We Are Tropikal Ravers

El Remolón & Chamigo Hugkleson present their last electronic experiment in which they mix the classical sounds of House and Techno with the energy of Latin rhythms.

The live set is played with various hardware that emulate the sound of TR-808 and TR-909 drum machine and a TB-303 baseline sequencer; it also includes a voice processor and various analogue synths. The result is Tropical Acid House infused with Cumbia rhythms, the dynamics of Argentinian Cuarteto, and the Dembow of Dancehall. A music that creates a space of pure dance and uncontrolled energy. 

The particularity of this project is that everything is generated live, creating loops in real time and playing with the clichés from Acid House, Rave culture and the “tropical”.

With their first EP, “We Are”, Tropikal Ravers presents different versions of their single “We Are Tropikal Ravers”. Together with the original version, they release other ones that cover the spectrum from an instrumental one with an electronic Cumbia rhythm to another one with energetic House sounds (“Manija Version”). Playing with two languages, Spanish and English, Tropikal Ravers fuses cultures and styles; the electronic “raver” with the Latin tropical.

A highlight of this album is the track “Manija”, which picks up momentum as it unfolds. The lyrics, in English and Spanish, describe the word’s usage in contemporary Argentinian slang (originally from the Cumbia Villera scene). It refers to an eagerness for something, but is also used to refer to somebody with a lot of energy and desire to dance. In this way the track makes allusion to the frenetic modes of dance associated to Rave culture, blending it with the tropical one.

Playlist:
1. We Are Tropikal Ravers
2. We Are Tropikal Ravers (Cumbinstrumental)
3. We Are Tropikal Ravers (Acapella)
4. We Are Tropikal Ravers (Manija Version)
5. Manija

Design of logo and cover: Mati Bianchi e Ismael Gamba
Mix: El Remolon
Mastering: Tropikore

ABOUT TROPIKAL RAVERS
El Remolón is the project of Argentinian musician, DJ and producer Andrés Schteingart. He has toured several times throughout Europe and the American continent, playing in clubs and festivals of more than 40 different cities. He collaborated with Pablo Lescano, leader of Argentinian Cumbia Villera pioneer band Damas Gratis; with Colombian Li Saumet from Bomba Estero; with Ale Sergi from Argentinian pop band Miranda! and with YouTube’s teenager Peruvian sensation Wendy Sulca. He released 5 albums with the label ZZK Records and also has a long and wide variety of remixes and tunes spread throughout the net.

Chamigo Hukleson is the alias of Guillermo Fiallo Montero, an Argentinian visual artist, musician and DJ. He studied Media Art in the Academy of Visual Leipzig (Germany). Currently he lives and works in Berlin. His works blend art and technology using video, photography, sound and performances. He focuses on representations of the Other and of cultural identities. As a DJ/Producer, he has generated a wide range of energetic tropical bass music and remixes of traditional South American and Caribbean music. He has played in various festivals and clubs in European cities as well as in Argentina.

LINKS:
www.facebook.com/TropikalRavers?fref=ts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7fiPgOD_mQ
@tropikalravers

03 We Are Tropikal Ravers (Acapella) 90 BPM

01 We Are Tropikal Ravers

02 We Are Tropikal Ravers (Cumbinstrumental)

05 We Are Tropikal Ravers (Manija Version)

04 Manija

De la conjunción de El Remolón + Chamigo Hugkleson surge este experimento electrónico tropical. TR808 + TB303 + efectos varios. Electrónica en Vivo!

From the meeting of El Remolón (ZZK Records/Fertil) + Chamigo Hugkleson (Tropikal Rave Berlin) a new live electronic Tropical Band is born: a TR-808 + TB-303 + different noise and effect generators.
Honoring the heritage of 80s Acid House with the energy of Tropical Bass. 

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