La Locura de Machuca

At a time when local bolero and vallenato were thriving in the Colombian charts in the mid-1970s, it was the imported African records that set crowds on fire at parties. Little-known groups, blending Colombian and African rhythms, sparked the imagination of a future producer and founder of the label Discos Machuca named Rafael Machuca. A successful tax lawyer, one night in 1975 he attended a concert in Barranquilla, after which he dedicated the next six years of his life to releasing experimental music. The story of Machuca tells of one of Colombia's most atypical record companies, defining Afro-Caribbean psychedelia. Seventeen tracks on the album La Locura de Machuca are compiled from the most intimate corners of the Discos Machuca catalog.

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