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7"
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VAMPI 45078EP
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Music travels and transforms itself. Sometimes along the way similarities arise in sonic paths that are distant to each other. The African roots of popular genres in different parts of the World are out of question as so is the big influence of modern Afro-American styles such as rhythm n' blues or jazz in the development of diverse local scenes. While in the case of Honduras' mighty band Los Robbins their syncopated and bass-enriched style was a declared (and successful!) attempt to play the hip rhythm of the time, rock steady, most probably arriving via the neighboring Belize into this Central American country, you can only wonder why Lito Barriento's greatest hit "Cumbia En Do Menor" (1965) recalls Jamaican sounds almost as much as big-band jazz while keeping all the right ingredients of its Latin essence. You can think of a dream meeting between Glenn Miller and The Skatalites at the Discos Fuentes studios in Colombia and you will get the picture... Two stunning party tunes that will please the Latin music collectors as much as those into the Jamaican genres. A new nice addition to Vampisoul's Tropical 45s series.
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