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Los Soneros de Gamero - Katunga, from Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975 - 91 released August 10, 2009. Los Soneros de Gamero break into the regional recording industry in the 1980s. Magín Díaz was part of this pioneer group. For the commercial appeal, they simplified their sound to a formula that never aimed to honor the Maroon heritage. However, this music was still decried in the press and inner cities. Soundway Records release ‘Palenque Palenque! Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91’. Boasting twenty one pulsating tracks drawn from the northern coasts of Colombia, ‘Palenque Palenque!’ reveals a unique and fascinating story of how Afro Colombian music developed from the 1970s onwards and how the local sound-systems in Cartagena and Barranquilla played such an important role in shaping the sound of the Colombian champeta. Co-compiled by Lucas Silva (resident of Bogota and owner of Palenque Records) and Soundway Records’ Miles Cleret, the album highlights the long relationship that the Caribbean coast of Colombia has with Africa stretching back to the 17th century. Specifically, the rise of the percussion heavy champeta sound, born out of a wave of popularity for psychedelic Afro, Latin & Caribbean music inspired by the DJs of the time. The influence of the sound-systems spread to local artists as well as re-energising traditional African folk songs and rhythms that had survived since the days of slavery. Record labels recogniz

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