It´s been a while since the last post, but we are back. We are back with more joy, color, shades and contrasts. Back to the roots, on this post we present maybe the key of the Chicha sound developed the last decades. It's time to introduce Carlos Vaquerizo Castro. Creator of the founding group "Mantaro Demons" in 1965 has managed to bring the sound Andean internationally with the masterpiece "La Chichera". The composer Vaquerizo Castro, Sicaya Castro hails from a small village located 8 kilometers from the city of Huancayo, Peru. He has played since the middle of the decade of the 50 's initially creating "La Orquesta Aurora Andina". "La Chichera" is the perfect mix between huayno and cumbia. Out in MAG Records (Peru) this was the very most inspiring a song for future generations.
Los Ronisch is a band founded in 1987, Cochabamba, Bolivia by Paulino Rodriguez and his sons. The name of the band became from the popular german keyboard brand “Ronisch”.
Since the beginning they were fans of the Eurobeat, pop and rock music, but it was in 1989 when they sign on the bolivian record label Discos Condor looking for more original vibes. With their first album named “Un sueño hecho realidad” (A dream maded reality) they closed the 80s decade as one of the most top hit popular band in Bolivia.
In 1990 they release a second LP called “Princesa” (Princess). Over 1991 a third album “Desde el Corazon de Bolivia” (From Bolivia´s heart) is realeased with a particular characteristic: 50% of disco music and 50% of cumbia roots. In 1992 and 1993 they release 2 more records, but their popularity and talent to make that amazing songs was fading.
Over 1999 they put out “Regresa”. This is an album were Los Ronisch became again the most representative exponents of the Andine music mixing the genres: Technocumbia and Saya (afro-bolivian rhythm).
A questionless hit on this album is “Amigos traigan cerveza” (Bring beer friends). This song, as their whole career, was questioned because their clear addiction to alcohol, specifically to beer. On this song they sing “Friends bring beer to me, cause I want to forget this pain”. A couple items about this song/video are: leopard vests, psychedelic solo keyboards, close up recordings of a girl ass dancing almost naked, and Cochabamba city film shots.
Lyrics:
Tengo el alma destrozado
tendo el corazon partido
no me llega el olvido
para dejar de llorar
Tanto amor que yo te he dado
tanto amor y todo en vano
por tu culpa me emorracho
es tu culpa este dolor
Amigos traigan cerveza
quiero tomar para olvidar
amigos traigan cerveza
quiero matar este dolor (bis)
Delfin Quishpe is an Indigenous Kichwa Ecuatorian singer-songwriter born in December 1977. Delfin created a music style that he calls "Andean techno-folklore” mixed with “Chichera” rhythm and cumbia roots. Since 2000, Delfin increased his popularity all over Ecuador. In 2006, “Torres Gemelas” (Twin Towers) was released and his fame grows in unexpected fields all over the world. While the song is tragic in nature, the subject matter being Delfin losing a loved one in the terrorist attack of 9/11, the whimsical and psyched nature of the song as well as the poor acting in the music video has made this song a bit of an hymn for the new generations. In a recent interview, Delfin explains about her lover who used to be a cleaner in New York, specifically in the Twin Towers. She died on 9/11, and the video is a remake of his own story. Actually, he says “we did the shooting in the living-room of my house, where I received her call in that tragic morning”.
Believe it or not, below Torres Gemelas video.
Lyrics:
(Spoken)
El Martes 11 de Septiembre del 2001
Siendo las 8 y 46 de la mañana
Estados Unidos sufrió la mayor ofensiva de su historia
que culmino con la destrucción de las Torres Gemelas
en Nueva York
(Delfín)
No puede ser
Noooo!!!
Todo el Planeta se convulsiono
Dios mío,
Ayúdameeeeeee.
