Los Diablos Rojos – El Chacarero
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After three years on KPFK, one of the most memorable moments remains the guest DJ session from DJ Lengua in 2011. Again and again and again Lengua dropped the needle on absolute Latin perfection for the set (if you haven’t heard it yet, what are you waiting for! Click here). Cumbia is a style that I’ve rarely bought records, though I love the sound. Part of the difficultly is that the best of the “classic” sounds are from Peru, Colombia and Venezuela and the records largely stay over there. Every now and again one of the records that Lengua played does end up on Ebay and the vinyl gods smiled on me when I snatched this one up earlier in the year.
I don’t know much about Los Diablos Rojos, I’m not sure when this record was released, though it appears there might be multiple versions of this one (or multiple “Diablos,” which is also possible). I loved the sound of “El Chacarero” when Lengua started his set off with it, but had no idea how the rest of the LP would sound. Turns out it sounds pretty damn good, with many more instrumentals than vocals, which is always a good thing in my book with Latin LPs from this era. Now that I’ve tracked this one down, on to the next one, at least until Lengua releases new music or new mixes and starts up more obsessions.
Cheers,
Michael