With the dust hardly settled on their team-up EP with Japan’s Minyo Crusaders, Bogotá’s Frente Cumbiero get back to NYCT, the Brooklyn label that put them on the map a decade ago with the sizzling single “Pichito”, and to their primary function – pumping a shot of fresh life, a dash of dub, and a bit of psychedelic shimmer into the classic sounds of cumbia and similar styles from the country’s Caribbean coast. Porro, for instance, on the brisk A-side “Porrovía”, which benefits from a tough brass hook that kind of recalls the one from “Tora Joe”, off Minyo Cumbiero, mentioned above. Bandleader Mario Galeano’s sneaky, snaking synth adds further flavour, and so does Sebastián Rozo’s stout and sturdy bombardino (a smaller cousin of the tuba). The B-side, the vigorous “El Método De La Cera Perdido”, is even busier – percussionist Pedro Ojeda certainly keeps himself occupied – but lighter in its touch, with a pleasing refrain and a nice glow overall.
Latest 360 Content
Interview latino/Cumbia
Mundial Montréal | Empanadas Ilegales: Cumbia Is Everywhere, also in Vancouver !
By Alain Brunet
Interview Musiques du Monde
Mundial Montréal | Eli Levinson Presents The ENTIRE Program!
By Alain Brunet
Album review Jazz/indie 2024
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt – Forever Stories of: Moving Parties
By Frédéric Cardin
Album review Classical/classique 2024
Steven Osborne/London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir.: Edward Gardner – Tippett : Concerto pour piano; Symphonie no 2
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Classical/classique/Experimental / Contemporary/expérimental / contemporain/Modern music
The inner cinema of composer and sound artist Roxanne Turcotte
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview classique
Guillaume Villeneuve and Quatuor Cobalt’s Reflets du temps
By Alexandre Villemaire
Interview Jazz/Hip Hop
Coup de cœur francophone | OGB: A Triptych of EPs and A Pair of Jazz Bangereux For a Strong Comeback
By Alain Brunet
Interview Classical/classique
Elisabeth St-Gelais: “Poursuivie par le même rêve” at l’Infini
By Alexandre Villemaire
Interview Africa/Hip Hop/Electronic/konpa/Soul/R&B
Coup de cœur francophone | Sarahmée Ascends The Throne
By Martial Jean-Baptiste
Concert review classique/Classical
OSM | Alpine Symphony: When Woods Become Sherpas
By Alexis Desrosiers-Michaud
Interview classique/Classical