Afrosound - Carruseles (180gr)

Afrosound Carruseles (180gr) Label VampiSoul Erstveröffentlichung 30.06.2023 Format LP Lieferzeit 1 – 8 Werktage Preis 21,95 € (inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versand)

Die dritte LP von Afrosound ist ein begehrtes Sammlerstück, denn sie steckt voller funky, verrückter tropischer Afro-Psychedelia und hat den Ruf, eine der verrücktesten Veröffentlichungen von Discos Fuentes in den 1970er Jahren zu sein. Mit Vintage-Synthesizern, Fuzz-Wah-Gitarre und Frukos schwerem Bass ist "Carruseles" eine wilde Karussellfahrt aus Cumbia und Salsa, die jetzt als liebevolle Replica für die Liebhaber kolumbianischer Musik und Exotica Goorves erstmalig wiederveröffentlicht wurde.

Herstellerinformationen
VampiSoul / Munster Records
Hermanos del Moral, 27, local 3
28019 Madrid
Spain

https://munster-records.com/

Once again Fruko is at the helm in the studio, simultaneously holding it down and allowing the musicians to explore their most spaced-out fantasies. His trusty mentor, Mario "Pachanga" Rincón, returns to the mixing console, pulling all sorts of sonic tricks with edits, panning, reverb and echo, and everyone sounds as if they are having a lot of fun, not least Wilson Saoko with his usual playful and wigged-out vocal bits that float over everything like some sort of twisted inner consciousness. Add to this the occasional drum machine, Moog, and Mellotron and you have a formula for a truly unique hybrid unprecedented at the time in Colombia. What makes this afro-sonic experiment so captivating is the inherent contradictions and contrasts within the formula itself, mixing as it does conventional Latin forms like cumbia, pasebol, son pregón, descarga and salsa with rock, funk and African music as well as unclassifiable studio improvisations. 

Though the original LP has been difficult and expensive to acquire in recent years due to its holy grail status, thankfully now it has been remastered from the original tapes, with its original "cheesecake" artwork intact, and made available for today's Colombian music connoisseurs to rediscover.