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who's who and who's doing what?Sistema Solar
- country:Colombia
- style(s):Dance Electronic
- label:not signed
- type:Band, Composer/Songwriter, DJ/Remixer
- gender:male, female
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal
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LATIN WAVE IS BOOKING SISTEMA SOLAR ONLY FOR SWITZERLAND
Joyful Afronauts of the Caribbean
Systema Solar Raps, Scratches, and Funkifies Colombia's Technicolor Coast. A new craft is winging its way through the sonic solar system, built from creaky amps and sleek laptops, powered by dayglo Caribbean sun and the brilliant pulse of street parties, and steered by hip-hop Afronauts from one of the globe's new music hotspots. Welcome aboard Colombia's Systema Solar, the funkiest Technicolor hip-hop and DJ VJcrew/Latin sound system ever to be pulled by donkey or graced with slammin' beats. Uniting Afro-Colombian roots with rap, scratching with Afro-Latin percussion, and unstoppable dance grooves with a live video mix, Systema Solar has landed on the world stage. Their florescent exuberance is inspired by a favorite local institution, the pikos, or mobile sound systems akin to Jamaica's pick-ups, movable parties that can be set up anywhere. The group creates Colombian music that brings together the best of the country's hip hop and techno scenes with the best of its roots. Made up of some of Colombia's hottest rappers, techno DJs, percussionists, and video artists, the collective transforms the essence of the pikos into bangin', infectious, vivid tracks that use everything from sampled 1940s vinyl to scratching to blazing drums. Powering all this creativity is another aspect of the Colombian Caribbean, verbena, the good-time celebratory spirit guiding parties from tiny hamlets to big cities. This positive focus on lifting spirits and getting down stands out in stark contrast to other hip-hop movements in Colombia.
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