In Remezcla/PE, fifteen producers from different parts of the world remix Peruvian songs
Peru is defined by its cultural diversity and its multiple exchanges with the rest of the world. This is why the Remezcla/PE project brings together several expert remix producers to reinvent the original musical themes of fifteen artists of various styles and from different regions of the country that are a reflection of contemporary Peru. Whether American or European, all these producers draw from the existing to shape their electronic experimentations.
From the coast, highlands and jungle; from the most traditional to contemporary fusions. Remezcla/PE is a compilation that offers an original reflection of today's Peruvian music scene. In their compositions and lyrics, these artists are the embodiment of the multiplicity of influences and artistic trajectories. With this album, and to celebrate the anniversary of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Peru, the European Union in Peru, EUNIC and the Alliance Française de Lima, with the production of the Selvámonos agency, portray the image of a country united in its diversity, open to the world and above all, in constant movement, and seek to strengthen cultural ties between Peru, Latin America and Europe.
ORIGINAL ARTISTS
Liberato Kani: A musician of the new generation that seeks to reconcile his local roots and global influences. In his art he fuses the global genre of hip hop with music from Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian cultures. His song "Harawi" is a manifesto of the encounter between rap and the Quechua language.
Marco Campos: One of the great masters of Afro-Peruvian music, son of the founder of the ensemble Perú Negro. As a percussionist and singer, he offers us "Pregones", a glimpse into the art of the pregoneros, the street vendors of of Lima.
Juan Medrano Cotito: An ambassador of the "Peruvian cajón" around the world. His original touch appears in many fusion musical proposals both in Peru and abroad. "Festejo de ritmos" is a hymn to the emblematic rhythm of Afro-Peruvian music.
Sylvia Falcón: The greatest contemporary representative of Andean lyrical music -a genre that brings together operatic singing and music of the Andes. Her song "Pariwana" is the perfect demonstration of her extraordinary Andean vocal technique.
Mauricio Mesones: A recognizable voice among many, with style that allowed him to rise as the greatest representative of the new Peruvian tropical music. "La cumbia del amor" is the reflection of this look raised both towards the legacy of previous generations and towards new experimentations.
Danitse: An outstanding songwriter and singer of this new generation. Her song "El miedo" is an atmospheric exploration of the emotions and questions that mark human life.
La Patronal: A band that celebrates the tradition of the popular festivities of the interior of Peru. This group, which includes musicians from procession, traditional and contemporary orchestras, aims to be a scenic proposal that seeks to be a journey throughout Peru.
Hit La Rosa: Peruvian band of tropical psychedelia that is inspired by the primordial sound of Peruvian cumbia and explores the folklore of different cultures of the world. Their musical experimentation is wrapped in contemporary sounds and a lot of psychedelia, resulting in a hybrid sound perfectly summarized in the song "La marea".
Rolin Agustín: A native of the San Francisco community in Yarinacocha, located in the Ucayali region of Peru. Agustin is heir to the Amazonian tradition of healing with plants. "Ceremonia" is a recording made by Miki Gonzalez in one of the ayahuasca ceremonies performed in a purely family or communal context.
Saturnino Pulla: Musician from Acomayo (Cusco), founder of the group "Condemayta de Acomayo". In the huayno of Condemayta, a musical genre from Cuzco, the feelings of the inhabitants and their natural environment are expressed and sung.
Miguel Ballumbrosio: Son of Amador and representative of the Afro-Andean culture of the town of Carmen (Chincha). His artistic career has led him to make his art known beyond the borders, in addition to having always remained firm in the defense of the cultural heritage of his people. "Carnaval negro del Carmen" is a praise to his people and their festivities.
Los Pihuichos de la selva: A group active in the 1970s, led by Andrés Vargas Pinedo, an important composer of Peruvian Amazonian music from Yurimaguas. An outstanding interpreter of the quena and violin, he has been working for 30 years as a street musician in Lima. In the song "¿De dónde vienes Loretano?", we can hear the singing of the remembered Juanita Pérez, known as La Chamita, Andrés Vargas' companion for more than fifty years.
