There has been a trend to re-issue Afro-Colombian gems in vinyl since Soundway records released in 2010 their Palenque Palenque compilation. I have no problem with that trend at all. A few years ago, it was almost impossible to find Afro rootsie gems from Latin America. And if you did come across anything, it had brief liner notes and lacked production/sound mastering quality. Today, it's a different ball game as DJ's or compilers such as Lucas Da Silva (Palenque Records), Quantic (Soundway Records), Hugo Mendez (Sofrito Records), and Samy Ben Redjeb (Analog Africa) are helping reintroduce Afro-Colombian music. Analog Africa, based in Germany, is known for reissuing Afro sounds of the 60's - 80's from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Latin America. Recently they released a two part Diablos del Ritmo compilation. As a DJ I was fond to purchase pt. 2 instead of pt.1 which is more on the tropical funk side per se. Part 2, not only has more tracks in general but contains bass and accordion driven jammable Cumbia tracks capable of getting any party rollin'. Both vinyl sleeves contains killer liner notes full of information about the artists and the development of various musical styles from 1960-1985. So if you are not a DJ don't worry either, this compilation (available also in CD) is as good as any book. The liner notes written by compiler Samy Ben Redjeb are very detail and help illustratively educate anyone about Colombia's rich transcendent musical heritage. And to top it off, you know you are holding a must have Afro-Colombian music compilation if they are sourcing Peter Wade's book "Music, Race and Nation: Musica Tropical in Colombia". Why purchase Part 2 personally as a DJ? Well, it has various classic jams that have been heard by DJ's and cumbiamberos, such as "Lluvia by Sonora Tropical, "Santana en Salsa" by Creciendo Camacho, and "Cumbia Costeña" by Alejandro Duran. More importantly, it has track reissues of some groups I had never heard of before; such as Los Curramberos de Guayabal or Los Alegres Diablos, that sound as good as the others. Don't miss out on this amazing record compilation. Grab a copy before they are gone.
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