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 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 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...
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...
Here comes a very nice example of Cumbia Rebajada, slowed down Cumbia from Mexico. The original: And the...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This is the album of The Peronists released on the Argentinean netlabel Mamushka Dogs Records.
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...
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....