Why isn't there a thread about cumbia?

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damas gratis
meta gaucha
fita olivares
vilma palma e vampiros

i can't remember any more names right now, but always on the look out, i'm a sucker for that rhythm.....

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CUMBIA IS ONE OF THE FUCKING BANES OF MY EXISTENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ACKACKACKACKACKACKACK!!!!!!!

*ahem* *whew* Glad to get that out of my system.

I guess if I lived
with it all around me I'd
feel much the same way

But I don't at all,
so I think it kicks much ass;
chuntaro music!

Celso Pina and
El Gran Silencio use
cumbia so well

RS if I was
less of an asshole I'd do
that CD for you

*This might be overstating it just a bit, but not by much.

i need to get my cumbia on for summertime, maybe i'll go see what they have at circuit city, thanks for the recommendations

guachin

leo mattioli

bajo palabra

pablito lezcano

la base

pocho la pantera

ricky maravilla

gladys la bomba tucumana

MALAFAMA

There you have some keywords to look for cumbia.

Search : "vitamina" by Damas gratis. The only sonically-adventurous thing ever to come out of the cumbia villera "scene" (gangsta rap equivalent = lyrics about misoginy, sniffing glue, guns & petty crime). Also "vamos a robar (corazones)" by Pablo Lescano (the only auteur in the "scene") and Fidel Nadal (former leader of the "seminal" post-punk-funk-reggae outfit Todos tus Muertos, now all gone Rastafarian. Yeah, ragga-cumbia anyone?)

Destroy : The rest. Cheap, interchangeable we-all-use-the-same-casio-sounds bands, all coming from the assembly line that is magenta records (more maffia than motown).

bajo palabra tried for a little bit to mix hip hop lyrics and "attitude" with cumbia. Didn't work out well so they faded out completely.

Ricky maravilla, pocho la pantera (super mop top alert! el vez, eat your heart out), gladys la bomba tucumana, adrian y los dados negros and many others are early 90's incarnations of cumbia, more "melodic" than rhytmic, and relying more on "live" instrumentation and romantic themes.

Also, search the biggest pop-cumbia hit ever : "la ventanita" by sombras (mid-90s, could be seen as a transition between the more "melodic" sounding of the former and the rhythm-oriented sound of the latter cumbia villera). Groundbreaking, at least in terms of popularity.

All this stuff could be easily found on kazaa, I think.

that was a great description but what about Fidel Nadal was said. He has nothing to do with cumbia.

People, you should give it a hear to Todos Tus Muertos. They were a great band. Also Lumumba. BUT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY OFF TOPIC!!!

Any of you have a gmail account? If so, give your adress and I'll try to send you some cumbia songs.

But people, there are thousands of better rythms to look for. In case you are looking for interesting rock or pop bands the list is countless.

''tucumana'' is the female adjective for the people of Tucuman, one province of Argentina.

Her only hit ''La pollera amarilla'' (The yellow skirt)

i'm still a sucka for the celso pina/control macehete track - i've actually been informed my best man duties at an upcoming wedding include playing that track as i've gotten the bride & groom hooked

Selena's brother (A.B. Quintallanero?) fronts the Kumbia Kings, and I think they are fairly popular, but what I have heard is not anything special.

Part of the back story is apparently that there was a decent-sized Colombian community that settled in Monterey NL, and that's how cumbia got established in northern Mexico.

* CHIQUINO
* JORGE VELIZ

both forthcoming on the atom heart-compiled collection, coconut fm.

Red - The closest thing we ever had down here to really really great cumbia pop. It's miles, miles away from what's been called as "cumbia villera", Red were always more focused into bombastic synth lines building up to huge, sweeping choruses.

I yousendited a song cuz I was planning to use it in a post for Edward O's Umlauts, but since that wasn't my blog, I thought it could be a bit intrusive of me to link it. But the song is still there, so if anyone's interested, here's a link.

"Also, search the biggest pop-cumbia hit ever : "la ventanita" by sombras"

Sombras lead guitar always sounded quite Verlaine-ish to me.

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Sundar, I think you would like 40s/50s (?) cumbia with the clarinet in it (if you haven't heard it yet and if you ever look at this thread).

(I still have not received any CDs of any sort from Señor N. Matia Armando Benitez Haikunym.)

I love this Mingus album, though few others seem to.

