The acclaimed DJ and radio host Coco María has curated a second compilation of contemporary Latin sounds for Bongo Joe but this time she has passed her cultured eye over the more untamed pan-global proponents of the music and it is brilliant! With contributions from Truth & Lies favourites Alex Figueira and Acid Coco via tracks from scene godfather Eblis Álvarez and wild grooves from Guess What and Candeleros to moments of joyful melody from Las Mijas, this is an essential record for lovers of Latino or tropical psychedelic sounds. Read / Listen.
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Retusa: Luis Pérez Ixoneztli 'Santuario de Mariposas' (Tokonoma Records) - a review
An extraordinary sonic journey into an imagined Aztec past using archaic instruments and a deep well of ritual and mind-altering experimentation. Sometimes there's a heavy groove, sometimes the jungle is inside you. A brilliant and first time reissue of this little heard collection of magic on Tokonoma Records. Read / Listen…
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Mariachi Las Adelitas - El Toro Relajo (video)
Europe’s only all-female Mariachi band (endorsed by Salma Hayek no less), have managed to navigate the lockdown troubles of 2020 and remotely record a stunning rearrangement of the Felipe Bermejo song ‘El Toro Relajo’ and it’s wonderful. Watch the video here….
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