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La danza de los mirlos

by Afrosound

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CALIVENTURA 03:32
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EL FORASTERO 02:44
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CHORRILLO 03:29
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LA SIRENA 02:38

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Afrosound’s mission was to emulate the guitar-heavy tropical sounds emanating from Perú and Ecuador at the time. To add to the hippie vibe, there were plenty of whacky improvised vocal asides (called ‘inspiraciones’), plus custom fuzz, wah-wah, flange and echo effects boxes for the guitar and keyboards. A barrage of odd sounding synths, drum machines and other electronic flourishes were also sprinkled in to spice up the proceedings.

The dozen tracks on Afrosound’s debut long play make for a surprisingly diverse palette from which these Colombian musicians painted their daring portrait of Peruvian cumbia, returning the favor in bold colors that still resonate almost 50 years later.

“La danza de los mirlos” kicks off with most famous Afrosound hit of all, ‘Caliventura’, a genius blend of funk and cumbia. Also, there are several covers including various Colombian costeño classics, a groove oriented son montuno / cumbia hybrid, Fruko’s bomba-funk ditty ‘El chorrillo’, the melancholic psychedelic cumbia ‘Esperando por ti’ and the rocking cumbia andina gem ‘Cabeza de chorlito’.

This lovingly restored reissue features the artwork for the Peruvian edition, which was licensed and issued by Lima’s El Virrey label in 1974.

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La misión de Afrosound era recrear los sonidos tropicales y guitarreros que en ese momento surgían en Perú y Ecuador. Para añadir aires hippies, había alocadas improvisaciones vocales (llamadas ‘inspiraciones’), efectos fuzz, wah-wah, echo… en las guitarras y teclados. Y para completar ese sonido tan único de Fuentes, se especiaba todo con un bombardeo de sonidos extraños de sintetizadores, cajas de ritmo y demás aparataje electrónico.

La docena de cortes en el disco debut de Afrosound logran crear una sorprendente una sorprendente paleta desde la que estos músicos colombianos pintaron su personal retrato de su querida cumbia peruana, devolviendo el favor en tonos chillones que todavía resuenan casi 50 años más tarde.

“La danza de los mirlos” se abre con se abre con el mayor hit de Afrosound, ‘Caliventura’, una mezcla genial de funk y cumbia. Además de esta cumbia amazónica, hay varias versiones más incluyendo tres canciones populares de Nelson y sus Estrellas, además de clásicos de la tradición costeña de Colombia totalmente reimaginadas, la bomba-funk ‘El Chorrillo’ de Fruko, la melancólica cumbia psicodélica ‘Esperando por ti’ y la joya de cumbia andina ‘Cabeza de chorlito’.

La portada de esta reedición tan cuidadosamente restaurada ha partido del arte original de la edición peruana, producto de la licencia por el sello El Virrey de Lima en 1974.

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released April 9, 2021

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