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MUNCHI – CUMBIA XXX
SELEGNA RECORDS | [SEL-PR007]

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As i already told you, this month its a Cumbia promo!

I have been listening to a lot of Cumbia/Chicha/Guaracha/Tribal these days and it inspired me to dedicate this months promo to it!

After the Moombahton Promo things got pretty wild and it appeared almost everywhere. While still experimenting with this genre, i found myself listening to more and more Cumbia. Especially when i got introduced to Sonido Martines' Sonambulo Orientalista Mix (by Sacha @ Worm). Without exaggerating, the mix was on replay for weeks.

More and more Cumbia seemed to cross my path and after hearing alot of mixes (especially Toy Selectah's), Eric Rincon, DJ Icon, Sonido Del Principe, Uproot Andy, Kumbia Queers, etc. it was Tribal that really caught my attention.

This sound - although completely different - seemed so familiar and close to me for some reason. Hearing this reminded me of Brazil's Funk, Dominican Republic's Mambo, Angola's Kuduro, Puerto Rico's and Panama's Reggeton, Jamaica's Dancehall, Baltimore/Philadelphia/Jersey's Club Music, Chicago's Juke Music and more recently Dave Nada's Moombahton.

All these genres have these similarities in them which i personally like, they are from a located area and carry the tradition of those areas. I think Toy Selectah described this best. He said it was all Hiphop. The Hiphop of those regions. Also they have a certain rawness, a lot of bass and a straight-to-the-point-ness with often sexuality as theme. In the case with Mambo the FL-cheapness that i really appreciate.

So i started experimenting and while making the tracks i realized it has very much in common with Kuduro. Unexpected turn, but proven when i changed some things up. It went from full Tribal to 100% Kuduro. I kind of like these type of connections and also found myself making this tracks with Mambo 'heart'. The rawness and 'cheapness' were elements of Mambo that i put into this ep. Also turning the sexual vibes a notch up as that was the only thing that seemed to be missing in comparison with the other genres. I didn't want to exaggerate and experiment too much as the key for the promo's still remains staying true to the genre.

So here it is! Cumbia XXX EP.