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Radio Cápsula mixtape

Toma tu Jabon Kapax, primer álbum de los Pirañas.

01 Toma tu jabón Kapax

Juan Cirerol - 01 Hey Soledad

06 Paz A Ti

Salsa del Zombie (Perseguido por alegres Buitres)

Bogota’s Meridian Brothers release their delightfully surreal and playful album ‘Deseperanza’ on 24th September on Soundway Records. Traditional instruments, electronics and distorted vocals are dragged through an array of influences to create a world that is as original as it is unclassifiable. 

Straddling the line between new and old, Meridian Brothers’ mischievous blend of Latin rhythms and psychedelic grooves is the creation of Eblis Álvarez, one of the key figures of the experimental music scene in Bogota. As with all of the Meridian Brother’s releases, every instrument on ‘Deseperanza’ was played and recorded by Eblis himself.

A true avant-garde guitar player and composer he also plays in Mario Galeano’s band Frente Cumbiero and was one of the 42 musicians involved in the recording of Ondatrópica, released this summer through Soundway Records.

Meridian Brothers started back in 1998 with Eblis experimenting with alternative ways of playing instruments and electronic media. Heavily influenced by Latin rock (Argentinian in particular) these early recordings were distributed by cassette on the underground music market in Bogota. It was in 1999, after joining Mario Galeano’s Ensamble Polifónico Vallenato that Eblis first became interested in the tropical music of Colombia and began working these new influences it in to the Meridian Brothers. 

Another key period is his development was his time spent in Denmark at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the DIEM (Danish Institute of Electronic Music). It was during this stage Eblis started using more sophisticated and intricate techniques in both electronics and signal processing. 

Eblis returned to Bogota in 2008, joining a burgeoning music scene with cumbia, salsa and currulao all being explored by a new generation of Colombian musicians. 2009’s "Meridian Brothers VI” goes deep into tropical sounds of the 60s and 70s in Colombia and integrates other influences such as highlife, Ethiopian music, surf and Peruvian and Colombian cumbia.

It was around this stage that Meridian Brothers made their first appearances as a live band with Damien Ponce (Percussion), Maria Valencia (clarinet, saxophone and synthesizers), Alejandro Forero (Keyboards), Cesar Quevedo (bass) and Eblis Alvarez (vocals, guitar and electronics). 

In 2011 "Meridian Brothers VII" was released. The sound of this album returns to Latin American rock influences as well as champeta experiments, jazz, cumbia and tropical. Distorted sounds, electronic changes in voice, obscure surf guitar and randomly changed sampled percussion all collide head on. Two tracks from this record were released on 7” by New York label Names You Can Trust in 2012. 

Which bring us to ‘Desesperanza’ (meaning hopelessness in English) Recorded in 2012 the album is dedicated exclusively to salsa and tropical music, twisting it through a dark and theatrical soundscape but never abandoning the traditional aesthetics. 

A real musical maverick, labelled a genius by his contemporaries in Colombia, Eblis Álvarez’s latest Meridian Brothers album finally gets a full, worldwide release. 


Meridian Brothers - Salsa Caliente (Versión Aumentada)

"DANCE GHOST

🎧 Bienvenidas y bienvenidos a La Cápsula, un espacio dedicado a las mentes creativas que buscan inspiración y conexión en el vibrante mundo de la música, el arte y en impacto de la tecnología en la clase creativa de latinoamerica 🌟

Anteriormente conocido como Radio Cápsula, este proyecto nació en junio de 2004 en Bogotá. Durante 13 años, fue un refugio para la música electrónica, cumbia experimental y hip hop, un lugar donde artistas, compositores y productores de las urbes latinoamericanas encontraron una plataforma para difundir sus sonidos innovadores.

Desde transmisiones semanales en openserver.cccb.org hasta 24 horas de música en Giss.tv, y más tarde en servicios pago como Wavestreaming.com y Radio.co, Radio Cápsula fue un viaje musical sin igual.

🛑 En 2017, decidimos cerrar la etapa de Radio Cápsula y en el 2025 abrimos un nuevo capítulo: Radio Cápsula pero esta vez es un club de música. Encuentra más información en mixcloud.com/raadiocapsula.

📬 La Cápsula es más que música: es un encuentro de ideas, arte y expresiones que inspiran, conversan y conectan.

Juan Cirerol - 01 Hey Soledad

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