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After the Venezuelan Tuki masters Pocz & Pacheko kickstarted Upper Cuts Season 2 with the heavy-hitting techno bomb Taladro, our journey now takes us further down the jungles of Latin America to Peru, where the mysterious masked duo Dengue Dengue Dengue! can be found revolutionizing the cumbia scene. 

Drawing inspiration from the thriving and psychedelic cumbia scene of the 70s, Filipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira have been fusing these traditional rhythms with modern techno beats, with a twist of Jamaican dancehall swagger and dub ambiance, creating a unique and mesmerizing sound in the process. Their amazing debut album 'La Alianza Profana' has wowed critics and listeners alike, which coupled with their surreal videos and audio-visual live shows has won them countless fans the world over, making them one of the most impressive new acts in the tropical electronica scene. 

In Lokumba they momentarily break away from the expected cumbia template and favor a choppy, bass-heavy hip-hop-influenced beat, splashed with haunting synths and their unmistakeable mystical vibe with a tropical flair. If releasing tracks like this one doesn't honor our commitment to bringing you the hottest electronic music made south of the equator, we don't know what will.

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www.soundcloud.com/dengue

Upper Cuts Volume II

Lokumba

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Dengue Dengue Dengue! - Lokumba

https://soundcloud.com/azizkonkrite :
"This title illustrates the effect that music can have on human beings. Very early on, within my family, during weddings, baptisms, aid... I was amazed to note that only the presence of music offered me the opportunity to see my uncles, aunts, let go of their seriousness that the difficult life they led imposed on them." 

"Improvised percussion with tea glasses and small spoons, a basin, a table…. The instrument that struck me the most was the "kemenja" violin... silky and sharp at the same time, its languorous sounds attracted these big children to the dance floor, and its incisive riffs cut sharply into their ability to control their body... the violinist directed the guests like a puppeteer, letting them wondering: "Ah Meli meli, ya rabih meli" - what is happening to me, my god what is happening to me!"

Siba Sawt-System

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Aziz Konkrite - A Meli Melodie

Nadiege Dances No.98

Vamo A Levanta (Coconutah Remix)

Guitarra por Gabriel Infantas en "La Marcha del Chullachaqui" - Los Chapillacs de Arequipa.

Deltatron - Chullachaqui

Los OVNI Guarajé http://soundcloud.com/ovniguaraje  están preparando su primer album de canciones Don de Maya.
Y para tan bello nacimiento abrimos un remix contest, sientete libre de hacer tu rmx de la primera canción que acaban de presentar.
La fecha limite de recepcion de rmx es el 1 de Marzo de 2012. Puedes enviar el tuyo a ahorasuenaelcaballito@gmail.com o desde nuestro dropbox en soundcloud.
Los mejores y más originales remixes saldrán publicados en un ep de Caballito Netlabel.
Descarga los stems aqui http://www.laboratoriozen.com/pistasdondemaya.zip

Ovni Guarajé - Don de Maya (Bigote Remix)

Buy 'Son de los Diablos' on Bandcamp: 
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Dengue Dengue Dengue’s latest release is named after the traditional dance called Son de los Diablos (Spanish for Sound of the Devils), which was brought over to Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira’s native Peru by the Spanish conquistadors, and consisted on a procession of dancers and musicians that took to the streets wearing devil masks. By enlisting Lima’s sizeable African slave population, this tradition incorporated the rhythms and dance styles that would eventually become known as Afroperuvian, one of the main elements of modern Peruvian music and culture and one that increasingly informs the music of Dengue Dengue Dengue, as was recently portrayed on RBMA’s ‘Afro-Peruvian Beats’ documentary.

This inspiration is especially noticeable on the title track Son De Los Diablos, which incorporates traditional instruments such as the cajita, but also on Buscando, where the duo recorded with members of the Ballumbrosio family, the prominent lineage of musicians and dancers widely regarded as the the premiere ambassadors of Afroperuvian music, dance and culture. As the band explains, this song was “a big step forward”, as it was the first time the duo recorded every rhythmic element with live musicians, giving the track “the flow and cadence only live musicians can achieve”, as well as a vocal sample of one of Peru’s biggest stars Lucha Reyes. The EP continues with Flootz and Cobre, where the pair further explore the unique blend of entrancing South American and African rhythms and melodies that has become their signature sound.

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Son de los Diablos

Dengue Dengue Dengue - Son de los Diablos

Stream & Download: https://ffm.to/zenitnadir

Dengue Dengue Dengue continue expanding their carefully created aesthetic on their new album ‘Zenit & Nadir’ by diving into the deep and rich musical history of Afro-Peruvian music, already hinted in the first single ‘Ágni’, which is the inversion of the traditional Afro-Peruvian rhythm Ingá. The ongoing exploration of the vast and rich musical heritage of the descendants of the former African slaves in Peru has become the main focus of their new album. 

Their interest in Afro-Peruvian music has led them to meet and record extensively with several members of the Ballumbrosio family, a renowned musical dynasty in Peru that has kept Afro-Peruvian musical traditions alive, masters of rhythms like landó, festejo and crioullo music, with traditional dances and instruments such as the iconic quijada - a rattling percussive instrument made out of a donkey’s jawbone. 

The introduction of live recordings with the Ballumbrosio brothers has given a whole new dimension to their always-expanding sound, and they feature extensively all throughout the album. As they were such an integral part of the recording process it made perfect sense that they would contribute to expand Dengue Dengue Dengue’s memorable audiovisual performance as well, and have began playing live shows together this year. The marriage between the traditional and organic percussion of the Ballumbrosios with DDD’s hypnotic electronic production has created a whole new chapter for the band. 

After debuting in 2012, they established themselves as a driving force in the thriving South American digital cumbia scene, but have since expanded their hybrid approach to music to introduce more references such as kuduro and zouk - and more recently the above mentioned Afro-Peruvian styles - which they fuse with traditional Latin American rhythms to build a sonic identity that is hypnotic and dark, while simultaneously festive and life-affirming. 

With the band being a visual project as much as a musical one, their carefully created aesthetic can be immediately noticed in the iconic masks they wear, often referencing traditional or indigenous elements while being artful and futuristic, a striking visual representation of their approach to music. Their new masks, which are being debuted on their upcoming tour, were handcrafted by Barcelona-based artists Twee Muizen.

Zenit & Nadir

Pacos (feat. Prisma)

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Dengue Dengue Dengue - Pacos (feat. Prisma)

Juaneco y su Combo es un grupo de cumbia peruana, procedente de Pucallpa, Perú.

Dentro de los atractivos más importantes del grupo destaca la revalorización de los trajes típicos de la zona, así también como las tradiciones y creencias de una región mágica y llena de encantos como es la selva peruana.

Juaneco Y Su Combo - Vacilando Con Ayahuasca (Tribilin Sound's Drippin Remix)

Grito Socorro

Bringing down musical borders since 2006. 
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Dengue Dengue Dengue! - Lokumba

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