Carmelo Torres

El acordeonista y compositor, CARMELO TORRES es considerado como uno de los principales protagonistas de la historia de la Cumbia Colombiana. Digno heredero de Andrés Landero, es el único portador de su legado. Es el legado viviente de la Cumbia Sabanera, un estilo del acordeón rural de la cumbia de San Jacinto, en la región caribeña de Colombia, influenciado por las flautas tradicionales como la gaita y la millo.

Su interpretación de la cumbia tradicional en el acordeón adquiere un tono de poesía rural,con un ritmo dulce, constante y poderoso. Encontrarás en CARMELO TORRES toda la sinceridad del compartir, de la autenticidad y de las raíces, como un anclaje en un suelo musical donde la alegría florece a diario.

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Born and raised in the San Jacinto area, Colombia, home of traditional cumbia and vallenato, Carmelo Torres has been playing the accordion since his was very young and could afford to buy one. He learned to play vallenato first, by himself, before he met Andres Landero and started to play cumbias. Since Landero passed away in 2000, Carmelo’s major concern’s been to carry on his teacher’s legacy, keeping the cumbia genre alive and teaching the youngest.

Los Toscos is originally an avant-garde, experimental jazz band from Bogotá, composed of Juan David Castaño (percussions), Santiago Botero (bass) and Kike Mendoza (guitar). The band was later joined by two key figures of modern Colombian music: Pedro Ojeda on the drums, and Mario Galeano on the guacharaca (Ondatrópica, Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero..)

Back in 2014, Carmelo joined Los Toscos for several concerts in Bogotá and they recorded an album, which was released in the end of 2015 on matik-matik Discos. As our good friends at NYCT (who released another 7” EP from this fantastic project) state it, “the resulting connection is a yet unheard of concoction of Colombian roots and Garage Fuzz”, and builds a “quintessential bridge between the old and new generations of Colombian musicians”. Electric, atmospheric guitars, sizzled drums and synthesized elements bring something fresh to the cumbia genre, preserving its authenticity at the same time. Something we hadn’t heard before, yet to be explored. The first single of Carmelo Torres y su Cumbia sabanera´s new production is Bailemos Cumbia. Released on october 2017 on Sonids Enraizados on all streaming platforms. This prelude to the release of the full album Me Recordarán is a good introduction to the real roots cumbia Carmelo is offering to the world from his town San Jacinto.

DISPONIBLE : MED-JULIO y OCTUBRE 2018