Album premiere on The FADER & press includes Afropop, Sounds & Colours, Time Out, Remezcla, Univision, WFMU - First edition vinyl limited to 500 copies worldwide - Band members also part of M.A.K.U Soundsystem, Bulla en el Barrio & Names You Can Trust releases - Artwork & videos by Colombian artists Goske Rojo & Hugo Oro - Numerous shows & residencies around NYC - No Regreso' mixed by Beyonc? engineer Stuart White Rooted in Colombia and based in New York, Combo Chimbita lives in the future. Powerhouse vocalist Carolina Oliveros, synth and bassist Prince of Queens, guitarist Ni?o Lento, and drummer Dilemastronauta began experimenting with different traditional musical styles during late-night residencies at Barb?s in Brooklyn. Exploring Afro-Caribbean styles through improvisational long-form trips, Combo Chimbita came together as a four-piece band after they started encouraging more vocals byOliveros, who tightens the rhythm with her guacharaca. Her voice is so powerful that it leads us in that direction,' says Prince of Queens. The band draws on traditional music from everywhere: Panama, Caribbean, Colombia, tamboritos, '70s funan? from Cape Verde, kompa from Haiti, cumbia, dub and reggae from Jamaica. We try to incorporate it in a way that if feels ours, so you hear these influences there but they come from our background, and our background is heavy rock, psychedelic funk and soul,' says guitarist Ni?o Lento. As Prince of Queens puts it: Combo Chimbita is like a comeback to that raw punk energy, back to where it all started for me. But then obviously with the elements that we've grown to love and appreciate: the African diaspora and Caribbean and South America.
