[yo pido el taxi, from Arghon's creative commons flickr]

4 cumbia quickies from Tepito, bad metadata and all:

Venezolana querida vamanos pa rinconcitos. Also, it sounds like he’s addressing Robert, asking for a squeeze!

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Aprietame (Tocame el piano Robert@)

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y algo de tribal cumbiambero. by Mexican tribal standards, this track has sky-high production values and intensive editing work. Most tribal embraces extreme repetition, brutal druggy minimalism made with Acid music software:

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Son de Cumbia

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last but not least, mighty Grupo Kachimba from D.F. “La grandeza de ser pequeno”! negra negra negra Pa’rriba la Cong(on)a!

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Grupo Kachimba – Con La Cong(on)a Pa Arroya

Hace tiempo queria subir una seleccion de ripeos de instrumentales de artistas que inspiraron a toda una generacion de tecladistas cumbieros en el continente:

Tulio Enrique Leon, de venezuela, el organista no vidente que supo girar por toda sudamerica con sus composiciones:

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Cumbia Algarrobera – Tulio Enrique Leon

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El chin chin – Tulio Enrique Leon

El boliviano Guillermo Butikofer, quien interpretaba ritmos folkloricos y tropicales por igual

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Guanaquito – Guillermo Butikofer

y de colombia otros dos grandes teclistas:

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Cumbia Sabrosa – Alejando Bernal organo y ritmos

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Cumbia Sampuesana – Francisco Zapata

I’ve heard about this group a couple month ago and Just recently got the album. Really interesting formation from Colombia. They took all the influences of the Caribbean part of Colombia (Cumbia, champeta, dancehall, etc…) and collectively mix all that stuff. I could talk more about it but I think this mini-documentary about them worth the view!

Get the most of the tracks here!

Este jueves nuevamente en la peña la gota de Agua ( Esq Sagarnaga )

y aca dos ripeos / rolitas de regalo :

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Pa que Sera – Son Palenque

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El minero – Los Lideres

["the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces"]

Fifth of May!!! ARRIBA PUEBLA

Here on La Congona, vamos a celebrar con 6 cumbia jams to speed along yr festivities.

Primero, “Goza New Jersey, Baila Nueva York!” Listen up east coast massive: cumbia sonidera from Passaic, New Jersey!

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Passaic – “Goza New Jersey, Baile Nueva Jork”

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I brought down the bitrate on this one (I’m generous, but not THAT generous). A special Cinco de Mayo Kumbia!!!!!!!!! DEADLY. Even deadlier is the version from Sonido Condor, which we blogged over here .

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Cumbia Boys – Cumbia Mayo

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Next up, the awesomely named, google-camouflaged Christian Harmony, inna rebajada style

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Christian Harmony – Fiesta de Campesinos

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you got an accordeon intro iller than this one? I DONT BELIEVE YOU.

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Aniceto Molina – La Faldita Coqueta

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then we got the uptempo cumbia refix stuff:

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Juan Arauza – Onde Estabas (Rage remix)

and a banger from Quantic:

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Los Hermanos Latinos – Baria Cumbia remix

Esta noche en la ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia, estaremos tocando en la fiesta Tropicore!

Hace varios años ya, Fantasma ( de Buenos Aires ) dispara lucidas perlas cumbieras desde el mundo tropical independiente.

Martin y Pablo “Gran Faso” llevan adelante juntos este y otros proyectos musicales.

Aqui va un tema del disco proximo a editar, una version de los mejores Specials, para los que resisten en la Buenos Aires Fantasma post cromagnon, en la que el ocio nocturno ha quedado en manos de muy pocos dueños de boliches.
En la ciudad fantasma la verdadera fiesta resiste asi:

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Ghost town – Fantasma

It’s some sad days in Mexico were the swine flu is killing the younger and stronger people of the country. While the government try to prevent the flu propagation by telling to the population to avoid large crowds (witch, I think, it is impossible in the huge city of Mexico), there’s that group, Agrupacion Cariño, who was listening to the news and create the cumbia de la influenza. It’s not the best cumbia in the world but, for sure, it give some humor despite the situation.

Agrupacion Cariño – La cumbia de la influenza

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Un año ha pasado ya de la presentacion en Londres de El Frente Cumbiero, junto a Very Be Careful Un proyecto llevado adelante por el musico colombiano Mario Galeano Toro, con el colaboramos investigando sobre cultura cumbiera latinoamericana.
Aqui el primer mix del FC, colombianissimo!

Tracklist:
1. Merefunkbe / FCT
2. Dejala Corré / Hijos de la Niña
3. Pavita / FCT
4. Cumbia y guitarra / Los Mirlos
5. Cariñosa Alfabetización / Farfisa Corp.
6. Shove it / Santagold (Toy Selectah refix)
7. Jaley-jaley / FCT
8. Cumbia Africana / Son Pelenke
9. A ti te adoro / FCT
10. Lorica / Ropain
11. Guarapera / Nando Garcia
12. Esperma y Ron / Pedro Laza
13. Donde estas cumbia / FCT
14. La Nena / Juan Piña y sus muchachos
15. Aurita Bullanguera / FCT
16. La Majaguita / Cumbia Baranoa
17. Blackboard Dubmbia / FCT

Toy Selectah is doing that thing where he multiplies into seventeen different people and appears everywhere, all at once. Raverton b-more guiro madness in each corner.

I was listening to his recent mix for Sinden when suddenly a chat comes in — El Hijo de la Cumbia & Toy are labbed up in Monterrey working on music! hola homie… All of this, in the long run, means fuego. k padre. k chido, etc.

Gravity’s Ra1nbow ups the Toy mix (“les ahorramos la entrevista y el acento regio”), plus a nice poster.

Toy Selectah – Autómatas de la muerte mix

note: el enano verdugo