Renata Flores: one of the young voices of Peruvian music committed to the valorization of the Andean language. Her unique style is characterized as rap/trap music sung in Quechua. Her song "María Parado de Bellido/Independencia" tells the story of this heroic woman who gave her life for the emancipation of Peru.
Cumbia All Stars: The reunion of the emblematic musicians of the tropical music that flourished from the 1970s onwards in Peru. After having played in the most recognized groups of the genre, they meet again to perform "El pescador", a classic cumbia song with the particular style brought by the touch of electric guitars.
La Lá: The story of a woman who uses her voice to create songs full of poetry and life anecdotes. At the crossroads between jazz and Latin American rhythms, La Lá paints a bittersweet universe as heard in her song "Milagros" (Miracles).
PRODUCERS
Maribel Tafur (PE) is a Peruvian producer and DJ. Her musical proposal brings together ambient, downtempo, experimental and her classical piano training to provide a sensory experience provided with immersive atmospheres, organic-digital textures and rhythmic exploration.
Noaba (NI) is a pioneer in the organic downtempo and global-bass scene in her native Nicaragua. Her musical project focuses on combining a wide range of archaeological and ancestral instrumentation from Mesoamerica, world percussion and soundscapes from nature with electronic elements.
Barda (AR) is a producer and DJ from Buenos Aires. Her music is characterized as downtempo, organic electronica, resulting from the fusion of beatmaking, synthesis, acoustic instruments, vocals and more.
Carla Valenti (CL) is a DJ and producer who has been connecting, for over a decade, the world of electronic music with her roots and aspirations in an instinctive, natural and placid way.
El Remolón (AR) is an electronic music producer who seeks to develop a new sound by mixing some concepts of minimal techno with slower, sensual and lilting rhythms of digital cumbia.
Waqay (FR) is a French producer whose inspiration is located somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. Through the textures and effects of dub and related genres, he seeks to create deep and airy atmospheres of his surroundings.
Rokeya (IT) Italian producer, defines herself as a cosmic traveler, whose music reflects the mixture of her origins. Her experimental search leads her to offer music that invites to body exploration and dance.
Humberto Loopz, also known as Bial Hclap, is a renowned DJ, beatmaker and producer on the current Mexican scene. With deep roots in his country's underground hip-hop scene, Bial has established himself as one of the most requiered remixers at the forefront of the evolving world of Mexican hip hop.
Mikongo (PE) is the alias of Miki González, renowned Peruvian producer and musician. Since the 1990s, he has been experimenting with Afro-Peruvian and Andean music, fusing it with rock and electronic music. A tireless researcher, he travels the country in search of original sounds and music that he then reverses in his own way.
QOQEQA (PE) is the project of Daniel Valle-Riestra, a young producer who in recent years has been exploring the rhythmic legacy of his Afro-Peruvian and Andean roots. Spejas is a tribute to his ancestors who inhabited the Andean heights and the Amazonian jungles.
La Dame (FR/BE) is a DJ fond of musical acrobatics. Her surprising, joyful and powerful proposals are a reflection of her personality and her influences. As a producer, her music tells of her love for percussions and low frequencies.
Akkan (ES) is the union of two sound universes that meet in that common concern for organic electronics without losing sight of the dance floor: jungle sounds, tribal percussions, exotic voices and folkloric instruments that flow in a web of always stimulating and contagious beats.
Lara Nuh (PE) is a Peruvian producer that combines electronic house music with elements of Latin American folklore and hip hop. A journey in search of the constant pulse that lies deep inside each one of us and that gives movement to the body.
Deela (DE) brings a good dose of tropical sounds from Germany. His inspirations come from traditional music genres from around the world to create his own fusion of global bass, house and cumbia..
Shushupe (PE) Peruvian producer, takes its name from the most feared and lethal Amazonian snake, and its sound drinks from both folktronica and digital cumbia, but always allows the voluptuousness of the jungle nature of its land, the ancestral and the contemporary to emerge in it.
Press release courtesy of Charco Música