Description
El Buho, who began his early production career inspired by the digital cumbia scene emerging from Buenos Aires around 2008, reinterprets cumbia and porro rhythms for the dancefloor and releases them on vinyl alongside remixes from an impressive lineup including Auntie Flo and Lagartijeando.
The digital cumbia scene, which spread from Buenos Aires to the world and produced artists such as Chancha Via Circuito and Frikstailers, inspired producer El Buho to begin making electronic music. His work, Cumbias Imaquinarias, which pays tribute to his musical roots, arrives on vinyl from Earthly Measures featuring an impressive array of remixes.
Reconstructing the inherently captivating rhythms of cumbia for the electronic dancefloor, this release consists of three cumbia tracks and one track incorporating porro rhythms that developed uniquely along Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The remix lineup also includes ARN4L2, La Jungla, Earthly Measures x Dreems, La Forasteria, and Sun Sone, alongside Auntie Flo and Lagartijeando, each bringing a distinctive approach. The result is a fusion of traditional South American percussion structures and contemporary electronic production.
A1. La Cumbia del Cafe Martinez
A2. Anglo-Colombian Expedition
A3. La Cumbia de la Ansiedad
A4. Porro del Tucan
B1. La Cumbia Del Cafe Martinez (ARN4L2 Remix)
B2. Anglo-Colombian Expedition (Auntie Flo Remix)
B3. La Cumbia De La Ansiedad (La Jungla Remix)
B4. Porro del Tucan (Lagartijeando Remix)
Earthly Measures are proud to present the release of ‘El Buho - Cumbias Imaquinarias’, this time on wax with some added remixes.
'Cumbias Imaquinarias' is an EP that flows full circle with one of El Buho’s earliest inspirations for making electronic music; digital Cumbia. It was a scene that exploded out of Buenos Aires around 2008 and went global. The scene soon saturated and fell out of fashion, but gave birth to artists like Chancha Via Circuito, Frikstailers, El Remolon and was a big inspiration for him as a young producer.
For El Buho there was always something there; the entrancing magic of the Cumbia rhythm reimagined for the electronic dancefloor. Cumbia is a music that is globally connected but also so diverse, evolving and growing into many subshoots of this one simple rhythm. This EP presents three Cumbia’s and one Porro rhythm (a derivation of the Cumbia rhythm from the Colombian Caribbean which evolved into its own style).
Joining El Buho on remix duties for this release are ARN4L2, Lagartijeando, Auntie Flo, La Jungla, Earthly Measures x Dreems, La Forasteria and Sun Sone. Each artist offering a completely unique approach and their own magic touch to this El Buho masterpiece.
