Chicha - Hybrid Music

What happens to 1970's Amazonian Amer-indians, suddenly thrust into urban settings due to a Peruvian oil boom, exposed to western surf rock & psychdelic guitars, who decide they want to party? Chicha music! This genre at its base has a cumbia beat (which originated in Colombia) and uses traditional latin instruments like timbales & blends them with electric guitars and farfisa organs. The sound is uniquely pan-latin & is a symbol of hybridity. It exists at the intersection of modernization & indigenous identity. It originated in Peru pero es para toda America.

Here some songs on the player at the Barbes Records site.