Reggae Meets Cumbia

I had a show in Dresden years ago, and the opener was a DJ who played cumbia. When her set began, the dance floor instantly filled with people laying down synchronized dance steps, which was eye-opening and fantastic fun to watch. It’s inevitable that these two genres would merge, as Cumbia originated on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and includes African, Spanish (colonial), and indigenous influences that date back to the 16th Century. For this playlist, I went down the rabbit hole seeking groove enlightenment.

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PLAYLIST

1. Lucky Salvadori; Chalart58 – Simulacro

2. Ticklah – El Dia De Suerte (Dub)

3. Joseph Cotton – Cumbia Party

4. Yapunto; Taggy Matcher – El Mar y Ella (Taggy Matcher Remix)

5. The Lions; Malik “The Freq” Moore; Black Shakespeare – Cumbia Rebel (Version)

6. Quantic; Flowering Inferno – Te Pico el Yaibi (Version)

7. Combo Lulo; Alba Ponce de León – Culebra Mentirosa

8. Taggy Matcher; Kumbia Boruka – Cumbia Locura (Dub)

9. Ticklah; Mayra Vega – Mi Sonsito (Feat. Mayra Vega)

10. Aldubb; Dubmatix; Illbilly Hitec – Essential (Cumbia Mix)

11. Lengualerta; La Basu; La Gorda Dubs; Cristrombon – Nik Baditut Sei

12. Quantic; Flowering Inferno – Dub del Pacifico

13. Frente Cumbiero; Mad Professor – Cumbietiope

14. Flowering Inferno; Nickodemus; Zeb – No Soy Del Valle (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix)