The awesomeness of Bomba Estereo can not be denied. Representing a new Colombian sound rooted in traditional Colombian rhythms this duo is gaining world wide attention and touring their asses off. After playing here in Medellin last night at the Jardin Botanico to a crowd of thousands they played a secret after party at Casa Kiwi. It was raw, it [...]
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Last Night’s Rock & Roll Show – Stereo Total in Medellin
Rule number one in music – Be Amazing! Germany’s Stereo Total has got that covered by all means. Mid-way through their world tour, The Arepa met up with the good humored pop duo before their show at the Modern Art Museum for an exclusive interview. Afterwards, we got some great close up video of Stereo Total playing a packed outdoor [...]
Bang! The city goes hip hop.
In celebration of next week’s annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week here in Medellin, the local Hip Hop crew Desorden Social released a new intense video today entitled “10 años de lucha.” The video, coincidentally released a day before Colombian elections is a rally for peacful revolution in a country that still struggles with an internal conflict. Be warned the video [...]
2 videos: Estados Alterados play Medellin
After taking a 12 year break, Bogota’s Estados Alterados played here in Medellin, Colombia this past weekend, and it was a tremendous return. The show was also the kick-off promotion to the Altavoz Music Festival, bands will now compete to be included in the international concert in October. Estados Alterados has a new album called Romances Cientificos. For music…check out [...]
Reggaeton reigns in Medellin
Last Thursday, reggaeton kings Wisin & Yandel came to Medellin to play at the plaza de toros. Who else could fill the massive auditorium, pulling in thousands of fans and tens of thousands of dollars? I guess when you have been doing reggaeton for 15 years – gasp - you can pull a crowd, especially when you are in reggaeton [...]
Medellin’s XPLICITOS New Video
Just released today is the XPLICITOS new video for the song, “lado oscuro” The Medellin Hip Hop scene is a very independent one, made up of do-it-together artists. While the video quality is not Snooop Dogg hollywood, it is very raw and real and picks up on some of the darker themes that make up life in the barrios of [...]
Camila Lopez @ Unconvention Pre-Party
Just arriving from the UK, the Unconvention team finally met up with the local Medellin organizers for this week’s Unconvention Medellin. Local musician Camila Lopez was there as well and played an exclusive sweet set of 7 songs to start of the Pre-Convention activities. In the wake of new releases from mid-90s trip-hop pioneers Portishead, Massive Attack and Unkle, Medellin artist Camila Lopez is putting Colombia’s own 2.0 [...]
