TRACKLIST
A1 Manzanita*– Mi Choza, Mi Chacra Y Mi Mujer
A2 Los Destellos– Boogaloo Del Perro
A3 Los Orientales*– El Dragon
A4 Juaneco Y Su Combo– Ven A Bailar Con Juaneco
A5 Los Ecos– Baila Flaquita Baila
A6 Compay Quinto– La Rumba Del Chinito
A7 Los Pecos– Cumbia Para Un Viejito
A8 Los Titanes (2)– Linda Yolita
A9 Los Orientales De Paramonga– Sabor A Cana
B1 Los 5 Palomillas– Illimana
B2 Los Ecos– SOS...Peligro
B3 Los Mirlos– El Milagro Verde
B4 El Monje Loco– La Papita
B5 Juaneco Y Su Combo– Recordando A Fachin
B6 Los Girasoles– La Bocina
B7 Los Casmeños– Chachita
B8 Los Yungas– El Pitito
B9 Grupo Celeste– Sin Exito
C1 Juaneco Y Su Combo– Selva, Selva
C2 Los Orientales De Paramonga– El Trapiche
C3 Grupo Celeste– Melodia Celeste
C4 Los Santos (6)– Saturno 2000
C5 Los Ilusionistas– Colegiala
C6 Aniceto Y Sus Fabulosos– La Movedora
C7 Los 5 Palomillas– El Chinchorrito
C8 Los Mirlos– Llanto En La Selva
D1 Los Beta 5– Modulo Lunar
D2 José Y Sus Antillanos– Melodia Antillana
D3 Los Ecos– Linda Mariposa
D4 Los Ilusionistas– Hola
D5 Los Beta 5– El Panadera
D6 Los Demonios Del Mantaro– La Chichera
D7 Los Demonios Del Mantaro– Peti Pan
D8 Los Ecos– Chichita
DESCRIPTION
After the lauded first volume, this second in our “Cumbia Beat” series includes again tracks by the most important bands of the genre. Peruvian cumbia, also known as “chicha”, brings together tropical music styles from Colombia and Cuba, Western influences such as 60s beat and psychedelic rock, and mixes them with indigenous melodies from the Amazonian jungle and traditional Andean songs. The result is a unique and vibrant style of music which reverberates with life. Peruvian cumbia is currently being rediscovered by new audiences and there exists a thriving international club and live venue scene.
The “resurrection” of Peruvian tropical music, of psychedelic cumbia or, as others like to call it, chicha, is perhaps one of the most surprising musical phenomena in recent years. The number of reissues, new releases and bands that have begun to play chicha or covers of tropical Peruvian classics in Argentina, England, Russia and the United States has multiplied. This cocktail of electric guitars, Caribbean percussion, Andean pentatonics and psychedelic soloing, synths, moogs, gu?iros, wah wahs, timbales and fuzztones was simply too striking to go unnoticed. Elements of rock, folklore, música criolla, Andean music, Amazonian music, Colombian cumbia, salsa and even psychedelia intermingle in this “cannibal” genre capable of devouring and assimilating every possible influence. Both Enrique Delgado and Manzanita, the two great founding guitarists of the genre, made music that absorbed all possible manner of styles. We feature not only tunes from Delgado with his group Los Destellos and from Manzanita but also from their side projects: Delgado’s Los Casmeños and Manzanita’s El Monje Loco. Los Girasoles, Los Yungas, Los Beta 5 and Los Ecos continued those sonic explorations. In the case of Los Girasoles, their great singer “El Chévere” Félix Martínez shows his tropical skills in ‘La bocina’. Although this compilation consists mostly of instrumentals, a classic of Peruvian