Autor y compositor Hugo C. González. Ritmo: Rumba
ALBUM: MULATAJE. GRUPO BAHÍA TRÍO MÁS VOZ. 2010.


3. La Monita Retrechera

Sneak Preview of Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos.
Coming JAN 2016 on 7" Vinyl / Digital EP to Names You Can Trust

Carmelo Torres - Accordion, Lead Vocals
Santiago Botero - Bass
Kike Mendoza - Guitar, Vocals
Mario Galeano - Guacharaca
Pedro Ojeda - Drums
Juan David Castaño - Percussion, Vocals
Benjamin Calais - Oscillators & Effects

Recorded in Audiovisión, Bogotá 
by Daniel Sustos & Stefano Pizzaia.
Mixed by Benjamin Calais. 
Produced by Los Toscos
Mastered by Frank at The Carvery, London.
La Camisola written by M. Hernandez & T. Hernandez.

Artwork by Mateo Rivano.

**MATIK-MATIK**

Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos - La Camisola

Names You Can Trust presents the debut release from Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos. Featuring acclaimed accordionist Torres, the greatest living representative of the San Jacinto accordion-led cumbia style he inherited from his teacher, the legendary Andrés Landero, these recordings are the quintessential bridge between the old and new generations of Colombian musicians. Backed up by Los Toscos, a new ensemble comprised of some of Bogota's finest musicians including NYCT alumni Mario Galeano on guacharaca (Frente Cumbiero) & Pedro Ojedo on drums (Romperayo), the resulting connection is a yet unheard of concoction of Colombian roots and Garage Fuzz. Torres' expertise on the accordion glides over the high octane rhythm section, employing electric guitars and bugged out synthesized squelches that transform the A-Side original El Chacho into a wild vallenato gone psychedelic improvisation, while the B-Side version of the classic La Camisola is morphed into an epic uptempo proto-punk/garage rock re-imagination. With the vinyl version housed in a beautifully designed doubled sided deluxe folder from renowned artista Bogotano Mateo Rivano, it's another glimpse into the burgeoning scene of Colombia's capital.


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Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos - El Chacho

A mediados del 2009 el FRENTE CUMBIERO invitó a Bogotá al legendario productor de dub Mad Professor, como parte del proyecto Incubator del British Council, con el objetivo de realizar un encuentro sonoro entre la cumbia y el dub. Durante 3 días y bajo la orientación de Mad Professor y su hijo Joe Ariwa, se grabaron en los estudios de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Javeriana varios temas para ser tratados bajo la estética del dub. Además de grabar composiciones originales del FRENTE, parte importante del proyecto buscaba reunir a músicos claves de la escena bogotana a improvisar y crear juntos en estudio.

De esas improvisaciones salieron 3 composiciones colectivas, que se suman a 4 originales del FRENTE para un total de 7 temas que fueron remezclados con técnicas propias del dub por Mad Professor en su estudio ARIWA en Londres. El resultado de este disco, además de convertirse en uno de los primeros encuentros tangibles entre la cumbia y el dub, aporta un nuevo sonido colombiano al poderoso movimiento de cumbia continental.

¡GUACHARACA TRANSNACIONAL! 
credits 
released 01 November 2010 
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Temas 1,4,5,6 
Mario Galeano Toro: Bajo, guacharaca / Pedro Ojeda: Batería, timbal / Eblis Alvarez: Electrónica / Andrés Martínez: Guitarra / Chongo Puello: Alegre, Caja / Marco Fajardo: Clarinete / Juan Francisco Duque: Trompeta / Oswald Macías: Trombón / Diego Tunjano: Saxo Barítono

Temas 2,3,7 
Mario Galeano: Guacharaca, melódica / Urian Sarmiento (Curupira): Alegre / Pedro Ojeda (Palanca): Batería, Timbal / Lucho Gaitán (Mojarra Eléctrica): Guitarra / Andrés Martinez (Monareta): Guitarra cortesía Nacional Records / Javier Morales (Jipijam y raspacanilla): Acordeón / Jose Miguel Vega "El Profe" (La 33): Trombón / Jairo Alfonso Barrera (Alerta Kamarada): Saxo Alto / Pablo Araoz (Alerta Kamarada): Bajo Eléctrico / Liliana Saumet (Bomba Estéreo): Voz / Javier Fonseca (Alerta Kamarada): Voz / Kiño (Kmusic): Voz / Shaun Turner: Voz

Temas 1,5,6 compuestos por Mario Galeano Toro; 6 por Mario Galeano y Sonido Martines; 2,3,7 Composiciones colectivas.

Versiones Dub (8-14) mezcladas y producidas por Mad Professor y Joe Ariwa en Ariwa Studios (Londres) 
Versiones limpias (1-7) mezcladas y producidas por Manuel Schaller en el estudio Oidos Contentos (Buenos Aires) 
Mural por Mateo Rivano (pintado en el barrio La Macarena-Bogotá) Foto: Juan Felipe Rubio

Grabado en Bogotá el 10, 11 y 15 de Junio del 2009 en los estudios de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Javeriana. 
Ingeniero de Grabación: Jefferson Rosas. Asistentes de Grabación: Nicolás Ramírez, Juan Diego Galvis y Tomás Arenas.

