Explosion Negra is the perfect blend of Afro-Colombian sounds mixed with hip hop and dancehall. They reside in Medellin, Colombia where their various rhythmic influences come from and are quite apparent through their music. Going in and out of different styles in the period of one song is their strength and by which makes them unique.
Che [...]
Monthly archives for March, 2012
Nu Cumbia Experience Presents Explosion Negra
Nu Cumbia Experience Presents Explosi...
Explosion Negra is the perfect blend of Afro-Colombian sounds mixed with hip hop and dancehall. They reside in Medellin, Colombia where their various rhythmic influences come from and are quite apparent through their music. Going in and out of different styles in the period of one song is their strength and by which makes them unique.
Che [...]
Los vocabularios de sentimiento en la cumbia
Los vocabularios de sentimiento en la...
(My apologies to my non-Spanish speaking readers. This week’s post came to my mind in Spanish and I was afraid that much could be lost in translation).
Parece una contradicción que exista tanto escrito sobre música sin que el tema de los sentimientos sea abordado plenamente. Los académicos de la música parecemos haber relegado la idea de que [...]
These Dubs EP March 27th 2012
These Dubs EP March 27th 2012
I had the pleasure of being one of the eclectic group of remixers for DubConscious’ remix album These Dubs. The originally DubConscious EP is titled These Days and is also on 1320 Records which you can find here. These Dubs will also be released on 132o Records on March 27th 2012 but you can also grab them early here on Bandcamp.
These [...]
Digital Cumbia Starting With The Capitol K
Digital Cumbia Starting With The Capi...
Photographer: Angus Leadly Brown
Ever since I joined the cumbia blogging universe I’ve been able to experience a tremendous amount of music I would have had a much harder time finding otherwise. Many times in the past I’ve wanted to go deep and explore specific artists music but felt reluctant on Generation Bass anyway to dedicate [...]
The Technologies of Psychedelia (Chicha Libre at sxsw 2012)
The Technologies of Psychedelia (Chic...
(The video of Chicha Libre performing at sxsw is the one at the bottom of this post, in case you want to skip the boring part)
We usually think of technology as a collection of devices, tools, and instruments. But technology is also the knowledge about how to use those devices and about their purpose. Furthermore, technology affects the ways [...]
The New Live Chicha Sound
The New Live Chicha Sound
I’ll admit as a musician first it took me a considerable amount of time to see the merit of DJ’s in the music scene. Even though I was always heavily into electronic dance music before it was cool and was considered nerdy, DJ’s seemed to just play song after song of musicians recorded material. I know I know you hate me but [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Cumbia
St. Patrick’s Day Cumbia
Could it be done? A St. Patrick’s Day cumbia? Well of course that’s what Nu Cumbia Experience is all about. Anything is possible in the world of nu cumbia. That said I never imagined or even thought of remixing the St. Patrick’s Day holiday however someone did. None other than the great captain Captain Cumbia! I was about t [...]
Los Chicos Altos – Se Va Mamba EP Release
Los Chicos Altos – Se Va Mamba ...
Spring time is around the corner for we northern hemisphere folk and I could possibly imagine a better way to welcome in the season than the Se Va Mamba EP release by Barcelona’s own Los Chicos Altos. I posted their mini mix last weekend on Sexxy Saturday Cumbia to well response and good vibes. Here on Nu Cumbia Experience I wish to pr [...]
Nu Cumbia As a Music Genre
Nu Cumbia As a Music Genre
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been asking myself what would be the right way to define what nu cumbia is. Last week, I mentioned the apparently obvious fact that nu cumbia is a music genre. Now, I am not too sure that is entirely correct.
In music, a genre is an ideal model that gathers all of the musical pieces that share specific musica [...]
