With a selection of traditional tracks, QECHUABOi shares a side of his Afro-Peruvian culture and goes back to the origins of the rhythms that feed today’s electronic producers.
QECHUABOi defines himself as a “chacotero of sound”, otherwise known as the wild card. Since 2012, he has been both witness to and player in the explosion of the tropical bass subculture in Latin America. Alongside artists such as Dengue Dengue Dengue, Lukro, Deltatron and Sonidos Profundos, he contributed to the creation of this underground scene at “Toma” parties, where cumbia and dubstep collided. His desire to experiment was born of the discovery of the Peruvian cumbia classic “El Milagro Verde” by Los Mirlos. Since then, QECHUABOi has armed himself with drum machines and samplers to innovate, blending 70s cumbia chicha, Andean and Amazonian rhythms with the textures of global electronic music. Known for the energy he unleashes live, he collaborates endlessly with artists, nourishing his own music with influences from hip-hop, footwork, dembow and African music. From his new home in Madrid, he regularly releases EPs for labels such as Terror Negro, Matraca, Regional and Radio Chiguiro, and today shares with us the absolute source of his raison d’être as an artist.
“This is not a DJ set. It’s a selection of what makes me dance, feel and reflect on my culture. It’s like a compilation that pays homage to the ancestral roots of human beings and the Persian and Afro-Peruvian rhythms that inspire us today to transpose the analog origin of rhythms to the most agitated dancefloors. It’s also an invitation to education and the search for musical themes that are not only local but also universal.”
Tracklist:
Victoria Santa Cruz – Cumanana
Nicomedes Santa Cruz – Canto y Baile
Chocolate – Conga Forte, Rico Cajón
Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio – La Esquina de El Carmen
Nicomedes Santa Cruz – Instrumentos Musicales
Manuel Donayre – Jarana Peruana
Perú Negro – Landó
Hermanos Santa Cruz – Tinga que Tinga
Lucila Campos – Toro Mata
Nicomedes Santa Cruz – Pasadas de Zapateo
Arturo “Zambo” Cavero – Peruanita Bonita
Victoria Santa Cruz – Me Gritaron Negra
Arturo “Zambo” Cavero & Oscar Avilés – El Alcatraz
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