Tag: Mexico
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El Palmas return to Venezuela’s golden age with ‘Color de Trópico Vol. 2′ and another superb selection by DJ El Palmas and El Dragón Criollo – first single is out today, full comp’ in May
El Palmas Music return to Venezuela’s golden age with Color de Trópico Vol. 2, featuring another selection of tracks from the hugely creative and hedonistic, period of the 60s and 70s when Venezuela was at the cutting-edge of Latin American music. First single is Santo Domingo by Mario y Sus Diamantes and is out today.…
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Juana Molina releases live album of last show before lockdown – ‘ANRMAL’ is a punkier take on her warped folk experimentalism – recorded at Mexico’s NRMAL Festival in early March
Juana Molina is a stunning artist from Argentina and has been a most innovative musician and songwriter over her last eight albums – now her live set ANRMAL for Crammed Discs takes the music and vision in another direction. Un Día Punk, released today, gives listeners a thrilling preview of Juana’s tour-de-force style and is very…
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Sounds and Colours release ten year anniversary comp and start fundraiser – help fund another ten years of celebrating Latin music and culture
Sounds and Colours has been at the fore of celebrating Latin music and culture as a label, website and printed publication since 2010. As part of the ten year celebrations, artists from across the Latin music world have contributed to a new Sounds and Colours compilation (check more out here). There are tracks from Orkesta…
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More reggaeton madness from Mexico’s Meth Math who share new video for latest single ‘El Vals De La Piedra’
Mexican trio Meth Math share the latest cut from their upcoming debut EP, out now on In Real Life – another heavy dose of underground reggaetón, Latin sounds and club experimentalism. Led by vocalist Ángel Ballesteros and backed by producers error.error (Efrén Coronado) and Bonsai Babies (To Robles), the trio grew up in the manufacturing-heavy…
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Mexican brother-sister duo Sotomayor drop new album ‘Orígenes’ – a groovy house fusion of cumbia and Peruvian chicha
The new album by Sotomayor is Orígenes (“Origins”) and captures Latin American stylings, fusing them with contemporary electronic sounds. The Mexican’s third studio album (following Salvaje in 2015 and Conquistador in 2017) is produced by multiple Grammy award-winning producer Eduardo Cabra (Calle 13). Sotomayor’s electronic Latin music has a strong sense of roots and tradition,…
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Mexico’s Meth Math drop gothic video ahead of genre expanding reggaeton EP in March
Meth Math’s latest single Perreandon y Llorando is a gothic take on Mexico’s thriving reggaeton scene. Check out the mind and sound bending video that adds new dimensions to one of the country’s favourite dance music styles. It’s out on an EP in March on the In Real Life label. Led by vocalist Ángel Ballesteros…