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New 45 Sabroso y Espooky! Scary good psych cumbia from El Bigtoe Y El Guámbito

New 45 Sabroso y Espooky! Scary good psych cumbia from El Bigtoe Y El Guámbito

Just in time for Halloween / El Día de Los Muertos 2023 comes the scary good 45 from El Bigtoe y El Guámbito: Sabroso Y Espooky: El Encuentro Vol. 2, “Sabroso y Espooky” b/w “Mantequilla y Mermelada,” from Peace & Rhythm. The A side is a dark “sonidero cumbia rebajada” (a slowed-down cumbia done in the Mexican sound system DJ style), full of menace and spooky subterranean sounds, while the flip is a much brighter uptempo psychedelic tropical number that feels like a galloping horse ride clear across the Texas desert into Mexico. El Bigtoe y El Guámbito is a...

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WE’VE GOT YOUR MOST WANTED RECORDS

WE’VE GOT YOUR MOST WANTED RECORDS

We’ve got the records you want but didn’t know you needed. 

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Share the cumbia love with MONEY CHICHA!

Share the cumbia love with MONEY CHICHA!

Peace & Rhythm, Estereo and Money Chicha are very excited to announce the upcoming release of a new limited edition 45!  Preorder from Forced Exposure and available from the band, at Estereo in Chicago and at the Peace & Rhythm web store on Valentine’s Day, February 14. Buy it here and Meet the band

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Halloween hi-jinks from Radio Gladys Palmera, Peace & Rhythm's DJ Bongohead, Adrian Is Hungry and Locobeach

Halloween hi-jinks from Radio Gladys Palmera, Peace & Rhythm's DJ Bongohead, Adrian Is Hungry and Locobeach

Just in time for Halloween and El Día De Los Muertos, the "Dj Bongohead Monstruo Mix – Calaveras y Palmeras" podcast mixtape is up on the Radio Gladys Palmera site.

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The First Flowers of Spring with Flor de Toloache

The First Flowers of Spring with Flor de Toloache

Spring is in the the air and guess what? We've got a fresh bouquet of Flor de Toloache songs for you! The amazing all-woman Flor de Toloache and your humble servants at Peace & Rhythm have teamed up again, this time to reissue—for the first time ever on vinyl—the band’s auspicious debut recording, the 2015 Latin Grammy Nominated album Mariachi Flor De Toloache. In 2016 our label released a 45 of two dance floor tracks from the album ("Dicen" / "When We Love") just in time for us to present them, along with Deans Beans Fair Trade Coffee, on the stage at Green River Festival that...

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