A nice little mix (of fairly traditional sounding cumbia) from someone I basically know nothing about:

http://www.wordthecat.com/images/sonido_martines_-_las_Rebajadas_van_a_brooklin.\
mp3

About:

http://www.discoshawn.com/2007/09/sonido-martines-again.html

For MIA fans (scroll down a little):

http://maddecent.com/blog/?p=178

(Just Googling "Sonido Martines" brings up a lot of interesting stuff.)

A little desperate pandering there. Anyway, I thought I'd post this cumbia mix (mentioned earlier in this thread), though I don't know who put it together originally:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ecmabd6v09yuge7

Also I thought I'd mention I like discs one and two of Nascente's Beginners Guide to Cumbia, which is mostly fairly traditional cumbia from my perspective, but I don't care so much for the third disc which is supposed to be future cumbia or something, and features less than satisfying blends of cumbia with other styles. I've heard better cumbia fusions here and there elsewhere. But those first two discs are great. I also recently bought Vampisoul's Afrosound of Colombia (not strictly a cumbia compilation, though it has some cumbia in it) and don't care for it. Too many annoying novelty tracks. Too much Colombian garage funk, or whatever I'm calling it today. Some of the obscure Fruko y Sus Tesos tracks, of course, are a treat, but as an overall package I find it disappointing.

Looking at the amazon review for the Beginners Guide, I can't tell if this is positive or negative, but I think it's probably the latter.

Disc No. 3 is the best way to kill the Cumbia, rassssss.

I'm probably being too hard on the Afrosound compilation. Once you get past the novelty tracks, it's pretty good I guess. Still not as AMAZING as some have made it out to be.

I'm finding it interesting how close one of the horn parts in "Manyoma" is to the trumpets in (the presumably later) "Rebelion," like a not quite as tight version of the trumpets on that salsa classic.

Cumbia professor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3H4WwmeRF0

Published on Aug 13, 2012

A new twist on an old classic. We took a popular 80's cumbia (originally made famous by Fito Olivares) and rewrote the lyrics to communicate the delicious taste and health benefits of Honey Nut Cheerios. Everyone sing along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNGWUhjxpRs

That's great

i know, isn't it? i saw it when i was watching tv and i had to look it up and put it somewhere for safekeeping.

from email I just received

The Wall Street Journal is premiering the video for LA-based neo-Cumbia group Quitapenas at http://on.wsj.com/1aHFczr. The track, produced by Fool’s Gold’s Lewis Pesacov, appears on the Mas Tropical/Que Te Pasa 7”, which is out now on White Iris Records. Of the video, director Jordan Harkins notes, “The ‘Mas Tropical’ video was shot around the Yucatan peninsula this past summer and at a house party in Echo Park with the band.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/10/24/the-maracuyeah-djs-talk-touring-mexico-and-their-last-party-of-2013/

Cumbia, 3ball, ruidoson, deep mariachi (!) and more

Is cumbia having another moment right now? I feel like I'm hearing a lot of it lately.

https://turbosonidero.bandcamp.com/album/turbo-sonidero-lowrider-kumbias

Hua Hsu wrote about this Cali synth Cumbia take on low rider soul and Doo Wop anthems

Not bad

Didn’t see any mentions of Turbo Sonidero elsewhere here on ILM

not sure about this. will listen again at a louder volume.

the duke of earl sampling did raise a smile.

idk. it's ok.

recently i've spent a lot of time listening to mega mixes on youtube like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNN_Jnrgo2A

I heard a podcast earlier this week talk about cumbia. So seems to be getting some interest. I did see there was a double cd of mid 70s cumbia reviewed in Uncut over the last few months that I listened to a few tracks of on Spotify.

I picked up one volume of psychedelic chichas a decade or 2 ago which was pretty good. May have picked up a different set of cumbia back in Dublin too. Picturing a cover in my head now.

Psychedelic one was good but not very lysergic I think. Should be worth finding.

Will see if I can find the link to the podcast in the morning

the first track here is an absolute jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJbFJOzuYxM

I like that mega mix which has a photo of Aniceto Molina on it. He died in 2015 I think, and I see that Johnny Molina is carrying on the tradition. Johnny played some Washington DC area gigs in August 2022 ( advertised in Dc area Spanish language media and tickeri Spanish language website that lists Latin shows all over US)

This comp of slowed down cumbia (aka rebajada from Monterrey, Mexico) was my favorite “archival” release from last year:

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/saturno-2000-la-rebajada-de-los-sonideros-feature

This was the podcast episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6aOz6U9WzJqjBwDECD66d5?si=1Ax1qnaJR-mQjFlHC9u5Uw

Saw Meridian Brothers from Colombia last night in W . DC. Their latest album is salsa inspired but they add psych and rock aspects. Live they had some Peruvian chicha aspects and Cumbia. Between bands a DJ was playing old 45s of Cumbia and Chicha.

