TOKESON

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TOKESON

Cumbia Tokeson is a forward-thinking take on cumbia. The band fuses Peruvian chicha, rooted in 70's guitar and psychedelia, mixing grooves of Colombian cumbia and rock with guitar-driven melodies, while adding reggae, funk, punk, and a touch of southern Mexico’s son jarocho. Definitely sweat-inducing dance music!

Very Be Careful

Exciting adventures has never been a task for Very Be Careful. Filled with a Caribbean soul and a California heart L.A.ʼs Vallenato veterans have sustained a decade of ceaseless touring around the world. Inciting fans without borders, and even some wild animals, to boogie and shake to the sounds of a Colombian coastal beat VBC break down barriers to good fun.

From the debauchery filled streets of Austinʼs SXSW to Germanyʼs World Cup Tour ʼ06; to the cultural pinnacles of Chicagoʼs Summer Dance Series to New Yorkʼs Central Park SummerStage and London's Glastonbury Festival and Japan's Fuji Rock and Silver Lakeʼs Sunset Junction Street Fair; from their den of dance in their hometown of Los Angeles to the the boroughs of New York Very Be Careful has hit them all and left em wanting more.

Bootlegged across Latin America, pumped in the clubs and on the radio around the globe, Very Be Careful forges ahead globetrotting alongside legends and anti-heros before them like Joe Strummer, Alfredo Gutierrez, Antibalas, CarlosVives, DubTrio, Grupo Niche, Kronos Quartet, Gogol Bordello.

Their infamous ten year traditions hosting old school "dances" for Valentineʼs Day, New Yearʼs Eve, Halloween and the legendary July 4th Brooklyn "Cumbia Under The Sparks" rooftop affair, has brought together people from around the globe itchinʼ for those early roots sounds that prove a stripped down Parranda is sometimes fiercer and funner, than a bleedinʼ riot.

The group was started in 1998 in LA by accordionist Ricardo Guzman and his bass playing brother Arturo. They were soon joined by Richard Panta on caja vallenata, Craig Martín on guacharaca, and Dante Ruiz on cow bell. They instantly became a party favorite among Cumbia aficionados and hipster revelers in both their hometown of LA and second home of New York, where their 4th of July shows have become legendary.

Over 7 full length releases including their latest, Escape Room (Barbès 2010), they have gone farther than most to not just capture the insane raw energy of their live shows but spread their love of deep roots dance music to the masses. These guys are not revivalists just plain old beatmakers.

DJ Aztec Parrot

DJ Aztec Parrot DJ'ed his first party in 1977 as a 7th grade student working the tables at a 8th grade dance. He has been collecting vinyl records since 1973 and has taken his musical presentation, The Eclectic and Sublime to many galleries, community celebrations, private parties, and fundraisers. He truly believes in the diversity of music and celebration with a vinyl collection of close to 10,000 records, 6 thousand cd's, and numerous gigabytes of music at his disposal.
As a radio host and producer, he started Radio 2050 in November of 2003 at Pacifica's KPFA in Berkeley, CA. His show delves into the Chican@/Latin@ Art Scene by profiling artists who are currently working, presenting or living in the Bay Area. With close to 300 interviews over the last 8 years, he has become one of the most listened to voices about contemporary Latino art in the west coast, and one of the most knowledgeable ethnomusicologist of contemporary traditional and dance music

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