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ARTIST
AFROSOUND
TITLE
Cumbia de E.T. El Extraterrestre
FORMAT
7"
LABEL
VAMPISOUL
CATALOG #
VAMPI 45098EP
VAMPI 45098EP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
9/22/2023
First time reissue.
Afrosound
was born from the desire of Discos Fuentes vice-president
José María Fuentes
to come up with a domestic version of the emerging African and Latin rock sounds coming from outside the country, inspired by groups like
Osibisa
and
Santana
. The mission was to emulate the guitar-heavy tropical sounds emanating from Perú and Ecuador at the time. According to various sources, the 1972 tune "La danza de los mirlos" (by Peru's
Los Mirlos
) emerged as a great success in Colombia and with it a new way of interpreting the country's most famous musical export, namely cumbia, through a Peruvian perspective. Fuentes executives convened an expert crew of musicians led by
Julio E. Estrada
, aka
Fruko
, the following year to create this type of music for the domestic market because they sensed a potential for similar success. Once again Fruko is at the helm in the studio for this recording, simultaneously holding it down and allowing the musicians to explore their most spaced-out fantasies. This time
Jose A. Villerias
is in control at the mixing console, pulling all sorts of tricks with space sounds, reverb and echo, and everyone sounds as if they are having a lot of fun. Both songs had been previously recorded and included on Afrosound's 1974 album
Carruseles
-- recently reissued on Vampisoul (VAMPI 282LP) -- but these new versions from 1983 feature an updated sound with an extensive use of space effects and unexpected sonic tricks. Taking advantage of the pull the film was having at the time, the result was carefully packaged with an E.T. themed artwork, aiming commercial success.
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