The Roots of Chicha
Various Artists
Released:
Sep 2007
Label:
Barbès Records
Named for the Andean corn drink and forged from a motley assortment of everything from cumbia to surf guitar, chicha was an urban Peruvian musical hybrid that sprang up in the 1960s. Psychedelic, playful and startlingly familiar, it was dance music for the masses, but it never traveled beyond Peru's confines until Barbes Records released this 2007 compilation. For fans of exotica, it doesn't get much better than this: northern inventions like wah-wah guitar encounter traditional Andean music, and neither is the same afterward.
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2:35Los Mirlos
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3:45Juaneco Y Su Combo
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4:05Los Hijos del Sol
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3:14Los Destellos
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3:04Los Diablos Rojos
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4:09Juaneco Y Su Combo
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2:43Los Mirlos
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2:46Los Destellos
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4:44Los Hijos del Sol
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3:19Los Mirlos
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3:38Los Destellos
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3:31Juaneco Y Su Combo
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3:23Los Diablos Rojos
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3:21Eusebio y Su Banjo
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3:09Los Hijos del Sol
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3:07Juaneco Y Su Combo
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2:49Los Mirlos
2007 Barbès Records