Bio Ritmo - La Verdad

The 10-member Bio Ritmo band was formed 20 years ago, originally as a percussion ensemble brought together by two misplaced Puerto Ricans who met at art school, combined with a local punk rock drummer. Their inspiration comes not only comes from studying and listening to the salsa masters like El Gran Combo, Roberto Roena, Sonora Ponceña and Bobby Valentin, but also bands like The Who, Thomas Dolby, Stereolab, Buzzcocks, Roots Radics and arabic singer Abdel Halim Hafez. ‘La Verdad’ is all about indie-latin dance grooves on vocal and instrumental tracks, percussion-driven, with heavy horns accompanied by vintage Rhodes and Farfsisa keys, piano, electric bass and touch of synths. Together the band stoke up a tornado of sound combining the rawness of 70’s style salsa with the creative touch of rock-minded musicians. Bio Ritmo are internationally recognised as the leading innovators of the post-salsa movement for the past 20 years, picking up where Fania left off in the 1970s, but with an exhilarating unorthodoxy to their classy pulsating rhythmic attack.

TRACKLIST:

01. La Verdad   02. Dina’s Mambo   03. La Muralla   04. Carnvaval   05. Verguenza   06. Majadero   07. Caravana Del Vejigante   08. Lola’s Dilemma

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