Kabwlú, by Los Picapiedra

Kabwlú

by Los Picapiedra

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	1.	La Hossa 02:47
	2.	Cumbia Tropical 03:10
	3.	El Escándalo en la Familia 02:43
	4.	Una Vez Caminando 02:40
	5.	El Bulevar de la Desilusión 01:42
	6.	Kabwlú 03:17
	7.	Cumbia de Piedra 02:42
	8.	Kabwlú Cavernario 02:57
	9.	Mira Mira 02:57
	10.	Gaita Roca 02:43
	11.	Kabwliando 02:51
	12.	Gaita en Villa-Roca 02:25

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Primera reedición de “Kabwlú”, un disco muy difícil de encontrar en su edición original, publicado por Discos Fuentes en 1965.

Los misteriosos Los Picapiedra fueron una banda de estudio de existencia efímera con un único álbum publicado bajo su nombre, “Kabwlú”, donde se mezcla lo folclórico y lo moderno con un calculado sentido de humor “cavernícola”.

El disco cuenta con una gran diversidad musical; no solo incluye todos los estilos habituales en otros discos colombianos destinados a adolescentes, tales como cumbia, gaita, rock, twist y pachanga, sino que también hay pequeñas dosis de surf, doo-wop, latin jazz, guajira, ska y calipso. Pero lo que hace realmente especial al conjunto son los arreglos extravagantes, sonidos percusivos rudimentarios, efectos de sonido locos, letras en un lenguaje cavernícola inventado…

Varias canciones de Los Picapiedra, como “La Hossa”, se hicieron muy populares en Colombia y Venezuela y especialmente en su versión rebajada (ralentizada) a través de los sonideros de México.

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First ever reissue of “Kabwlú”, a very hard-to-find album released by Discos Fuentes in 1965.

The mysterious Los Picapiedra (which translates as The Flintstones, inspired by the 1960s American cartoon show), was a short-lived studio group with one album to their name, “Kabwlú”, mixing ‘folkloric’ and ‘modern’ elements with calculated ‘caveman’ humor.

It is very musically diverse; not only are there the requisite genres that could be found on similar Colombian teenage-oriented groups’ records of the time, such as cumbia, gaita, rock, twist and pachanga, but there is also a smattering of surf, doo-wop, Latin jazz, guajira, ska, and calypso. But what makes the whole thing so special is the odd, off-kilter arrangements, spooky tunings, rudimentary clanging percussion, invented ‘cave’ language, prominent twanging electric guitar and many zany sound effects.

Several of Los Picapiedra’s songs became very popular in Colombia as well as Venezuela and especially in the ‘rebajada’ (slowed down) version as played by the ‘sonidero’ sound system DJs in Mexico, such as “La Hossa”.

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released August 13, 2020

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