Frente Cumbiero

Frente Cumbiero are a Colombian quartet led by frontman Mario Galeano Toro, who is also the driving force behind Ondatrópica and Los Pirañas. For nearly two decades they have brought the traditional cumbia of Colombia's Caribbean coast into the present with dubbed-out electronics, energetic percussion, horn melodies and guacharaca loops, touring at venues including Fuji Rock, MoMA, Roskilde Festival and Sónar, and collaborating with dub legend Mad Professor and Japan's Minyo Crusaders. Their...