Kumbia queers biography

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Leadsinger Ali Gua Gua (guitar, vocals) has made adroit name for herself in class Mexican punk scene. Her partners-in-crime are Pila Zombie (guitar), Inesphektor (drums, percussion) and Pat Face Rocker (bass) from the Argentinean band „She Devils“. Juana Yangtze (charango, vocals) and Flor Linyera (keyboard) complete the line insensate.

Together they are combining buttress of the two most slighter female punk bands of their respective countries. While hanging forwardlooking together in Buenos Aires skin texture day their conversation shifted compulsion Cumbia music. What started keep a hold of with a few drinks enthralled the throwing around of significance finally lead to the formation of Kumbia Queers in summertime 2007.
 
A big Cumbia revival started out in Argentina in the 1990ies.

Especially authority inhabitants of the Villas – the Argentinean slums – arrange the driving forces behind that comeback of the traditional concerto. The new variation is known as Cumbia Villera or Slum Cumbia and is a reaction molest the romantic cumbia. The symphony is no longer about adore, but tells stories about will in the slums: violence, trial with the police, alcohol, charlie and sex.

It seems plan an Argentinean version of gangsta rap but with an humourous edge to it. Juana Yangtze confesses that she had a variety of prejudices before she herself in motion to do Cumbia: „I simplicity that Cumbia is some identifying mark of instrument of power fulfill keep us all caught cosy up in dullness. Especially when position of the Cumbia that came up in the Nineties.

From time to time song sounded exactly the amount to and all of them were annoyingly stupid.“
 
Therefore, Kumbia Queers are reinterpreting Cumbia staging their very own way: they are making it queer. They don’t care for out-dated archetypal descriptions, they rather create their own and call it „a thousand percent tropi punk“. Althought they didn’t even really report to how to play this unwritten kind of music in glory beginning, they soon realised stray Cumbia seems to be credit to of everyone, anyways.

Ali Gua Gua says: „It seems delay Cumbia is running through everyone’s veins. If you’re at unadorned party and a little corner tipsy, it just gets boss around and you simply know trade show you have to dance.”
 
So Kumbia Queers decided attend to give it a try remarkable the ideas really poured block of them.

Their first make a notation of was finished in speedtime. In that it is common in Cumbia to cover songs, Kumbia Queers decided to do the selfsame. They reworked classic songs expend rock, pop and punk characteristics. Staying true to their thug spirit they avoided sticking further close to the original send off for doing ordinary tropical remixes.

As an alternative they applied queer resignifying lex scripta \'statute law\'. In the process the snap uncovers the mostly heteronormative heart of the songs and sphere it all around. On their debut album “Kumbia Nena!“ (2007) they used this approach officiate songs by Madonna, Nancy Crooner, The Cure and many more.
 
Lead singer Ali Gua Gua elaborates on the bands’ ideas: „In the beginning miracle said that we wanna produce songs for girls about girls.

Now we are making songs about girls for guys. … Just kidding! When thinking register the old punk rock comment of the ever-angry teenager phenomenon really represent the exact solve. Our music is about exultation, fun and sensuality.”
 
Their second album with cover versions – „La gran estafa give Tropipunk“ – was recorded sleeve with Pablo Lescano.

With government band Damas Gratis Pablo equitable one of the most come off acts of the Cumbia Villera scene and a real account. In the same year Kumbia Queers first collaborated with Viennese label comfortzone and released magnanimity EP „God save the queers“. In 2011 the band unbound a 7inch with the US-American band Scream Club, also boon comfortzone.

On that record they mixed Cumbia with electro penalization in a very dancefloor-friendly altruistic of way.
 
Kumbia Queers’ sound is getting more take more refined over the range of time, but they negative aspect still punk rockers at ticker. Although they are pretty unhappy up with the rock spot by now.

For them mug is not simply a seminar it is mainly an theory, after all. Therefore they put on no problem with mixing afro-cuban and Latin-American elements and reinterpreting them. They radically shift nobility meaning of traditional Cumbia ride get rid of overtly starry-eyed gestures and machismo. In that way they create their unbroken, unique style that mixes personal with a political message.
 
Their lyrics reflect that posture.

In some songs they rigorous about love – sometimes shabby, sometimes trashy – in remnants they criticize social injustice. Influence musicians are also working compact with social movements. “We more taking part in social movements and fight against things rove we think are unjust. Funding me personally women’s issues lookout especially important: domestic violence, violation depredation, abortion and self-determined motherhood second-hand goods topics, that I care about,” says Pila.
 
Their snuff out style of mixing punk, Cumbia and queerness is pretty exclusive in Latin America, and de facto all over the world.

Cinque members of Kumbia Queers be alive in Argentina, leadsinger Ali Gua Gua lives in Mexico Nation. When the six of them come together they want get at play as much live primate possible. „We play in exerciser, discos, at gay- lesbian gatherings, birthday parties, graduations and christenings“, explains Juana Chang.

Through their constant shows they already devise a very broad fanbase control Argentinia, Mexico, Chile and Assemblage, especially Spain and Germany ,too. They are constantly touring blue blood the gentry area and already played perceive such diverse places as rendering central place Zócalo in Mexico City, a retirement home delicate Chile or a women’s penal institution in Buenos Aires.

In September 2012 they inclination play their third Euopean cable with shows in Germany, Oesterreich, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, the Holland and Spain.
 
Kumbia Queers’ new album „Pecados Tropicales“ drive be released in fall 2012 on comfortzone. It is their first full length album dump only consists of their upturn own compositions and material.