Vive Latino has become one of the most important platforms for emerging bands looking for a place within the big leagues of rock at the level national, as they open the doors in various facets of its platform.
Such is the case of the Carpa Intolerante, where year after year they bring together the best of independent music around the world, but they have also made an effort to bring together projects that get into the bowels of music fans with effort, hard work and talent.
And perhaps the most impressive thing of all is that they are exhibited in one of the most important and imposing stages in Mexico, such as the Sol Forum of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the most legendary piece of the Ibero-American Festival of Musical Culture, where artists of historical importance have paraded.
This year, in what was the stadium of the Red Devils in Mexico for many years, the Mexican band Son Rompe Pera will debut, which has crossed borders thanks to Garage-Marimba-Cumbia-Rock.
“On the wave of sentiment, because as a family that we are in the band, when we make our debut we feel very happy with everything that has been happening, with great joy and nerves, but in the end we enjoy what we do,” the founder of Son Rompe Pera, Jesús Gama, also known as Kacho, told Infobae Mexico.
Let us not lose sight of the fact that Vive Latino 2022 is reviving the faith of Latin American rock and roll audiences in the large-scale festivals in Mexico, which although it is not the first to take place after a break of almost two years, it is the one with the longest and most prestigious, and its economic survival was a real challenge.
For this reason, Gama insisted that the rescue of music, festivals, bands and their instruments lies in the investment, not only of the big brands, but also of the protagonists of history, and the people around them, from managers to staff.
On the one hand, he clarified: “I think it has to be the organizers who invest the time that he stood still, we know that it has been a waste of money on the things of production, but I think that we continue to invest and continue doing things”.
As a result, he said: “You as a band have to invest your time in what you do, and you need people to support you, the manager and all that, those who are dedicated to production will help. I think that if people continue to support emerging bands, that will help Mexico stand out.”
The band Son Rompe Pera will perform on the main stage of Vive Latino 2022 on Sunday, March 20 at 2:40pm, sharing the stage with bands such as Dread Mar I, Residente or Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.
What we will witness at Vive Latino 2022 will be a set of all the energy of punk, and the freedom it grants applied to cumbia, especially to an instrument that breaks every paradigm on the national scene, the marimba.
The Gama brothers are heirs to an imposing marimba music culture that has been passed down from generation to generation. Their goal, according to the band's own words, is to prevent Mexico from forgetting its roots at all costs.
“It is our own tastes that led us to make these mixes, what we are looking for is that the marimba reaches many places and that it is not lost in the family,” said Kacho.
They currently have an album called Batuco in the revival of great cumbia and salsa classics in Latin America, but in the pure style of their native Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico.
Despite the fact that they give us a warm journey through the nostalgia of the most pachanguero corners of the Republic, there are many disruptive moments within their interpretations that surprise because of the nostalgia of their execution. Los Chucos Suave, for example, original by Lalo Guerrero and His Five Wolves, but inclined to a kind of very tasty marimbero swing.
It's not the only mix that appears, we also have a bit of reggae and ska, in songs like Mi vida sin tu amor with Miño, or in Cumbia Algarrobera with Chicho Trujillo, thus leaving the door open to the cumbia revolution throughout the continent, accompanied by multiple genres.
“Oh David, stop getting into trouble, always against the system, that doesn't go well”, is heard at the end of the last song, a clear message not only in reference to the social, political and economic struggle, but also to the cultural rebellion they are in charge of along with other musicians of the time.
This album opened the doors to the band from countries like Chile, for example, where they toured the territory on 40 dates with Chico Trujillo, or more recently at Tiny Desk for NPR (USA) and KEXP (USA).
“We had to travel to another country for people to listen to us. In Mexico, there is a need for them to support more and there are more things like in the US; we are happy to participate, but there is a need for more support in Mexico to make such productions,” Kacho told Infobae Mexico.
Now they are about to release their second album, recorded in Colombia with producer Mario Galeano from the Cumbiero front. For now, Ay ke cumbión gave us a clue, to the rhythm of cumbia, punk and rap, of what they are still capable of doing.
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