y Esta ?
albums como estos recuerdan a uno que no se debe afrentar de sus raices. Mezcla cumbias, norteñas, et cetera con la marimba, cuerdas, voces emotivas y pura energía punk que los teje juntos con tanta belleza💃🏻 está chingon desde el principio hasta el fin
Favorite track: Ay David!.
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This album is an absolute blast from beginning to end. Batuco is one of those albums that you can put on for your backyard boogie. Your tia's en la cocina and your tio's huddled around, cooking carne asada reminiscing about younger days with Modelo's in their hands. This album must have been a lot of fun to make and you can feel it in the music. Batuco is on my (and should be on everyone's, as far as I am concerned) Best Albums of 2020.
Favorite track: Mi Vida sin tu Amor.
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If this band had played in front of my house, I would have gone out with a saucepan and stick and joined in the fun. If these guys had whistled after me in the street, I would have whistled back and thrown a hand-kiss.
Carnal póngase abusado
Ya los tiempos han cambiado
Usted está muy agüitado
Y está buti atravesado
Antes se bailaba swing
Boogie-woogie, jitterbug
Pero esto ya torció
Y esto es lo que sucedió
[Estribillo:] x2
Los chucos suaves bailan rumba
Bailan la rumba y le zumban
Bailan guaracha sabrosón
El botecito y el danzón
Cada Sábado en la noche
Yo me voy a borlotear
Con mi linda pachucona
Las caderas a menear
Ella le hace muy de aquellas
Cuando empieza a guarachar
Al compás de los timbales
Yo me siento petetear
(estribillo) x2
Born and raised in the deep outskirts of Mexico City, the Gama brothers are keeping alive the rich legacy of marimba music running through their family with their latest project, Son Rompe Pera. While firmly rooted in the tradition of this historic instrument, their fresh take on the folk icon challenges its limits as never before, moving it into the garage/punk world of urban misfits and firmly planting it in the 21st century.
Originally performing alongside their father at local events as kids, they now find themselves at the forefront of the contemporary international cumbia scene with their sonic explorations of the classic marimba. Their absolutely unique blend comes from a typical youthful rebellion, when as teenagers they left behind their upbringing and began to play in various punk, rockabilly and ska bands. Now they’ve gone full circle with the return of the marimba on lead, and mixing all of their influences together with an energetic take on the popular instrument, giving it a new twist never before seen in Mexican folk music.
Formed in 2017, Son Rompe Pera broke onto the potent cumbia scene of today as the marimba duo of brothers Jesús Ángel and Allan Gama (Kacho and Mongo), who inherited this tradition from their father, Batuco. A marimba player by trade, he taught them to play and understand the marimba, which they first used to revive old folk songs for their friends, family, and passers-by on the street. They then incorporated it into the performance of popular Mexican cumbia songs, while spicing things up with an animated identity of their own, creating rhythms of an imaginary repertoire that grows, spreads, and connects the Americas with every passing year.
In their own words: “The basics of Son Rompe Pera have been developing since we were kids, and the music and streets are in our blood. We found the markets flooded with old, forgotten folk music, and so as kids we decided to carry the marimba with us and create this musical project from our own roots, mixing in rhythms which we thought would never be musical brothers, like cumbia, punk, and the sounds of our barrios and our everyday lives.”
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