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Peace & Rhythm presents: Cumbiamuffin - s/t LP!

Peace & Rhythm presents: Cumbiamuffin - s/t LP!

Infectious, hypnotic tropical grooves with a ragga kick from Australia’s premier cumbia orchestra. If you like Ondatrópica, Frente Cumbiero, Ska Cubano and Lucho Bermúdez, you’ll love Cumbiamuffin. New LP available in our store! It was only a matter of time before cumbia hit Australia. After humbly coming to life on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, this rhythm—and everything it represents: its multi- ethnicity, its danceable pulse, its resilience—snaked its way up the mountains to reach Colombia’s urban capitals, Bogotá and Medellín, who transmitted the signal to Mexico, Peru, Argentina... Cumbia travelled, and wherever it landed it took hold; Charles Mingus got his...

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Peace & Rhythm presents: Jesús Pagán Y Su Orquesta - Salsa De La Mata!

Peace & Rhythm presents: Jesús Pagán Y Su Orquesta - Salsa De La Mata!

Heavy salsa dura with old-school flavor All originals, with an all-star band. First time on vinyl for this 2008 salsa masterpiece. If you like the Fania classics, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Puente and Quintero’s Salsa Project, you’ll love Jesús Pagán y Su Orquesta. Available in our store on Yellow & Red or Black vinyl, and CD. 

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Peace & Rhythm presents: Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra - Chest LP

Peace & Rhythm presents: Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra - Chest LP

Peace & Rhythm presents: Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra - Chest Following up 2020’s Antibody, Poland’s only Afrobeat band, Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra is back with their fourth studio album Chest. The heavy funk group fronted by three female vocalists has always had a sound that’s all their own. Since their creation WAO have continued to evolve and experiment, juggling diverse sounds, genres, melodic, and harmonic structures. Chest is unique, not only due to capturing the unmistakable sound of WAO, but even within the WAO catalog. This album is the result of the band immersing itself in the rock and heavy funk of the 60s and 70s, letting these influences imprint themselves on this chapter of WAO’s sound. “Chest is Warsaw...

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Peace & Rhythm Presents: Home Body - Spiritus Remixes

Peace & Rhythm Presents: Home Body - Spiritus Remixes

Head to our Bandcamp to pick up the new Home Body - Spiritus Remixes In 2019 Western Massachusetts electronic duo Home Body dropped their sophomore album Spiritus on Peace & Rhythm / Feeding Tube Records. The band seamlessly combines the soaring voice of Haley Morgan with the throbbing, hovering keyboards and cardiac beats of Eric Hnatow to create what they call “fever pop,” a spellbinding soundscape that haunts the body as much as the mind. Home Body’s distinctive sound is all their own and while it has its roots in previous electronic pop music, there’s no mistaking them for any other artist. Three years in...

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New single from Locobeach!

New single from Locobeach!

“Isabella” is the fun new single from New York’s Locobeach. The tune combines sly humor and an infectious tropical cumbia rhythm to keep people dancing at the same time laughing with the satirical lyrics. While the melody is infectious and the chorus is definitely an earworm, what really captivates is the rhythmic breakdown in the middle of the song where the Locobeach rhythm section heats up the beats and it’s impossible to sit still. Based on a personal experience, Locobeach’s co-leader Cheo Pardo (DJ Afro, Los Amigos Invisibles, Los Crema Paríso) sings about “Isabella”, a beautiful and talkative young lady he met at a gig who turned out...

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