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Meridian Brothers
VI
Les Disques Bongo Joe
- Cat No.: BJRA 07
- 2025-07-07
A project by Colombia's eccentric genius Eblis Alvarez. Meridian Brothers' 2009 album "Meridian Brothers VI" has been issued on vinyl by the acclaimed Swiss record shop/label Les Disques Bongo Joe, known for putting out all kinds of music that fuses global dance music with folk traditions and regional flavors. Genius music, part two.
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Bandleader Eblis Alvarez and Meridian Brothers were struck by the encounter with Latin American music at a time when sounds rooted in cumbia, folklore and the like were meeting electronic music and starting to draw attention. Alvarez, who is also involved with Frente Cumbiero and Romperayo, is an exceptionally unique talent even within Colombia's B ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)ogota scene. At the time I thought he was an extraordinary figure with a sensibility on par with Japan's alternative artists like OORUTAICHI. This is a work from before Meridian Brothers and Frente Cumbiero were discovered in Europe. A one-of-a-kind sound mixing cumbia and vallenato with sampling, psychedelia, dub and a collage sensibility. (Original Japanese text by Saito)