A steady-thumping, non-stop mixtape of choice Colombian cumbias from the Domino Sound camp. At least, that's what my spidey-sense is telling me. Nowhere on the packaging does it actually say that, but the screen printed cover and expert selection have left me feeling assured that I'm fully-correct. Hot stuff. Recommended listening for you like-minded mixtape revival types.
If you've been digging on some classic cumbia lately, it'd be wise to get started with legendary Colombian accordionist Andres Landero, aka "King of the Cumbia". There's surprisingly little Landero bio material on the www, especially not en Ingles, but there is a fairly interesting thesis on him by Bardo Martinez, called Andres Landero and Resistance to the Commercializaton of Colombian Music posted at Listen Recovery*. For my money, I'd wager that Manu Chao has spent his solo career taking vocal cues directly from this guy.
*Also lifted that image above from Listen Recovery. Figured it'd make better artwork than what comes with the original cd.
"Una serie de melodias de origen sudaamericano, son las que LITO BARRIENTOS Y SU ORQESTA nos presentan en un disco con musica variada, que lo mismo puede ser escuchada en la tranquilidad del hogar, que como ingrediente de sus fiestas familiares. Con la seguridad de que en cualquiera de los casos quedara Usted satisfecho y convencido de la calidad de LITO BARRIENTOS Y SU ORQUESTA.
La diversidad de temas, dan lugar a poder satisfacer los gustos mas exigentes y opuestos, con selecciones de todo tipo, como: VERY VERY WELL, CARACOL, CHARANGA PA'GOZAR, EL NEGRITO TEPETUZA y todo el variado reportorio que completa este disco." (From the LP cover)
Basically, If you've even the slightest interest in classic cumbia, then you're already well acquainted with "Cumbia en do Menor" by Rafael "Lito" Barrientos. This record is hot stuff. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly.
1. Caracol 2. Ya Vo Toño 3. Rubielo 4. Cumbia en do Menor 5. Charanga Pa' Gozar 6. Kijis Konar 7. Mosaico: A Tu Vera / La India Motilano / Very Very Well / Despeinada / Festival en Guarare / La Mafafa / La Sampa' / Negrito Tepetuza
Found this excellent merengue album from Joseito Mateo somewhere random. Went looking for more info, and saw that Global Groove had posted it some time ago. No matter--that blog is huge, and this album is worth a re-up right here .
1 La secretaria 2 La yerbita 3 Quisqueya 4 Merengue yeye 5 La justicia 6 Picolina 7 Pa' lante y pa' trás 8 La fiesta de los monos 9 Festival de merengues 10 Agarralo que eso es tuyo 11 Un domingo sin ti
