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V/A ''The Roots Of Chicha'' 2X Vinyl LP

Cultural phenomena streak through popular consciousness like meteorites. Theres a significant, even life-changing, impact made somewhere, but for many its only a moment that flickers by, soon to be swallowed back into the cosmos. Chicha might have been like that. Instead, a once-obscure music that enjoyed a fanatic embrace in the Peruvian slums of the 1970s has become a full-fledged global occasionthanks to the stunning success of a 2007 CD called The Roots of Chicha. The album, released by the Brooklyn-based Barbs Records, was a passionate act of cultural appreciation: a heartstrong effort to turn the world on its ear with something it had never expected to hear. It took listeners back to the late 1960s, when a number of Peruvian guitarists from Lima and the Amazon created a new electric hybrid, which mixed cumbia, surf, Cuban guaracha, rock, Peruvian folklore, and psychedelic touches. This new wave of Peruvian cumbia came to be known as chicha. Scorned by the middle-class and the official tastemakers, chicha remained mostly associated with the slums of Lima, where the ever-growing population of Andean migrants embraced the music and its players as their own. When OLIVIER CONAN released the first volume of Roots of Chicha in September 2007, he couldnt have foreseen the kind of impact it would have. Accolades flowed from the New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, El Comercio and the BBC. One of its songs was covered by the band Franz Ferdinand, actor Elijah Wood praised it profusely in an interview to Paste magazine. Chilean rock group Los Tres gave a copy of the record to then-president Bachelet, which somehow became national news. This very special double vinyl version contains the best tracks from Oliviers three releases, packaged in a beautiful Tip-On Gatefold jacket, and includes a 20-page full color booklet.

Track Listing;

Los Mirios - Sonido Amazonico
Juaneco Y Su Combo - Linda Nena
Los Hijos del sol - Cariñto
Los Destellos - A Patricia
Los Diabolos Rojos - Sacalo Sacalo
Janeco Y Su Combo - Ya Se Ha Muerto mi Abuelo
Los Mirios - El Milagro Verde
Los Destellos - Para Elisa
Los Hijos del sol - Linda Muñequita
Los Mirlos - Muchachita del Oriente
Los Destellos - Elsa
Juaneco Y Su Combo - Vacilando Con Ayahuesca
Los Diablos Rojos - El Guapo
Eusebio y Su Banjo - Mi Morena Rebeide
Los Hijos del sol - Si Me Quieres
Juaneco Y Su Combo - Me Robaron Mi Runa Mula
Los Mirios - La Danza de Los Mirlos