Rock Paper Scissors - The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru (Barbes Records)

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Sample Track 1:
"Sonido Amazonico" from Los Mirlos

Sample Track 2:
"Linda Nena" from Juaneco y Su Combo

Sample Track 3:
"Elsa" from Los Destellos

Sample Track 4:
"Carinito" from Los Hijos Del Sol

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Los Mirlos

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Various artists, “The Roots of Chicha” (Barbès Records)—Starting in the late sixties, Peruvian musicians created chicha, a working-class urban folk music, by layering psychedelic touches like electric guitars, Moog synthesizers, and Farfisa organs on the popular hip-shaking cumbia of Colombia. These vintage songs (handpicked by the Brooklyn club owner Olivier Conan) are melodic, catchy, and groovy in a way that’s unlikely ever to be repeated. 01/07/08 >> go there

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