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Title: Tigres En Fuga
Condition: New
Format: CD
EAN: 3149026010024
Genre: International Music
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Few musical styles have been as unanimously popular in Peru as Cumbia (also known as Chicha). Planting its roots in the suburbs of Lima among the children of immigrants and in remote cities of the Amazonian jungle, its mesmerizing melodies have resonated in the Peruvian air for more than forty years. Cumbia All Stars, made up of former members of bands such as Los Mirlos, Los Diablos Rojos, Los Girasoles, Los Beta 5, Los Riberenos and Los Destellos, is a tribute to the spectacle of Peruvian Cumbia. With their bold, resonant guitar lines and jerky beats, the Cumbia All Stars majestically reinvigorate golden oldies whilst innovating new melodies that remain loyal to the origins of the music. The veteran singers and players are living legends of the music originators from the dawn of Cumbia who nursed the flame for over four decades and now have joined together with their new album Tigres en Fuga, to rapturously re-stoke the fires of the phenomenon that is Cumbia Peruana. The band made their first visit to Europe in 2013, playing 18 shows in 10 countries including a prestigious Showcase at Womex in Cardiff which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. They return in summer 2014 to play more concerts and festivals across Europe.

REVIEW
The Andean pop of Colombia and Peru shares the shuffling, infectious rhythms of cumbia, but where the former uses accordion and big bands, the latter favours the twang of surf-rock guitars. Drawn from bands from cumbia's 70s glory years, the All Stars are Peru's own Buena Vista, reprising old hits with a still deft touch. The intricate melody lines of their shimmering Fender guitars, intertwined with clattering Latin percussion, remain a mesmeric force, whether on instrumentals such as Lobos al Escape, or on whooping vocal numbers such as La Primavera Triste. Forget the pan-pipe cliches - Amazonian psychedelia strikes back! --The Observer

Cumbiaaaaa ! a voice shrieks, clearly heralding a party. There s a nimble electric guitar, a percussive hip-shifting backbeat and this group of veterans swing into action on La Cumbia de la Noche. Cumbia hails from Colombia but has spread and the Cumbia All Stars are reviving the psychedelic sound of Peruvian cumbia from Lima. The eight members of the All Stars played in many of the top bands from the Seventies on and, thanks to crate-digging interest from European and American record labels, there s a new thirst for the music. The band features Luis Carrillo on vocals and Lucho Reyes on lead guitar. 4 STARS --Evening Standard
No Of Discs: 1
Artist: Cumbia All Stars
Record Label: World Village

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