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"The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru (Barbes Records)" - Various Artists


  • artist:
    Various Artists
  • featured artist:
    Various Artists
  • country:
    Peru
  • release year:
    2007
  • style(s): Cumbia
  • formats:
    • CD (Compact Disc)
  • record submitted by:
  • label:
    Barbes Records

On the edge of the Amazon in the '60s, a sound emerged that united Peru's indigenous melodies with Colombia's highly-danceable cumbia rhythm, surf rock wah-wah pedals, and rock and roll's organ-playing. These cumbias amazonicas migrated to Lima and became chicha, the soundtrack of empowerment for the era's newly urbanized indigenous population.

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created by Dmitri Vietze (Rock Paper Scissors, inc.) on 04 Oct 2007
last change by Dmitri Vietze (Rock Paper Scissors, inc.) on 10 Jul 2008

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