Episodes
-
Ranchera Rock y Frontera Funk
So I’ve been digging through some of the very last 45’s in the KRMX collection (it’s taken like 7+ years) and I recently set aside about a hundred or so records out of the last few batches. The bulk of the records were regional Mexican music that I ended up selling. But rest assured, I still have...
-
70’s Peruvian Funk-Rock with Zulu
Not quite sure how to classify this type of music. In fact, I couldn’t find much information about Zulu for that matter – it seems that the band came and went as quickly as their only self titled release. What I did gather was that the group was fronted by Lima native Miguel Angel Ruiz Orbegozo […]
-
Day 21: Jeanette – Porque Te Vas
Probably the hugest hit for half-Belgian/half-Spanish/English-born/American-raised singer Janette Anne Dimech – aka Jeanette. Initially recorded in 1974 while living in Spain, Porque Te Vas (because you are leaving) became a global sensation when the song was used in Carlos Saura’s 1976 acclaimed...
-
Day 3: Ron & the Embracers + 1
Ron & the Embracers were a semi-obscure group from East Los Angeles, CA. That’s about all that I know of them. “Latin Blood” is the A-side to their highly sweated Brown-eyed Northern Soul tune “You Came Into My Life” on Spectrum, and it’s a heavy instrumental complete with nice keys, a…
more -
Texas Flavored Latin Boogie with Brown Sugar
Super rare cut from Eddie Aleman’s Omega label out of San Antonio Texas. It seems that Mr. Aleman was part of the whole Tex-Mex rock/soul movement that arose out of Texas in the 60’s. For the most part, I haven’t had much luck with music on the Omega label, mostly ranchera and corrido numbers –…
more -
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Chucho Avellanet
A great fuzzed out rendition of country singer/song writer Don Gibson’s “I Can’t Stop Loving You”. The song would go on to be covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and immortalized by Ray Charles. I think that Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers even does a version. But for singer...
-
Tex-Mex Soul With Carlos Guzman
I just got back from Nicaragua which can account for the lack of posts lately (sorry I didn’t dig for any records while there – hung with the family). Luckily for the listening audience though, I’ve been trying very hard to avoid a social life since I’ve returned. To pass the time, I now devote…
more -
Day 21: Julio Gutierrez – Last Tango in Paris
I’ve been pressed for time the last few days, so sorry I have to poop out a really quick post here for you guys. Anyway, I found this 45 in the KRMX batch I’ve been pulling from for the last 3 to 5 years. But the awesome audioblog Office Naps actually did a really good article on this 45 a while...
-
Day 8: Two Covers From The Gas Label
The majority of the records and 45’s I own on the Gas label are really bad. It seems that they focused on smaller regional Mexican acts whose prerequisite for getting on the label was that the band had to be horrible. However, every now and again, the label seemed to be keen on allowing cover…
more -
Day 3: Chicano Funk with Musica Del Alma
Welcome to the world’s best Latin Funk 45 (half joking). This Enrique Olivarez y Los Vampiros record is right from my backyard in Stockton, CA, so naturally I tried to contact the band and get as much info as I could. The devastating funk track “Al’s Place” is named after the band’s guitarist, Al...
-
ritmo + sabor = manteca
Just returned from out of town and found this album in my mailbox. I’ve been looking for this LP for ages (I’ve been outbid on ebay numerous times for this one). Also, you may have noticed already that it’s been heavily written about and reissued a few times, yet I still wanted to share it. This...
-
Los Gaiteros De Funk
It’s in the Caribbean coastal region of Colombia where the origins of the cumbia ensemble or the conjunto de gaitas began. However, unlike most popular Latin American music – the gaita was not just the amalgamation of African (drums) and European (lyrics) traditions – but it also fused an...
-
Neo Boogaloo with Spanglish Fly
I have to admit that when I got the PR kit from a band called Spanglish Fly, I wasn’t to enthusiastic. Maybe I was just turned off by the name or maybe I’m just leery of anything with words that contain latin, soul or bugalu – in a contemporary context that is. Anyway, I’m a horrible man who has...
-
Gal Costa: 1968 to 1974
The arrival of Tropicália on the Brazilian music scene began in 1968 with the seminal collaboration album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis. Although this new genre was also embraced by the visual arts community, it was largely seen as a musically driven movement. The key to the Tropicália...
-
Funky Gas: Part 1
I have this running joke with my homeboy Dj Lengua: that there is either bad Gas or good Gas. Although it might be the flatulent type of gas we are referring to, it’s most likely the Mexican record label Discos Gas. You have to buy about 50 really stinky records in order to find a gem like this....
