We are five friends who come from around the globe, from New York, to Vienna, to Barcelona and back, with one common goal: generate high spirited musical energy that transports you to a different time and place and makes you want to move your body. Our playbook comes from a short-lived era in Tropical music when artists from Colombia, Peru, and Mexico were replacing traditional instrumentation with fuzzy electric guitars, psychedelic sound effects, and analog synthesizers to bring a fresh new sound to the classic Cumbias, Gaitas and Porros. The end result was dazzling. The bands were prolific and inventive. It is our immense pleasure to bring our favorite songs from this immense catalogue of obscure gems to new audiences. Olaguay!
Clockwise: Ken Kaufman and Cary Berger on electric guitars, Boris Worrister on bass guitar, Jim McGrath on drums, and Antonio Montalvo on percussion.