Chicha Por Favor Volume 2 - Grooves From Difa (LP Vinyl)
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Chicha emerged in the 1970s as Peru's great cultural crossroads, blending Colombian cumbia rhythms with Andean melisma and the psychedelic electric guitar tones filtering in from rock and soul. The music gave voice to migrants from the sierra who had relocated to Lima, carrying their highland roots into the city and transforming them into something entirely new. This second volume from the Difa catalog puts some of the rawest, most hypnotic examples of that synthesis back on the turntable.
Around 1970, musician, music producer, and entrepreneur Fernando Arias founded the record label Discos Fernando Arias (Difa) in Lima, the capital of Peru. This label was crucial for the musical production, promotion, dissemination, and development of Peruvian tropical music; more specifically, the so-called "carretero style", so named because it was rooted in the famous Central Highway (Carretera Central) of Peru, which crosses the country from west to east, from the coast to the jungle, through the Andes mountain range. This style is defined by sudden changes from ballad to fast and aggressive tropical music, with electric guitar lines drenched in fuzztone, reverb, and wah-wah. To this must be added the plaintive, melancholic vocal style characteristic of Andean Peruvian music.
Tracklist:
- LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA - Parranda de Cumbias
- LOS SANDER'S DE ÑAÑA - Caminando Juntos
- GRUPO REMOLINO - El Huerfanito
- LOS SOLITARIOS - Agua Que No Has De Beber
- GRUPO ANDALUZ - Presentimiento
- LOS SANDER'S DE ÑAÑA - Mazamorrita
- LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA - Regreso De Los Lobos
- LOS RADIANTES - Triste Esperanza
- EL SUPER GRUPO - El Cartero
- LOS HAPPY SHAVER - Quince Años
UPC: 3516628526916
Label: Ritmo Del Barrio
Release Date: 8.21.26
Format: LP Vinyl