Son Rompe Pera uit Mexico city met punky cumbia met de marimba in de hoofdrol.
3. Tortuga del Arenal (3:15)
4. Los Chucos Suaves (feat. Macha) (3:12)
6. Pajaro Cenzontle (3:40)
7. Mi Vida sin tu Amor (5:28)
9. Cumbia Algarrobera (feat. Chico Trujillo) (4:49)
Formed in 2017, Son Rompe Pera broke onto the potent cumbia scene of today as the marimba duo of brothers Jesús Ángel and Allan Gama (Kacho and Mongo), who inherited this tradition from their father, Batuco. A marimba player by trade, he taught them to play and understand the marimba, which they first used to revive old folk songs for their friends, family, and passers-by on the street. They then incorporated it into the performance of popular Mexican cumbia songs, while spicing things up with an animated identity of their own, creating rhythms of an imaginary repertoire that grows, spreads, and connects the Americas with every passing year.
In their own words: “The basics of Son Rompe Pera have been developing since we were kids, and the music and streets are in our blood. We found the markets flooded with old, forgotten folk music, and so as kids we decided to carry the marimba with us and create this musical project from our own roots, mixing in rhythms which we thought would never be musical brothers, like cumbia, punk, and the sounds of our barrios and our everyday lives.