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AFROSOUND / UGANDA KENYA - TIRO AL BLANCO / LA BOMBA
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Tiro Al Blanco / La Bomba
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PAN014
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Vinyl record
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Rare 1981 Latin / Cuban Dancefloor Fillers With Disco Flava's - Back on the Discos Panorama series we head once again to Colombia, this time pairing two Afro-cumbia dancefloor weapons from Afrosound and Wganda Kenya — two giants of the late-'70s and early-'80s tropical scene.
Around this time Colombian studios, particularly those connected to Discos Fuentes, were beginning to push things forward. Traditional cumbia rhythms were still at the core, but now they were being driven by electric organs, synths, drum machines and fuzzed-out guitars. The result was something raw, hypnotic and incredibly rhythmic — records that feel almost proto-electronic, long before anyone would've used that word.
The two cuts on PAN014, originally released in 1978 and 1981, capture that moment perfectly. Rolling percussion, locked-in basslines and swirling keyboards create grooves that just keep building. They're party records, no doubt about it, but there's something else going on too — repetitive, driving, almost techno in spirit, the kind of tracks that can run for minutes and never lose the floor.
The A Side is the anthem, the B Side feels like it was lost on an LP…
Part of PANORAMA's Discos Panorama series, this one continues the label's focus on bringing essential Colombian dance music back to DJs and collectors. Carefully remastered and pressed on 7inch, these are the kinds of records that instantly change the temperature in a room.
Hip hop
Afrobeat
pop
Latin
Around this time Colombian studios, particularly those connected to Discos Fuentes, were beginning to push things forward. Traditional cumbia rhythms were still at the core, but now they were being driven by electric organs, synths, drum machines and fuzzed-out guitars. The result was something raw, hypnotic and incredibly rhythmic — records that feel almost proto-electronic, long before anyone would've used that word.
The two cuts on PAN014, originally released in 1978 and 1981, capture that moment perfectly. Rolling percussion, locked-in basslines and swirling keyboards create grooves that just keep building. They're party records, no doubt about it, but there's something else going on too — repetitive, driving, almost techno in spirit, the kind of tracks that can run for minutes and never lose the floor.
The A Side is the anthem, the B Side feels like it was lost on an LP…
Part of PANORAMA's Discos Panorama series, this one continues the label's focus on bringing essential Colombian dance music back to DJs and collectors. Carefully remastered and pressed on 7inch, these are the kinds of records that instantly change the temperature in a room.
Hip hop
Afrobeat
pop
Latin
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Last FM Information on Afrosound
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Afrosound was a Cumbia band from the Discos Fuentes stable. They were Colombia’s reaction to the early 1970's Chicha movement that was happening in Peru and Bolivia at the time. José María Fuentes saw the popularity of this new type of hybrid Cumbia sound and thus created a sort of Discos Fuentes super group.
Produced by Julio Estrada (Fruko El Bueno), Afrosound not only incorporated the Andean guitar laden sound, but mixed in some funk, salsa/son, tropical, disco, and Afro-Colombian rhythms to boot. The result being Cumbia party albums from start to finish. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.