Various Artists
The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 2
Label: Vampisoul
Genre: Freestyle / Nu Jazz / Funk / Afro
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Vampisoul is back with a fresh batch of funky, folky and psychedelic tropical bangers from the deep vaults of Discos Fuentes (and its other properties, Tropical and Machuca). As previously stated in the first volume of this series, the term 'Afrosound' is an invented concept appropriated from Discos Fuentes. If the term seems a bit vague or slippery, rest assured that with this second installment you will come closer to understanding the Afrosound aesthetic. You'll also grow to appreciate the diversity and unpredictability of talent under the Fuentes umbrella. Afrosound is used to denote a thrilling and sometimes freaky soundtrack that chronicles the acceptance, evolution, diffusion and mainstreaming of the country's rich Afro-coastal heritage over a 30-year period.
The music was taken from the Caribbean and largely agrarian savannah departments and transported inland to the country's more industrialized mountain regions, where it was translated, simplified, mass marketed, manufactured, recycled, modernized and globalized (with additives from distant shores). It was then packaged with a sexy lady on the cover and thanks to Don Antonio Fuentes' music mogul vision, sold to Latin America (and later the world at large) in order to make it dance to his beloved costeo rhythms.