Cumbia evolution accross Latinamerica is sooo interesting. National Geographic documentary worth. The mexican slow-down give it a “Dub-like” feeling, plus all this syncretism with Mexican own culture… ufff, really deep.
South American variants go slightly in the opposite direction I feel, Peru and Argentina cumbias tend go slightly up-tempo in BPM, toward dancing if not rocking even, when compared with Colombian original cumbias.
Cumbia´s cousins, such as Bullerengue and eventually Champeta rythms, yield solid bases for electro beats. These folks from Ghetto Kumbe are a good example:
Guarapo is a slow-down Champeta beat, mostly percussion, almost no lead sounds, just voice. I see it similar to Cumbia vs Cumbia Rebajada, so Guarapo is a Champeta rebajada.
Since we are into synths and stuff… I replaced any vocals with Synth arpeggios.
To keep it real, no fancy stuff was used: The humble Volca Bass is doing all the work with support from Ableton:
wow, this technique deserves to go into the tips and tricks of all elektron devices did you already put it there? the topics are divided by gear though, and this could work for all of them i think
did you already put it there? the topics are divided by gear though, and this could work for all of them i think
