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Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975 - 91

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1.	Manuel Alvarez y Sus Dangers - Esclavo Moderno 02:54	buy track
2.	Cassimbas Negras - Bumburumbumbum 03:34	buy track
3.	Abelardo Carbono y su Conjunto - Palenque 03:55	buy track
4.	Son Palenque - Tungalala (El Sapo) 03:32	buy track
5.	Cumbia Sigo XX - Naga Pedale 03:26	buy track
6.	Wganda Kenya - Pim Pom 04:17	buy track
7.	Banda Los Hijos de La Ni̱a Luz - Dejala Corre 03:27	buy track
8.	Pedro Beltran - Puyalo Ahi 03:01	buy track
9.	Cumbia Moderna De Soledad - Tetero 03:09	buy track
10.	Abelardo Carbono y su Conjunto - Quiero a Mi Gente 03:46	buy track
11.	Lisandro Meza y su Conjunto - Shacalao 03:38	buy track
12.	Son Palenque - Palenque Palenque 04:09	buy track
13.	Abelardo Carbono - La Negra Kulengue 03:31	buy track
14.	La Tromba - Calaba Calabao 03:49	buy track
15.	Los Soneros de Gamero - Katunga 03:26	buy track
16.	Rabel Y su Grupo - Manaye 03:48	buy track
17.	La Nelda Pina - El Sucusu 03:16	buy track
18.	Wganda Kenya - El Lobo 03:02	buy track
19.	Son Palenque - Dame Un Trago 04:26	buy track
20.	Grupo Palma Africana - La Botellita 04:12	buy track
21.	Wganda Kenya - Yoro 03:44	buy track

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Boasting twenty one pulsating tracks drawn from the northern coasts of Colombia, ‘Palenque Palenque!’ reveals a unique and fascinating story of how Afro Colombian music developed from the 1970s onwards and how the local sound-systems in Cartagena and Barranquilla played such an important role in shaping the sound of the Colombian champeta.

Co-compiled by Lucas Silva (resident of Bogota and owner of Palenque Records) and Soundway Records’ Miles Cleret, the album highlights the long relationship that the Caribbean coast of Colombia has with Africa stretching back to the 17th century. Specifically, the rise of the percussion heavy champeta sound, born out of a wave of popularity for psychedelic Afro, Latin & Caribbean music inspired by the DJs of the time.

The influence of the sound-systems spread to local artists as well as re-energising traditional African folk songs and rhythms that had survived since the days of slavery. Record labels recognized the major change in direction from the days when cumbia and porro ruled the hearts of the ghettoes and began employing bands that began experimenting and tapping into these new cultural and musical movements. Disco Fuentes were one of the first labels to recognize this sudden swing and duly signed Wganda Kenya who went onto record some of the first Afrobeat records in Colombia. The trend in recording African music continued at pace with labels like Machuca, Discos Tropical, Orbe & Costeño quickly adapting to the newly adopted sound of the Palenques and bands like Son Palenque, Cumbia Siglo XX and La Cumbia Moderna de Soledad went onto readapt Afrobeat rhythms with a Caribbean slant.

The vinyl version comes as a triple LP with two extra bonus tracks.

“Every track on this revelatory compilation throws a new element into the oddball mix.”
-The Telegraph 5/5

“Abelardo! It’s great music, and it fills a space, stylistically and sonically, that was previously empty.”
-Pitchfork 8/2

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released August 10, 2009

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Soundway Records UK

"Simply put, England's Soundway label equals quality. " Pitchfork

Founded in 2002 by English DJ and Producer Miles Cleret, Soundway Records has released a number of critically acclaimed compilation albums and re-issues of African, Caribbean, Latin and Asian music from the 1950s-80s.

Since 2012, the label has also begun to issue original contemporary releases from around the world. ... more

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