Agradecimientos: 
Al British Council Colombia, Incubator y Facultad de Artes U. Javeriana. A Martin Giraldo y Radio Cápsula por su apoyo incondicional. A Paula Silva, Mad Professor, Joe Ariwa y Manu Schaller. A Catalina y Luita. A todos los músicos que participaron en estas grabaciones. A Eblis, Pedro y Marco por darle tanto poder al FRENTE. A Mateo Rivano por tan tremendo mural. A Rob Ness, Leonor Convers, Oscar Hernandez, Subcopetón Cero, Lucas Silva, Juane, Sonido Martines, Propongo producciones y Names You Can Trust.

Gaita Del Profesor Loco

Analógica DUB

Anita - Los Gaiteros de san Jacinto

Sonido Gallo Negro - Cumbia Fuzztone

GuateMALA

Sonido Guay Neñë, presents a collection of remixes based on material advancement, which launched the band in late 2011. There are four remixes done by producers from around the world: Doble Copia Systema (Denmark), Rafael Aragon and Bigote (Spain) and Tropikore (Venezuela, currently based in Buenos Aires) show as musical premonitions, the mess that precedes Sonido Guay Neñë from Mendoza, with impending debut.

Sonido Guay Neñë - Oye Mi Negra (Copia Doble Systema Remix)

Vinyl/CD/Download/Stream: 

https://sonrompepera.lnk.to/batuco

Born and raised in the deep outskirts of Mexico City, the Gama brothers are keeping alive the rich legacy of marimba music running through their family with their latest project, Son Rompe Pera. While firmly rooted in the tradition of this historic instrument, their fresh take on the folk icon challenges its limits as never before, moving it into the garage/punk world of urban misfits and firmly planting it in the 21st century.

Originally performing alongside their father at local events as kids, they now find themselves at the forefront of the contemporary international cumbia scene with their sonic explorations of the classic marimba. Their absolutely unique blend comes from a typical youthful rebellion, when as teenagers they left behind their upbringing and began to play in various punk, rockabilly and ska bands. Now they’ve gone full circle with the return of the marimba on lead, and mixing all of their influences together with an energetic take on the popular instrument, giving it a new twist never before seen in Mexican folk music.

Formed in 2017, Son Rompe Pera broke onto the potent cumbia scene of today as the marimba duo of brothers Jesús Ángel and Allan Gama (Kacho and Mongo), who inherited this tradition from their father, Batuco. A marimba player by trade, he taught them to play and understand the marimba, which they first used to revive old folk songs for their friends, family, and passers-by on the street. They then incorporated it into the performance of popular Mexican cumbia songs, while spicing things up with an animated identity of their own, creating rhythms of an imaginary repertoire that grows, spreads, and connects the Americas with every passing year.

In their own words: “The basics of Son Rompe Pera have been developing since we were kids, and the music and streets are in our blood. We found the markets flooded with old, forgotten folk music, and so as kids we decided to carry the marimba with us and create this musical project from our own roots, mixing in rhythms which we thought would never be musical brothers, like cumbia, punk, and the sounds of our barrios and our everyday lives.”

Batuco

Son Rompe Pera featuring Chico Trujillo - Cumbia Algarrobera

Play / Download: https://sonrompepera.lnk.to/chucossuaves

"Los Chucos Suaves" is the third track to be released off Son Rompe Pera’s upcoming album 'Batuco' which will be released on February 28th 2020.

Album pre-order (Digital / Vinyl / CD): https://sonrompepera.lnk.to/batuco
Album pre-save: https://sonrompepera.lnk.to/BatucoPresave

Lalo Guerrero’s “Los Chucos Suaves” is perhaps the definitive recording of the the short-lived Pachuco music sub-genre from Los Angeles, the late-1940s sound of Mexican Pachuco youth culture.

“Los Chucos Suaves” was an anthem for the Pachuco youths of Los Angeles, young Mexicans who dressed in their baggy zoot suits. Guerrero sang about how these genial youths dropped the jitterbug and the boogie-woogie in favor of Cuban rumba and danzón dances. 

The most famous version of the song is by Lalo Guerrero and Ry Cooder, but the Gama brothers and the rest of Son Rompe Pera have come up with this especially uptempo marimba performance with guest vocalist Macha of Chico Trujillo, Bloque Depresivo, Floripondio.

The Naucalpan band devised and shot the video for “Los Chucos Suaves” themselves, to show a little of the barrio of Naucalpan. 

Watch the video for “Los Chucos Suaves” here:  
https://youtu.be/KSDQrBiX3GY

Los Chucos Suaves(Letra)

Carnal póngase abusado
Ya los tiempos han cambiado
Usted está muy agüitado
Y está buti atravesado
 
Antes se bailaba swing
Boogie-woogie, jitterbug
Pero esto ya torció
Y esto es lo que sucedió
 
[Estribillo:] x2
Los chucos suaves bailan rumba
Bailan la rumba y le zumban
Bailan guaracha sabrosón
El botecito y el danzón
 
Cada Sábado en la noche
Yo me voy a borlotear
Con mi linda pachucona
Las caderas a menear
 
Ella le hace muy de aquellas
Cuando empieza a guarachar
Al compás de los timbales
Yo me siento petetear
 
(estribillo) x2

Los Chucos Suaves

Son Rompe Pera Featuring Macha - Los Chucos Suaves

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