The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru

by Various Artists

The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru cover art

Introduced international audiences to the deeply fascinating, heavily fuzzed-out subgenre of Chicha music that thrived in Peru during the 1960s and 70s. The compilation highlights bands that aggressively adopted the surf-rock and psychedelic electric guitars of North America, seamlessly layering them over traditional Amazonian cumbia rhythms. It remains one of the most culturally significant and critically lauded Latin American archival releases of the 2000s.

Genres

  • Cumbia peruana
  • Cumbia amaz贸nica

Tracklist

  1. Sonido amaz贸nico
  2. Linda nena
  3. Cari帽ito
  4. A Patricia
  5. S谩calo s谩calo
  6. Ya se ha muerto mi abuelo
  7. El milagro verde
  8. Para Elisa
  9. Linda mu帽equita
  10. Muchachita del oriente
  11. Elsa
  12. Vacilando con ayahuesca
  13. El guapo
  14. Mi morena rebelde
  15. Si me quieres
  16. Me robaron mi runa mula
  17. La danza de Los Mirlos