A Venezuelan band that fused cumbia with rock, funk, and jazz starting in the late 1990s.
For their hybrid sound, try 'El Viento' or 'La Experiencia Del Desierto'. They show the band's continued exploration.
They took traditional cumbia rhythms and spliced them with rock, funk, and jazz, creating what people called alternative cumbia. Their songs often carried social and political themes, which sometimes drew criticism from cumbia traditionalists. Tracks like 'Guerrillero' and 'El Duende' from their catalog reflect this approach.
They formed in Caracas, Venezuela in the late 1990s. They released several albums including '13' in 2008 and 'Reserva Natural' in 2013, and have toured extensively through Latin America, Europe, and the United States.
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