Posts Tagged traditional cumbia
[REVIEW] CUMBIA CUMBIA 1 & 2 RE-ISSUE!
May 14, 2012 by generationbass
Cumbia, the music and the dance synonymous with Colombia, has been around almost since the 17th century. Today, it’s a badge of identity for Colombians everywhere, but is now also enjoying a global renaissance; filling dance floors and captivating a new generation of music fans. And I’m not even talking about the recent updates of [...]
Tags: cumbia, cumbia cumbia, cumbia cumbia 1 & 2, discos fuentes, nueva cumbia, re-issue, traditional cumbia, world circuit
Cumbiaaaaaa hits mainstream advert in UK
October 8, 2010 by dj umb
Further Evidence of the inroads Cumbia is making into the mainstream in the UK! UPDATE: Not the first time though, thanks to my FB friend Rory Carr, this one goes back to the 80′s.
Tags: 1980's ad, comet, cumbia, cumbia hits uk tv, dj umb, generation bass, la colegia, nescafe, sdp, traditional cumbia, tv advert, vince the prince
COURTSHIP RITUAL – CUMBIA
May 11, 2009 by dj umb
For those of you feeling the trad cumbia vibes, here’s a really GREAT selection of tracks put together by DJ OLIVIER. A little bit of HISTORY does no harm, taken straight from WIKIPEDIA (so not 100% as to its accuracy): “Cumbia originated as a courtship ritual. The slave courtship ritual, which featured dance prominently, was [...]
Tags: cumbia, cumbia dancing, cumbia villera, DJ OLIVIER, traditional cumbia
COLOMBIA!…..THE TRAD AIN'T NO FAD!
May 8, 2009 by dj umb
If you like Old Skool Cumbia from Colombia, artists like the great Alfredo Guiterrez, then it’s also worthwhile checking out some other popular regional folk styles from Colombia including Vallenato (from Colombia’s Caribbean region) . You can find and download some really tasty folkloric Cumbia and Vallenato RIGHT HERE
Tags: 50's cumbia, 60's cumbia, alfredo guiterrez, colombia, cumbia, purayuca, traditional cumbia, vallenato
YOU NEED EL GIGANTE!
May 6, 2009 by generationbass
You might not know it yet, but you really do. EL GIGANTE TERREMOTO is the traditional CUMBIA stylo party dj, totally awesome selection of tunes and shoutouts to someone’s uncle and aunt. This is the real deal homie: GRAB IT HERE no tracklist, but he sometimes calls the titles as he plays em…
Tags: beats, cumbia, cumbia party, cumbia wedding, nu cumbia, nueva cumbia, old school, party, real cumbia, traditional, traditional cumbia
STILL CUMBIA WEDNESDAYYY!
April 8, 2009 by generationbass
This track by GRUPO ADIXION is really beautiful, but the rest of their stuff.. not so good. Little too much bad pop vibes mixed in with the cumbia for me. But… check out the nice girlie vocals on this one track man: ADIXION – Me Olvidaras shared by the great LA CONGONA DE CUMBIA
Tags: cumbia, cumbia wednesday, grupo adixion, nu cumbia, traditional cumbia, tropical
thank you EINDHOVEN!
March 7, 2009 by generationbass
Thanks everybody for showing up yesterday at WEI and for lots ‘o dj love! I spun a lot of tunes I’ve also been posting here and met some heads who have been following the blog. Also a HOWDY to female DJ duo HOTLIPZZ & JANE who were also spinning some great tunes! Just a really [...]
Tags: cumbia, generation bass, mix, nu cumbia, traditional cumbia, tropical
traditional CUMBIA: JOSÉ BARROS!
February 27, 2009 by generationbass
I love this tune by the late great JOSÉ BARROS, considered one of the mosts diverse Colombian Musicians (well, according to his WIKI). This is some swinging cumbia with a very nice uplifting groove: josé barros – el patuleco
Tags: colombia, cool, cumbia, josé barros, mp3, nu cumbia, porros, traditional cumbia, tropical
traditional cumbia – HERMANOS MARTINEZ
February 24, 2009 by generationbass
great track by HERMANOS MARTINEZ, hard to find stuff about them, but I’ll just let the music do the talking, check out this GREAT tune: Hermanos Martinez – Cumbia Sampuesana
Tags: cool, cumbia, hermanos martinez, nu cumbia, traditional cumbia, tropical
