite surprised. Check it...

La Villa Cumbiera Mixtape

La Villa Cumbiera Mixtape

Cumbia Villera (from the villas, as low income settlements in Buenos Aires are called) is the Argentinean “ghetto” version of Cumbia, originated from Colombian Cumbia and was brought to Argentina by immigrants. In the late 90’s it got more and more...

Funk Carioca Hybrid 3: Frikstailers

Funk Carioca Hybrid 3: Frikstailers

Here is one more from one of the best new Argentinean producers, the Frikstailers. They just released an EP on Revolt Into Style Records that kindly provided this track. Buy the whole EP on vinyl from Juno Records or the digital format...

Funk Carioca Hybrid 1: MC Gringo & Frikstailers

Funk Carioca Hybrid 1: MC Gringo & Frikstailers

Foreign funk carioca pioneer MC Gringo recently teamed up with Frikstailers on his tour in Argentina. Watch a video here. Check out their remix of his track “Fudegú de Perequetê”. This is the start of an irregular series on remixes, mash-ups and other...

Nueva Cumbia Mixtape

Nueva Cumbia Mixtape

Tracklist: 01. DJ Negro – Cumbia Rabiosa Feat. Capleton 02. Blanquito Man, Control Machete & Celso Piña y Su Ronda Bogotá – Cumbia Sobre El Rio 03. El Hijo De La Cumbia – La Mara Tomaza 04. Villa Diamante – Fauna vs. Black Eyed Peas 05....