Text: Camila Álvarez.   Photos Courtesy of De Juepuchas

An increasing number of Colombian musical artists are mining the country’s rich and somewhat undiscovered cultural depths; Jack correspondent Camila Álvarez recently sat down with De Juepuchas, one of the best examples of this movement.
e-mail

From Medellin, Colombia house producer Vandelklang released his new album entitled “Jugo de Naranjo” yesterday and for a limited time it is available for a free download (here).  Ten delicious organic house tracks that go from hypnotic to funky, through and through a very positive ride.  The album came out on the Monofonicos label, a [...]

Photos courtesy of Picnic Fotografia

Visiting from Bogota, Colombia, De Juepuchas played Medellin for their first time last Saturday at Vanilla Discoteca. With banana outfits, disco balls, and a crowd that danced to the entire set, it was a great inaugural show for one of Colombia’s hottest underground musical acts.
store

Shoegazing: not exactly the genre that comes to mind when one thinks of Colombia. This sub-genre of alternative rock, which rose to fame in the early 90s behind such acts as My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, is now resurfacing with a number of “nu-gaze” artists and boasts a local outpost in Medellin-based band Panorama.

What began [...]

Medellin based artist K1000 dropped a new set in his Sex Tape series yesterday. Whether it is getting the party started or playing warehouse sets until sunrise K1000 plays primarily house music and is no stranger to the underground electronica scene. The new Sex Tape 03 is a smooth and relaxing ride perfect for…well, that’s up [...]

By Pamela Ospina. Photography: Picinic Fotografia

Crew Peligrosos take the stage as light and color fill the room. Heads bob to the beat and words roll off the tongue; the kids in the barrio watch every move and see what they long to become.
Hip hop is comprised of 4 basic elements: MCs (Rappers), Deejays, B-Boys/B-Girls, and [...]

The enigmatic tropical ambient artist Cero 39 put out two new songs this week, “Ojala Bogata Tuviera Playa” and “Bye Bye”. The two new tracks are a crisp new take on mixing cumbia and Colombia’s tropical rhythms with 8-bit electronica and deep analog snyth beats. Cero 39 is based in Bogota and has been putting [...]

Interview by Jeff Guerra. Photos by Marco Durango

The DJ is a hungry animal, constantly in search of new and inspiring sounds to share. Thanks to a vibrant music blog community this search is now more international than ever, leading to such unlikely phenomena as weekly salsa nights in Japan and raging hip-hop clubs in Norway.
New [...]

Photos By Karin Richter

Born and raised in Medellin, Colombia, singer/songwriter Federico Franco belongs to that special group of independent artists who defy categorization. Highly personal lyrics are layered onto an organic sound driven by Franco’s own earnest voice and guitar; listen to his album and you’ll hear a variety of sonic landscapes that drift from [...]

Born to a fanatic music-collecting father on San Andres Island, singer/composer Jiggy Drama grew up listening to a wide range of musical sounds from Kool & The Gang to local Caribbean rhythms. He admits to having his life change upon tuning in to the Black Entertainment Television network one afternoon and finding Hip Hop, R&B [...]