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With Joe Lovano, Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan, AC, Jorge Rossy & Joey Baron.
Wild, psychedelic, salsa-spiced, Peruvian cumbia.
In the late 1960s, the coastal city of Paramonga, just a three-hour drive north of Lima, gave rise to a vibrant music scene shaped by surf, rockabilly, and tropical sounds. Blending cumbia with guaracha, salsa, and guaguancó, and emerging styles like chicha —with their psychedelic guitars, Fender amplifiers, hot percussion, and wah-wah pedals — Los Orientales would shape the musical identity of the region.
Drawing from the LPs Con Sabor Tropical in 1972 and Tremendo Ritmo the following year, plus numerous 45s, this is a comprehensive review of the sound and spirit of Los Orientales de Paramonga at their peak.
Super-charged soundsystem vibes — massive, dazedly sublime — from the 1983 LP I’m Still Waiting, produced by Patrick Edwards, and issued by Sugar’s Rocktone International, out of Queens, New York.
Plus a startling saxophone dubplate cut, featuring Dean Fraser.
Lest we forget.
Torsten Profrock’s occult homage to UK garage is one of the gems in the HJ label catalogue. It’s one of our own handful of favourites.
Two-step waylaid in the scuffed, churning, sub-heavy terrain running from his Chain Reaction days to Monolake; mysteriously entangled with the distressed tracks of old Ugandan 78s.
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