REACH UP - GUEST ANNOUNCED

IM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR SPECIAL GUEST FOR REACH UP WILL BE DEEJAY ROGER MAS ROCKING THE CUMBIA + LATIN SOUNDS. ROGER HAS BEEN LAYING IT DOWN HARD IN THE BAY AREAS CUMBIA MOVEMENT. CHECK OUT THIS MIX ROGER SHARED WITH US. I CANT WAIT TO HEAR HIS SELECTIONS...

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DEEJAY ROGER MAS DJ MIX - ELECTRONIC ORGAN CUMBIA

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NEHUEN - CUMBIETRON

CHORIZO CHUNKS

Here is another volume of Chorizo Chunks! This is number 6! This was from the show W/Maneja Beto last week. This is from the early/mid part of the night. Mostly all reggae/roots/cumbia/electro-cumbia/Nuyorican Soul.

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CHORIZO CHUNKS 6

BOMBA ESTEREO

THANKS TO MY FRIENDS AT NACIONAL RECORDS

Though electronic cumbia from Argentina has been getting a lot of hype thanks to the Zizek Urban Beats Club, the fiercely rhythmic style—which has been adopted all over South and Central America—is of Colombian origin, and I don't think I've heard anyone push it into electronic territory with more vitality than Bomba Estéreo.

The project began in 2005 as a one-man studio effort by producer and guitarist Simon Mejia, but the addition of remarkable singer Liliana Saumet has transformed it into something special. The colorful galloping grooves are spiked with doses of hip-hop, dub, and champeta (the dominant Afro-Colombian style), and Mejia manipulates his guitar to produce an alternating mix of viscous textures and rhythmic reinforcement; Saumet's vocals hold everything together, preventing Bomba Estéreo from sounding like yet another combo wanly mixing tropical styles with club beats. She has a forceful, full-throated attack; she can rap with rhythmic ingenuity, nonchalantly juggling American hip-hop, reggaeton, and dancehall, but she can also sing passionately, nailing melodies with impressive pitch control and emotional snap.

BOMBA ESTEREO - TAMBORA