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iBomba Lite – Cumba Melee Edition
June 16th, 2011
Atropolis has been a busy guy since he last performed in Bushwick in March. His debut LP dropped on Dutty Artz; he put together a bangin mixtape for Culture System; and he’s celebrating his birthday this week.…
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Zuzuka Orquestrates More Latin Styles
June 14th, 2011Zuzuka continues implementing her master plan to overrun the world’s headphones with interracial music babies with this new single, “Dona Sandra”. She layers her Lusophone stylings over a deep Latin beat by Irish digital cumbia producer Orquesta. It’s…
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Cumba Mela Performance and Atropolis’s New Album
March 23rd, 2011
Atropolis in Bogota, where he recently traveled in his role as ethnomusicologist.The Cumba Mela collective has been a major anchor in the local warehouse scene these past few years, regularly bringing their particular blend of global…
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Atropolis Makes Something Along the Lines of Moombahton
October 29th, 2010
Atropolis. — Image from the artist’s website.Cumba Mela‘s name gets dropped around here pretty frequently, and they don’t even live in the neighborhood. But they probably perform here more often than a lot of the artists…
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At 3rd Ward, Party Life on Fire
August 4th, 2010Spread out across three warehouses, 12 hours and 4 stages, last weekend’s Life of Fire event was part dance party, art installation, exhibitionism, and all spectacle.
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Cumba Mela: Global Local
June 10th, 2010Sweat dripped from everyone on the packed dancefloor as they focused intently on Cumba Mela’s set during the heat stroke-inducing Danger party this Saturday…
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