An excellently colourful 36th compilation release by the Samy Ben Redjeb’s label Analog Africa features a wonderful sprinking of Amazonian cumbia - timbale rhythms, driven by spidery, treble-damaged guitar lines, and drenched in bright splashes of organ. With bands across the region inspired by sounds on transistor radios heard from the capital Lima Amazonian cumbia is described as like a hyperactive distant cousin of surf music crossed with an all-night dance party in the heart of the forest. A joyously different selection, filled with gems artists such as Los Invasores de Progreso, Sonido Verde de Moyobamba, Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical and much more. To hear something in parallel on today’s scene, try London’s Los Bitchos or The Bikini Beach Band. Out on Analog Africa.
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