Bleep

UK-based record label Discrepant issue the second album from Romperayo, a group led by Colombian percussionist Pedro Ojeda. The self-titled Romperayo is a solid album of psychedelic cumbia, adding a somewhat demented spin to uptempo ‘descarga’ jams and Latin American folk. Although rooted in ‘70s cumbia styles, Ojeda and co. bring in contemporary sampling techniques and electronics to bring the record bang up to date, and they present it all with a manic sense of humour.