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....

¿Qué tal, Tribal?

¿Qué tal, Tribal?

Some fresh Mexican Tribal! My buddy Acorde On told me that the Mexican Tribal stuff has not much to do with “Ghettotech”: It is played basically as warm-up on (upper) middle class house and techno parties…...

Tribalismo Tropical Mixtape

Tribalismo Tropical Mixtape

This quite new sound from Mexico has been referred to as “Tribal Guarachero” on Dutty Artz and other sites, but when I asked around the CD sellers in D.F./Mexico I just saw question marks in their faces. They just called it Tribal. But maybe the problem...

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...

Fiesta Influenza

Fiesta Influenza

Got this CD with macabre title on a street market in Mexico City. It’s mostly crap Pop stuff, but some interesting Tribal/Technocumbia on it too. They use to put a minimix of some of the tracks as first track on the CDs. So this is that Intromix giving an...