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They come from the legendary bands of Peruvian Cumbia Los Hijos del Sol, Los Diablos Rojos, Los Destellos, Los Girasoles,
Los Beta 5 and Los Ribereños - and, after 40 years, they
meet again to play together the music they participated in
creating. Cumbia All Stars: a band from the very heart of a
rich musical tradition.
A product of the effervescent environment of a decade of rediscovered
freedoms, psychedelia in Peru planted its roots in the late 1960s in the
suburbs of Lima among the children of immigrants and in the remote
cities of the Amazonia, spawning a musical genre that is now an
integral part of the Peruvian identity: Cumbia Huaracha, Psychedelic
Cumbia, Amazonian Cumbia or simply, Peruvian Cumbia.
Cumbia All Stars is a journey in search of that original sound - of
delirious melodies with bold, resonant guitar lines and jerky beats.
Displaying the same youthful energy as in days gone by, disdainful of
the ravages of time, Cumbia All Stars takes us to the roots of Cumbia,
majestically reinvigorating some golden oldies whilst innovating new
tunes that remain loyal to the origins of the music.
The 7 members of Cumbia All Stars started their musical
careers as pioneers in Peruvian Cumbia.
Lead singer Lucho Carrillo juggled between various bands such as Papo
y su Combo, el Gran Loyo, Los Ratones, and Los Beta 5 before joining Los
Diablos Rojos, an iconic group of Peruvian Cumbia, in which several of
the Cumbia All Stars have participated. Lucho Reyes was responsible
for the unforgettable melodies of Los Topacios and Los Diablos Rojos
before becoming Cumbia All Stars’ lead guitarist. Cesar Nicho, the
band’s second guitar, was part of Los Girasoles, before joining several
other Cumbia bands. Manuel Pecho started as the guitarist in Los Beta
5 at the end of the 60’s before switching to the bass, the instrument
that made his 40 year career, notably in Los Invasores.
The three percussionists in the band are essential to the caracterstic
swing of Peruvian Cumbia. The congas player Ernesto “Sanguito”
Cadena started his career in a legendary group named Los Dandys
and later integrated into Los Girasoles. Héctor “Chiquito” Mattos, the
bongo player, and the drummer and timbal player Dante Reyes were
part of Los Hijos del Sol, the famous creators of «Cariñito», and many
other Cumbia bands from the beginning of the 70’s until now.
FIRST ALBUM
RELEASED in 2014 with
In their first album, Cumbia All Stars play with the delirious melodies
of the biggest standards of peruvian Cumbia such as Quiero que
Amanezca, La Primavera Triste, Lamento en la Selva or La Tamborera.
The sound of bold guitars also vibrates on three new compositions:
Caballito de Siete Colores, La Cumbia del Parisino and La Cumbia de la
Noche, renewing the genre while staying faithful to the jearky beats of
this musical tradition.
Tigres en Fuga is an invitation to rediscover
forgotten musical treasures, with an
innovative swing that bewitches young
and old alike.
The album is available on Itunes and Qobuz
NEW ALBUM ON THE WAY FOR 2016
TOURS
With a little more than three years of existence, Cumbia All Stars have
already travelled all over Europe and the United States.
In 2015, the band started the year in Brasil playing in the Porto Musical
Festival (Recife). During the European summer, the band realized
their fourth European tour, playing in major events such as the Fusion
Festival, and most importantly , they became the first Peruvian band
to play in the Glastonbury Festival. To close the year, Cumbia All Stars
realized their first US tour.
Between 2013 and 2014, the band realized 3 european tours, playing
in festivales such as: the Polé Polé Festival (BE), the Amsterdam Roots
Festival (HOL), the Pirineos Sur (ESP), showcase in WOMEX 2013 (UK),
Paléo Festival (SUI), Sunsplash Festival (AUS), Shambala Festival (UK),
Festival Nuits du Sud (FR).
In 2016, Cumbia All Stars have planned a second US tour and, for the
first time, they will play in China, bringing the sound of psychedelic
cumbia to new territories!
c Olivier Hoffschir
PRESS BOOK
FROOTS (UK)
IT’S JUNGLE CUMBIA FEVER. Cumbia. All. Stars. Put those words together and what’s not to like?
The ‘old boys’ responsable for this particular brand of sizzling sonic sunshine make up the last
word in Cumbia in Peru. And everywhere else, I’m saying. With a combined age of eight million
and ninety-two (just guessing), this stomping supergroup have just released their debut album,
Los Tigres en Fuga (World Village), redifining the irrestibile psychedelic/ surf guitar/ Latin beat
music they each helped create during the heady days of ‘60s and ‘70s Lima.
LES INROCKS (FR)
Depuis la formidable aventure du Buena Vista Social Club, on sait que les pépés ne se réunissent
pas seulement pour jouer à la belote : s’ils chantent encore, leurs airs auront la souplesse et la
saveur des meilleurs crus. C’est le cas du Cumbia All Stars, formation où officient huit vétérans
du psychédélisme péruvien bardés de guitares électriques et de percussions. Connaissant
parfaitement, pour les avoir mille fois empruntés, les sentiers de la cumbia d’Amazonie, ils
font parler la poudre dans un Tigres en Fuga à la démesure tranquille, piment d’hallucinations
hédonistes et de bringues apaisées.
THE GUARDIAN (UK)
Drawn from bands from cumbia’s 70s glory years, the All Stars are Peru’s own Buena Vista, reprising old hits with a still deft touch.
The intricate melody lines of their shimmering Fender guitars, intertwined with clattering Latin percussion, remain a mesmeric force,
whether on instrumentals such as Lobos al Escape, or on whooping vocal numbers such as La Primavera Triste. Forget the pan-pipe
cliches - Amazonian psychedelia strikes back!
COSAS (PERU)
Al poco tiempo, la música empieza, y los Cumbia All Stars se convierten en fieras dispuestas a jugar con los corazones, moviéndolos
con un ritmo endemoniado, a golpe de timbal, con la potencia del bajo, y la guitarra que hace un solo cristalino y celestial.
SOHO (PERU)
Tocar en este festival inglés (Glastonbury) es la meta de todo el mundo y la superbanda peruana Cumbia All Stars lo logró. Se presentó
en el escenario West Holts e hizo bailar a los asistentes, quienes deliraron con un ritmo que probablemente nunca habían escuchado.
VIDEOS and RADIOS
CLIP - QUIERO QUE AMANEZCA
LIVE - Glastonbury 2015
Video: Traicionera, La Bocina
AMPLIFICADO TV
Video: La Danza de los Mirlos
RFI (FR)
Radio show «La bande passante» : live session with Cumbia All Stars
BBC RADIO 3 (GB)
Radio show World on 3: interview with Cumbia All Stars
LIVE
Festival Nuits du Sud, France, 2014 - Silbando / Don José
LIVE
Paléo Festival, Switzerland, 2014 - Cariñito
BOOKING
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