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Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2: Sonidero Bangers from the Discos Tropical Vaults

Rating: ★★★★

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VARIOUS ARTISTS

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Rocafort Records

June/2024

One of two tremendous compilations focussed on small but esteemed labels. Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2 consists of three 7” singles. Somewhat eclipsed by Discos Fuentes and Sonolux in Colombia, Discos Tropical also had a Mexican subsidiary, and these six ‘bangers’ were beloved of Mexico’s sonidero selectors, their sound systems and the dancers they courted. One record features big band cumbia (including Pacho Galán y Su Orquesta’s glorious ‘Funeral del Labrador’); another features coastal bands emphasising electric guitar and the metal scrapers that inspired the genre’s epithet chucu-chucu; and the third spotlights renowned singer and accordionist, Andrés Landero.

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