Name: Grupo La Droga
Brand: Grupo La Droga

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VAMPI45080

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

8435008869809

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Total Cap

4 / 7" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Grupo La Droga

Genre GB

Latin / South American 

Label GB

Vampisoul

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Box Sets

Four replica 45s of the obscure, amazing 70s studio band Grupo La Droga, Codiscos' answer to Discos Fuentes' Afrosound, which in turn was inspired by the exotic, psychedelic cumbias coming from Peru at the time. Featuring Moog synths, electric guitar and tropical beats just as freaky and right for the dance floor now as they were back in the day! Eight essential re-mastered tracks replicas of the original 45 rpm releases. First time reissue. The music of Grupo La Droga is an unabashedly oddball concoction, a potent witches' brew featuring leftfield South American flavoured tropical instrumentals with funky cumbia beats, slinky and distorted acid-funk guitars drenched in wah-wah, crazy synth bass lines and bizarre squelchy Moog riffs. The tunes are played in a deliciously sinister minor register that lends a dark, mournful, spooky vibe to the melodies. The music is cinematic as well, leading the listener on a journey from the depths of the Amazon jungle to the heights of the Andean mountains. On first listen you may be reminded of the 1970s Colombian band Afrosound, but there is a more simple, raw quality to their records that makes the music feel somehow twice as primitive and elemental. Yet at the same time the grooves and instrumentation are refreshingly modern and underground. The initial experience of listening to the band's first single, 'El maromero' ("The Acrobat") and 'La chicharra' ("The Cicada") is like taking some sort of jungle medicine with a shaman and getting up from the campfire to dance your way across the universe and back. All it takes is onelisten and you're hooked...<br>

Music GB