Cuando te fui a buscar
no creí lo que estaba viendo
Las Torres en llamas
llenos de humo negro
y tu en ese lugar
Hay Dios mio
Hayayay
Desde Ecuador, Sud América
Te canta:
Deeelfín
Cuando me fui
a Nueva York,
Pensé encontrarme
con mí amorcito
Ella vivía
en Nueva York,
y trabajaba
en Torres Gemelas
Una llamada
la recibí,
solo me dijo:
Adiós mi Amor
Un mal recuerdo
yo la viví,
los terroristas
lo exterminaron
(Spoken)
Quién sabe la verdad
Quién lo hizo?
Y por qué lo hizo?
No puede ser Dios mio
Ayudamee
Ese momento
no le salvó,
ni el dinero,
ni la religión
Se que te quedas
ya sepultada,
en los escombros
de Torres Gemelas
Cuanto quería
estar contigo,
nunca pensaba
que vas a morír
Diosito lindo
no puede ser,
solo llorando
podré olvidar
(Hablado)
Rindo homenaje
a todos los compatriotas,
que perdieron sus vidas
el 11 de Septiembre del 2001
Por buscar un sueño Americano
Hayayay
Para todos los amigos en los Estados Unidos
escúchelo...
Con fuerza compadre
“Las Chicas Mañaneras” is a band created by Eusebio “Chato” Grados, originally from Cerro de Pasco, Peru. They perform since early 90´s, exploring the “Huaylarsh” and “Mulisa” rhythm mixed with strong cumbia roots. Las Chicas Mañaneras were well recieved with good reception from their audiences, taking them on tour in some cities in the U.S. But it was around 1999 when ”Luchito” Grados , after explore and experiment with his synthesizer gets a sound similar to an harp. He called this sound “arpa cibernetico” (cyber harp). Around the year 2000 the Grados brothers record the first album on this new genre in the music. That record had no significant impact in the peruvian market. But it was in 2002 when Higinio Mamani, from the bolivian record label Discos Condor, decides to take “Las Chicas Mañaneras” on tour all over Peru and Bolivia. The media and the audience were shocked.
The song below is called “Terco Corazon” (Fool heart) and talks about love in a really sweet way. It is very inportant to pay attention to the particular sound of this band, the nature on the video and the amazing dance.
Lyrics:
QUE PUEDO HACEEER
SI TE AMO MAS QUE AYEEER
QUE PUEDO HACEEER
SI TE QUIERO MAS QUE AYEEER
MUCHAS VECES E INTENTADO
OLVIDARTE PARA SIEMPRE
PERO ESTE TERCO-TERCO
CORAZON
TE SIGUE QUERIENDO
MUCHAS VECES E INTENTADO
OLVIDARTE PARA SIEMPRE
PERO ESTE TERCO-TERCO
CORAZON
TE SIGUE QUERIENDO
HABLADO
QUE TIENES SALLY
INTENTO OLVIDARTE PERO
ESTE CORAZON ES TERCO
SIN TU AMOOOR
YA NO PUEDO MAS VIVIIIR
SIN TU AMOOOR
YA NO PUEDO MAS VIVIIR
SABIENDO QUE ERES DE OTRA
MI ALMA ESTA MUY TRISTE
PERO ESTE TERCO TERCO
CORAZON
TE SIGUE QUERIENDO
SABIENDO QUE ERES DE OTRA
MI ALMA ESTA MUY TRISTE
PERO ESTE TERCO TERCO
CORAZON
TE SIGUE QUERIENDO
QUE PUEDO HACEER
SI TE AMO MAS QUE AYEER
QUE PUEDO HACEER
SI TE QUIERO MAS QUE AYEER
MUCHAS VECES EINTENTADO
OLVIDARTE PARA SIEMPRE
PERO ESTE TERCO-TERCO
CORAZON
TE SIGUE QUERIENDO
MUCHAS VECES EINTENTADO
OLVIDARTE PARA SIEMPRE
PERO ESTE TERCO-TERCO
CORAZON
TE SIGUE QUERIENDOO
QUIEN NO PARA EN LAS CANTINAS
TOMANDO UNA CERVECITA
QUIEN NO VIVE UNA DECEPCION
QUIEN NO LLORA POR UN AMOR
QUIEN NO PARA EN LAS CANTINAS
TOMANDO UNA CERVECITA
QUIEN NO VIVE UNA DECEPCION
QUIEN NO LLORA POR UN AMOR
Los Pibes Chorros is a band from Argentina, performing since late 90´s. They became extremely popular in the lowest classes of the argentine society. They sing about robbery, crime, sex and drugs abuse becoming the most representative key of the genre called Cumbia Villera ( the literal translation of Pibes Chorros means “The Thieving Kids”). Their music shows evident cumbia roots mixed with dub and reggae sounds, performed in a very unique way. This song is called “El Prisionero” and talks about a thief who goes to jail for robbery and still in love with his girlfriend living in “ la villa” (Shantytowns or Fabelas in Brazil). The message is double because he clearly talking about his addiction to cocaine and how he is "prisoner" because of the white substance.
