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SOUK 010LP
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Romperayo is back, with a brand new tropical nine-track album full of tropical riddims and humid Caribbean jams. After two long sold-out albums, Romperayo (Discrepant, 2015) and Que Jué? (Souk, 2019), Pedro Ojeda's unique update on classic Colombian music returns for a full long player of future tropical instrumental tunes, heavy on the drum grooves mixed with slow, languid experimental interludes. This is 21st century Colombian popular music taken to the next level by one of the most singular figures currently active on the Colombian scene. Romperayo's, aka Pedro Ojeda (Los Pirañas, Chupame el Dedo) solo project uses his irreverent drumming techniques and filters them through a lens of new school psychedelia, historical sampling, and acid synth solos. With his sound obsessions clearly present over all of his work (and this record), Pedro effortless mixes the old school with the new with an avant-garde collage approach to composition, never forgetting his academic studies on Latin American drumming styles. The result expands the frontiers of Colombian tropical music and provides a new, multicultural dialogue whilst using many of the rhythms and melodies of the Colombian historical repertoire to a new generation. The Colombian Caribbean coast sonido never sounded so fresh. Artwork by Mateo Rivano. All tracks composed and produced by Pedro Ojeda. Acosta Accordion on "Calzoncillo Colorado" by Iván Medellín. Gaita on "Calzoncillo Colorado" by Jaime Ospina.
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SOUK 002LP
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Second release on the newly minted Souk (sub label of Discrepant), coming swiftly after the mind-blowing Palestinian beat LP Inkanakuntu (SOUK 001LP, 2018). For the second release, Souk chose someone who is already part of our Discrepant family: the Colombian tropical masters Romperayo, aka Pedro Ojeda. Back in 2015 Discrepant released their self-titled debut and now it's time for the follow up, Que Jue?, ten up-tempo bangers filled with the unique sounds of psychedelic 1970s Cumbia. Whilst the first Romperayo LP united several musicians around Pedro Ojeda's frantic drum style (CREP 020LP, 2015), Que Jue? sees him take the reins solo, armed with instruments, samplers, and his trusted drum skills. Que Jue? is a fever rhythm joy, an intense voyage to the diverse landscape of Colombian folklore and psychedelic scene. It's also a combination of old and new, an exploration of sample techniques that throwback to classic cumbia but with an electronic minimal vibe that seeks the intense repetition of some dance music produced recently. All for the sake of pleasure, Romperayo's music is magnetic, impulsive, and addictive. The repetitive patterns are mixed astutely and sweaty percussion changes the rhythm whenever it's needed: you don't know that, but they do, and they deliver it frequently with awe. Tropical fusion, new cumbia, or salsa on acids? You decide.
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CREP 020LP
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Psychedelic cumbia discharges from Bogotá, Colombia. Romperayo's full-length debut reunites Pedro Ojeda (from projects such as Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Ondatrópica, and Chúpame el Dedo) on drums, percussion, and timbales; Eblis Álvarez (from internationally-acclaimed bands Meridian Brothers and Los Pirañas) on samplers and synths; virtuoso organist and pianist Ricardo Gallo on synthesizers; and renowned bassist and composer Juan Manuel Toro on bass. Romperayo's sound is a fast-moving musical journey through Colombian tropical folklore, a mischievous modern interpretation of the up-tempo rhythms of descarga and the psychedelic sounds of '70s cumbia. By cleverly incorporating urban sounds and sampling techniques into the tropical music of the past decades, Romperayo embodies Colombia's modern folklore scene. Artwork by Colombian artist Mateo Rivano. Cut and pressed at Optimal.
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