Tagged: Latin
Tremor Adopts Dubstep, Cumbia, Malambo, Glitch + Latinsizer, “Libelua (Tremor Mix)” MP3
In Jace Clayton’s feature on Cumbia in Buenos Aires from F55, he said that “according to one legend, cumbia is what happened when Colombian natives and black slaves found accordions washed onshore from a German … read more »
Stream: Akwaaba’s Chop Our Music + ChopChop Supermix MP3
In the last couple of years Benjamin Lebrave of Akwaaba has been living in Africa meeting musicians and cutting deals to get them some dollars, release their music and make it more accessible internationally; in … read more »
DJ Rupture’s Harlem Is Nowhere Mix MP3
Every Sunday this summer we woke up early, showered the sweat off and then started to sweat again all through our journey towards the center of Harlem. First we’d bike across Bed-Stuy in its hour … read more »
Soul Searching: More Love in Our Deserts
You already know: A young guy names Jared Lee Loughner killed six people and wounded 14 more outside an Arizona Safeway on Saturday, a Congresswoman and Federal Judge and nine year-old 9/11 baby among the … read more »
Fania X FADER: Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon, “La Murga (MNDR Wholestep RMX)”
When MNDR’s Amanda Warner lived in Chicago, its culture implanted on her like a brain chip — she’s perpetually twitting/blogging about the city and its music, in a tone so understated and matter-of-fact it makes … read more »
Fania X FADER: Ray Barretto, “Acid (Twin Shadow RMX)”
For the third installment of The FADER’s remix project with the legendary Latin label Fania––in which we enlist some of our favorite musicians to reinterpret classics from their celebrated catalog––Brooklyn’s scuffed beauties Twin Shadow plucked … read more »
Chico Sonido, Exclusive 3Ball Mix for FADER x Interview Outtakes
Chico Sonido is something of a silent godfather to the tribal guarachero scene. When he lived in Monterrey in the late ’90s, he absorbed the classic cumbias he heard everywhere in his neighborhood, La Campana, … read more »
Video: Rita Indiana y Los Misterios, “El Juidero”
Kanye and Nicki are fierce and mega now, but Rita Indiana is the MOST MONSTER. The video for her album’s lead single, directed and conceived by Indiana’s longtime collaborator Noelia Quintero (see: “La Hora de … read more »
Video Premiere: Systema Solar, “Malpalpitando”
Colombian collective Systema Solar is serious about their fusion of electronics and traditional South American folk music—there’s like eight of them around to run all their gadgetry, and they even have a video jockey (Pata … read more »
FEATURE: Tribal Guarachero: Mexican Teens & Aztec History
Erick Rincon is only 16 years old. Level-headed and soft-spoken, the teenager radiates preternatural calm as he and some of his friends fold into a tiny studio in the back of his parents’ Monterrey, Mexico … read more »