Lyrics:
Sus amigos y parientes
hoy lo van a visitar
hace solo un par de meses
que esta preso por robar
el se enamoro perdidamente
sin pensar que lentamente
sin pensar que lentamente
su vida se iba a arruinar.
Blanca y pura era la dama
que su vida controlo
conocio asi la locura
conoció asi el descontrol
ella le hizo perder la cabeza
de la noche a la mañana
de la noche a la mañana
arruino su libertad.
Tarde se dio cuenta que le mentía
que era falsa su alegría
que ella siempre lo engaño
solo lo dejo triste y enfermo
condenado como interno
a sufrir en la prisión
Wendy Sulca is a prodigy children originally from San Juan de Miraflores, Peru. Her first concert was when she was only 6 years old. Since then she performed more than 70 shows until 2010. This is her best work so far, no discussions: “Cerveza”.
Lyrics:
Cerveza, cerveza, quiero tomar cerveza (x2)
Porque ya bastante sufro en la vida, porque mi amorcito se ha marchado lejos. (x2)
Señor cantinero, dame más cerveza. (x2).
Este sufrimiento que me está matando. Quiero olvidarme en esta cantina. (x2)
Sigan tocando mi arpita, en mis horas mas tristes, en mis horas mas alegres, seguire cantando a Uds.
Sigan tocando mi arpita, en mis horas más tristes, en mis horas más alegres, seguiré cantando al Perú.
Manos hacia arriba, manos hacia abajo, sigamos bailando, si, si, sigamos bailando. (x2)
Because it was necessary. Because they deserve it. God Bless South America!
For this opening post, i´m proud to present Los Conquistadores, band from Ecuador. Attention to the police car.
Note: In a recent interview to the singer of Los Conquistadores in the show "Dia a Dia" from the ecuatorian TV channel -Teleamazonas-, he explain his background as a young native american kid, who lost his parents very young and survived selling garlics in the streets of small ecuatorian towns until the music save his life.
Lyrics:
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Subiendo a la cama no quiso bajar, ay caramba
Subiendo a la cama no quiso bajar, ay caramba
A la media noche llegó sin calzón, ay caramba
A la media noche llegó sin calzón, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
A mi me decía se va a Guayaquil, ay caramba
A mi me decía se va a Guayaquil, ay caramba
Robando a la novia de mi coronel, ay caramba
Robando a la novia de mi coronel, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Viudas a solteras sabía enamorar, ay caramba
Viudas a solteras sabía enamorar, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan picarón, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan picarón, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Ay, mi conejito era tan bandido, ay caramba
Subiendo a la cama no quiso bajar, ay caramba
Subiendo a la cama no quiso bajar, ay caramba
A la media noche llegó sin calzón, ay caramba
A la media noche llegó sin calzón, ay caramba
