Articles by Sergio Elmir

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  Zu

  Carboniferous

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2009

  Blasting with all the ethos of some of the heaviest of metal, but with a strong leaning towards free-form jazz freak-outs, Italian trio Zu'...

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  Curumin

  JapanPopShow

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2009

  Curumin (aka Luciano Nakata Albuquerque) is a one-man electro Brazilian soundsystem and an underground superstar in his native Brazil, a co...

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  Juaneco y su Combo

  Masters of Chicha Vol. 1

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  After the success of 2007's Roots of Chicha, Barbes Records returns with a series of albums dedicated to the Masters of Chicha. Chicha, whi...

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  Zemog El Gallo Bueno

  Nueva York Sessions

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  Created from the same cross-cultural upbringing that has inspired the majority of contemporary Latin music happening in North America, Zemo...

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  Senor Coconut

  Around the World

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  What can one say about German producer/DJ Uwe Schmidt's alter ego (Señor Coconut) that hasn't already been said? After relocating to...

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  Sacros

  Sacros

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  Chile was never a stranger to psychedelic folk rock, developing such talent as Los Blops, El Congreso and Los Jaivas. Amongst those groups...

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  Various

  Love Peace and Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  At the beginning of the '70s, Chile was celebrating the democratic election of their first socialist president, Salvador Allende, who would...

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  Femi Kuti

  Day by Day

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  His first release in four years, Day by Day is classic Femi, from the deep Afro grooves to the familiar Kuti-style political haranguing. Co...