Dirty South America

Chancha Via Circuito

BY Juan Data | PUBLISHED: Monday, March 28th, 2011

Free Download: Chancha Vía Circuitos Cumbión de las aves

There’s very little cumbia and absolutely no birds in Chancha Via Circuito’s “Cumbión de las aves,” so if you were expecting a Zizek take on the classic “La Cumbia de los Mirlos” (popularly known as “La Cumbia de los Pajaritos”), you’ll be disappointed.

Cumbia is only subtly present in the beat’s cadence, albeit sans the characteristic güiro, with the tambores replaced by industrial noises and buried under layers of hypnotic live arrangements of charangos and quenas. And the birds? That’d be us, because the resulting trippy effect’s purpose is to make us fly (as opposed to dance, which would be cumbia’s traditional raison d’être).

That pretty much summarizes Río Arriba as a whole. Chancha Via Circuito’s latest release (it was available digitally since late 2010, but now it’s coming out on vinyl, too) breaks away from the trite and safe nu-cumbia formula to explore the hallucinogenic drift of Andean folk and beyond.

May be a bit too vegan for those who embraced nu-cumbia as an infinite source of post-modern irreverence and kitsch, and it won’t make you dance unless you’re on ‘shrooms, or something. But still, Chancha remains one of the most interesting and singular producers in the Zizek camp and you shouldn’t miss your chance to cach him live during his upcoming U.S. tour (dates below).

Download Chancha Via Circuito’s “Cumbion de las aves” here for a lesson in flying. (RGHT OR CTRL CLICK TO DOWNLOAD)

TOUR DATES

Fri 4/8 @ Unsound Festival @ NYC, NY
Sat 4/9 @ Tormenta Tropical @ SF, CA
Sun 4/10 @ Atwater Crossing Courtyard, LA, CA
Fri 4/15 @ Peligrosa, Austin, TX
Sat 4/16 @ Bombon, Houston, TX
Sun 4/17 @ Communikey Festival, Boulder, CO
Tue 4/19 @ Team Tuesdays, Santa Fe, NM
Fri 4/22 @ Mundial de Musica (MdM) Festival, Chicago, IL
Thu 4/28 @ Maracuyeah, Washington, DC
Sat 4/30 @ Round Corner Cantina, Pittsburgh, PA

Photo by Marc Van Der Aa.

Cumbion de las aves by user8584813

Blogged from: http://music.remezcla.com/2011/latin/chancha-via-circuito-cumbion-de-las-aves-free-mp3-download/

Chancha Via Circuito Mixtape Los Pastores

             

01 Chancha Vía Circuito feat. Miriam García “Coplita” (ZZK)
02 Miriam García & Alicia Solans “Pintar El Sol (Chancha Vía Circuito Remix)” (ZZK)
03 Villa Diamante “Doña María vs. Italtek” (ZZK)
04 José Larralde “Quimey Neuquén (Chancha Vía Circuito Remix)” (Sony/ZZK)
05 Tremor “Caracol (Chancha Vía Circuito feat. Wenceslada Remix)” (ZZK)
06 William Centellas vs. Chancha Vía Circuito “Los Pastores” (ZZK)
07 Black Mandingo “Cumbia Maxonica Rebajada” (ZZK)
08 Chancha Vía Circuito “Río Arriba” (ZZK)
09 K´ala Marka “Florcita del Ande (Chancha Vía Circuito Remix)” (Orccus/ZZK)
10 Chancha Vía Circuito “Cumbión de las Aves” (ZZK)
11 Sonidero Cordobestia “Tinku” (ZZK)
12 Doma Tornados feat. Mercedes Sosa “Antiguos Dueños de las Flechas” (Hipidukimuzik)
13 Los Huanca Huá “Yo Sé Que un Día (Fragment)” (Cabal)

Download: http://media.xlr8r.com/files/podcasts/mp3/XLR8R_Podcast_Chancha_Via_Circuito_2010_07_20.mp3

Bombon April Fools Jumpoff!

Friday April Fools Day Bombón returns to Houston! Special Guest Panchitron & DJ CASHLESS!

We’re bringin it extra hard for everyone that couldn’t make it to Austin last week. 

No Cover | Cheap Drinks | Mixtapes | Tropical Heat ALL NIGHT!

Los Rakas @ Virgin Live House Party SXSW 2011

One of the top Latin acts I saw at SXSW this year. Do not sleep.

 Thanks again to everyone coming out and reppin it for that H-Town cumbia Friday night! Mad props to Sonora for killin it! Click the photo for pics of the night.

 Thanks again to everyone coming out and reppin it for that H-Town cumbia Friday night! Mad props to Sonora for killin it! Click the photo for pics of the night.