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Without any doubt, we are experiencing a new wave of Peruvian music. New releases just in the last few months have been showing us eclectic and surprising sounds that emerge from the dialogue between local and transnational. Glocal, like the academy likes to say.

Menores

Without any doubt, we are experiencing a new wave of Peruvian music. New releases just in the last few months have been showing us eclectic and surprising sounds that emerge from the dialogue between local and transnational. Glocal, like the academy likes to say.

Tourista

Lima-based trio Tourista are one of the most important independent bands in Latin America right now.

Tourista

Lima-based trio Tourista are one of the most important independent bands in Latin America right now.

Dengue Dengue Dengue

Dengue Dengue Dengue seem to live in a dream. They don’t live in reality. They get releases on Billboard, they will have their first Boiler Room Session, and it´s like they are having just another gig every day… crazy and amazing.

Dengue Dengue Dengue

Dengue Dengue Dengue seem to live in a dream. They don’t live in reality. They get releases on Billboard, they will have their first Boiler Room Session, and it´s like they are having just another gig every day… crazy and amazing.

Gala Briê

Among all that’s currently going on in Perú, some new music is drawing everyone’s attention: Gala Briê. This marvelous duo formed by singer Gabriela Gastelumendi and producer Alejandro León could be Peru’s next best thing, if it is not already.

Gala Briê

Among all that’s currently going on in Perú, some new music is drawing everyone’s attention: Gala Briê. This marvelous duo formed by singer Gabriela Gastelumendi and producer Alejandro León could be Peru’s next best thing, if it is not already.

Elegante & La Imperial

Tropical bass has been one of the most well received music genres by the Peruvian audiences in the recent years. It is more than a trend, it’s the convergence of the Peruvian cumbia roots with the international electronic music.

Elegante & La Imperial

Tropical bass has been one of the most well received music genres by the Peruvian audiences in the recent years. It is more than a trend, it’s the convergence of the Peruvian cumbia roots with the international electronic music.

La Mecánica Popular

When anthropologist Efrain Rozas moved to New York City to study music at the New York University, he started looking for the fathers of salsa. But not any salsa. The salsa dura sound, the Fania All Stars sound, the ones that are moving the sonic landscape of our hometown, Lima.

La Mecánica Popular

When anthropologist Efrain Rozas moved to New York City to study music at the New York University, he started looking for the fathers of salsa. But not any salsa. The salsa dura sound, the Fania All Stars sound, the ones that are moving the sonic landscape of our hometown, Lima.

Lara

“Una mujer” – “A Woman” – works as a good example of how the Peruvian artist Lana has been building career in her very own way. At the same time, she belongs to a new generation of singers-songwriters in Perú, where a few strong front-women are leading the way.

Lara

“Una mujer” – “A Woman” – works as a good example of how the Peruvian artist Lana has been building career in her very own way. At the same time, she belongs to a new generation of singers-songwriters in Perú, where a few strong front-women are leading the way.

Kanaku Y El Tigre

With the release of their debut album, the Peruvian psych folk band Kanaku Y El Tigre became one of the most prominent bands of the local acoustic contemporary pop, building a solid fanbase.

Kanaku Y El Tigre

With the release of their debut album, the Peruvian psych folk band Kanaku Y El Tigre became one of the most prominent bands of the local acoustic contemporary pop, building a solid fanbase.