VINYL CHICHA POPULAR: LOVE &.. [VINYL]

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'LOVE & SOCIAL POLITICAL SONGS FROM PERU'S DISCOS HOROSCOPO 1977-1987' - From the mid-1960s onwards, there was a unique moment of fusions in Peruvian culture brought about by Andean migration from the countryside to the city which gave rise to adaptations and intercultural mixing. The culture and music they brought created the genre of Andean tropical cumbia, via electric instruments and arrangements along with modern, popular pop sounds, creating a legacy that is alive to this day. Between 1977 and 1987, the Discos Horóscopo label produced the largest wave of Andean tropical cumbia in the world; Chicha, a reference to the fermented alcoholic drink from the
Andes. The label was filled with contemporary icons such as Chacalón y La Nueva Crema, Los Shapis, Pintura Roja, Los Ovnis, Grupo Alegría and other groups which today still have a cult
status in Peru and beyond. Together they created a unique style with the capacity to talk about both love and uprooting, unemployment, struggle of classes, internal violence and impossible love. This compilation brings together 24 iconic songs from that era, with a focus on the theme of love
songs (A + B side) as well as social political songs (C + D side), highlighting the emotions that this music brought to the popular working classes of Lima, nationwide and the diaspora. More than 30 years later, these songs continue to resonate like the mirror of a country that was reborn but looking at itself and its own identity. Released on outernational label Rebel Up Records in collaboration with Magnetica and Discos Horoscopo. Comes with 12 page booklet with liner notes, lyrics (in Spanish and translated into English) and rare photographs from that era.