ENSAMBLE POLIFONICO VALLE - CD FIESTA, QUE VIVA LA

Popis - FIESTA, QUE VIVA LA:
The first ever release of mythic Colombian groups Ensamble Polifonico Vallenato and Sexteto La Constelacion De Colombia. A full-length album of exclusive archive recordings. Bland rock and pop music took over Colombia in the 1980s. For a country with so much musical heritage this was blasphemy. Ensamble Polifonico Vallenato and Sexteto La Constelacion De Colombia were two groups who, in the late 90s, fought to redress the balance. Ensamble Polifonico Vallenato started as a joke, a parody of the bad vallenato music a bunch of university students would hear on the bus into campus. The resultant music was as heavy as rock, as acidic as punk and as far-out as the most left-field free jazz. At the heart of it all was fiery accordion and acerbic vocals, often playing in call-and-response, just like the classic vallenatos of yore. The lyrics formed a big part of the group's identity; they were deep, sarcastic and surrealistic, and revelled in toying with Colombian clichés. The music soon stopped being a parody. The students began to learn more and more about Colombian folklore and their sound evolved. Soon, they ditched the accordion, replacing it with flutes from Colombia's Caribbean coast, and renamed the group Sexteto La Constelacion De Colombia. The musicians were now more mature, though no less experimental. Both groups were rebellious, counter-cultural and added to their reputations with anarchic live shows.