-
Day 18: Tex-Mex Funk With Steve Jordan
So I was just now going through a bunch a 45’s, trying desperately to serve up something for you people tonight. Lo and behold, I ran across this single that was appropriately placed in my “I am confused” pile of Latin 45’s I own. Found this joint a while back in the KRMX collection. At first...
-
Day 11: Lowrider Soul
I’m not sure if Ruly Garcia and Rulie Garcia are actually the same person. To make things even more confusing, Rulie Garcia is none other than East L.A. Chicano superstar Johnny Chingas. And for the life of me I couldn’t track down my Brown Brothers Of Soul 45 “Cholo“, which I desperately tried…
more -
Day 8: Los Diferentes
Wanted to throw up a few 45’s with musicians who are more or less playing outside their element. With Ricardo Ray choppin’ it up on both the piano and Hammond and Machito droppin’ some big band soul. If I find some time, I will definitely write a post on Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz in the future…
more -
Day 4: The Joe Cuba Sextet
Leave it up to Joe Cuba to put out one of the most blatantly x-rated songs on the super sonido site. There is no other Latin musician I can think of that exhibits an excessive sexual drive musically and lyrically than ol’ Joe. Even his early 60’s classic Bang Bang or El Pito (the whistle) have…
more -
Funky Yucatán Part 2
It comes as no surprise that the region in Mexico, an area of sweltering heat, would be among the first to embrace a new form of cumbia, tropical, and funk in the late 60’s to early 70’s. I’ve actually been to the Mexican state of Campeche (where Los Socios are from) and all I remember is that I...
-
Bronx River Parkway
I just want to let everyone know that I sometimes get people asking me to review their record or put up their dj mix. I am always happy to help out in any way possible. But as I rule I tend to put up music that stays with in the context of what super-sonido is all about. Plus, it has to be […]
-
Shark Attack Con Los Tiburones
1. Los Tiburones: La Reina Y La Cumbia 2. Los Tiburones: Descarga Tiburona I’ve been catching some flack by some other dj’s for letting go of some of my funkier Latin numbers. And I can understand where they are coming from. I understand how some dj’s want some sort of exclusive domain over a gem...
-
Soul-Sided
Soul-sides.com is perhaps one of the top reasons I started an audio-blog in the first place. So to have Oliver Wang ask me to do a guest post really came as a huge honor. Peep O-Dub’s post. We’ll be doing a few guest swaps in the future so be sure to check back. Word! – Franko 1. Perez Prado: […]
-
Domo Arigato Perez Prado
I picked this gatefold up in Tokyo in 2002/2003 and it’s probably one of my favorite Perez Prado records. Every song on the album is pretty much about Mexico. The title track Mexico 70 actually comemerates the World Cup that was held in Mexico that year. To put this all into context, by the late...
-
Juan Pablo Torres
1. Juan Pablo Torres: Y Que Bien 2. Juan Torres: Con Aji Guaguao Sorry Fidel, you have to start throwing away your Silvio Rodriguez records. I think Cuban trombonist, composer, and arranger Juan Pablo Torres hasn’t given you anything as funky as this. Born in Puerto Padre Cuba in 1942, the late...
-
El Bump
1. Grupo Santa Cecilia: Baila Bump 2. Grupo Santa Cecilia: Yeh Yeah Bump Summer is usually vacation time for most and during these months my house literally turns into a 3 star hotel for visiting family and friends. I’d give myself an extra star if it wasn’t for the fact that I was so busy and…
more -
El Ultimo Adiós
Possibly one of the best indicators of a economic recession is when I start selling records on ebay. Wall Street should use that as an economic barometer of some sorts. Anyway, it was around November when I first drafted this post, business was slow, I was bored, and I had an urge to unload some...
-
Funky Yucatan
1. Chicken Y Sus Comandos: Caminando Despacito When one thinks of music from the Yucatan peninsula in the 60’s and 70’s the first name that should come to mind is the musical genius Francisco José Hernández Mandujano, aka Chico Che. Supposedly Chico Che had either formed or influenced bands from...
-
Afrosound
1. Afrosound: Caliventura The Afrosound is Colombia’s reaction to the early 1970’s Chicha movement that was happening in Peru and Bolivia at the time. José María Fuentes saw the popularity of this new type of hybrid cumbia sound and thus created a sort of Discos Fuentes super group. Produced by...
About this show
The Latin American Cultural Reverb