Meridian Brothers are playing with Mexican Cumbia punk ska band Son Rompe Pera in NYC Friday.

This is all Cumbia for rock en espanol fans and is a bit different than the Cumbia on commercial radio marketed to a more mainstream Spanish speaking audience. All these variations sound interesting to me

I like the Meridian Brothers, they're a lil quirky

Very quirky ( almost too much at times). They did a sped up chicha goes electro version in Spanish with auto tuned vocals of Hendrix Purple Haze last night as an encore

why can't i find meridian bros. US tour dates anywhere online?

Meridian Brothers back in US in April. You should see tour dates now

Breaking Cumbia into its proper place alongside the other Latin genres dominating the electronic world, @hellotones delivers an eclectic mix featuring a range of styles that soundtrack the Mexican diaspora across New York City.

Listen ⤳ https://t.co/h4PcucWQio pic.twitter.com/KJuVYaj8lG

— BOILER ROOM (@boilerroomtv) March 8, 2023

https://soundcloud.com/platform/system-mix-089-hellotones-el-hijo-de-pueblayork

Bringing cumbia to the Boiler Room world

Really good!

Meridian Brothers back in US in April. You should see tour dates now

― curmudgeon, Friday, March 10, 2023 11:34 PM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

They're only coming to NYC and LA unless I'm missing something?

This comp of slowed down cumbia (aka rebajada from Monterrey, Mexico) was my favorite “archival” release from last year:

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/saturno-2000-la-rebajada-de-los-sonideros-feature

― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead)

Yeah love this comp. “Danza del mono” in particular sounds like it came from another dimension.

This has nothing to do with particular artists or releases, but thought I'd mention that I watched a really interesting film on Netflix called I'm No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aquí), from a few years back. It's about a teenager from the streets of Monterrey, MX who's part of a subculture centered around dancing to slowed-down cumbias. He and his crew are sort of a junior gang (they're just kids) – but due to trouble with a real gang, he has to flee to NYC, and navigate life there.

It's a really well-made film with some remarkable performances, and ultimately is about a lot more than music (particularly, social and political issues); but there are some great scenes of the kids dancing both to records and to music they're creating themselves, and it lovingly depicts a music-based subculture like few other films I can think of.

They don't have much released yet, but saw the Instagram famous LA LOM last night, and what a killer band. Live, it's very apparent that they grew out of the LA rockabilly circuit, all sparkly guitar treble and getting the most rhythm out of a trio as possible. Crowd was very worked up, the enthusiasm seemed to take the band off guard. They far surpassed my expectations from their charismatic Insta clips, maintained a crazy amount of momentum for a hour-plus set, originals and standards, dance numbers and rave-ups that mixed seamlessly.

are they instagram famous? i guess that explains why the show was sold out when they came to town. i kept thinking, how many people in MN could possibly want to see this? the guitarist is a decent old time banjo picker in another life

Ty for posting about that film morrisp— really enjoying it!

Also have been enjoying this Discos Fuentes playlist for the last year or so. LOTS of great stuff in there. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XmbmRhy7hSeHyyGgKbZMA?si=TkQxmuq1Q6aWYji5bOLGrw&pi=u-54MZ1k-rRqS4

sorry if already mentioned but i do love loudly singing along to this one in my van:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O6zzTPirvY
Chicha Libre - Alone Again Or

this song is #9 on youtube in the united states
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vu8n_2zm-Y

awesome and also hilarious

many xps -- I LOVED Ya No Estoy Aqui, would recommend, and thank you again for posting about it

:)

wow, what's the chimichanga story? great tune

Yeison Landero is playing the World Music Fest this year and I will be damned if I miss it, even if I have to hustle over there after work. La Pava Congona or BUST!!

Chuck Prophet's recent album/tour with a Cumbia band has some good ones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdFYMRfJu38

idk about that
i don't want to see cumbia en ingles

I was going to put in Graceland-related caveats, but just putting it out there.

Yeison Landero has done some gigs on tour in dc and video clips I saw looked great. Plus he did a special collaboration with a go-go band .

Lots of cumbia in dc . Both touring bands playing shows marketed only to Spanish speaking audiences; and local bands marketing themselves to Spanish speakers and to English speaking alt rock indie fans

damn cumbia + gogo sounds DELIGHTFUL

i missed the show bc i was too tired from working and i am not happy about it