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Afrosound

Afrosound has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 17 episodes and was first played on 29 September 2013.

Afrosound was a Cumbia band from the Discos Fuentes stable. They were Colombia’s reaction to the early 1970's Chicha movement that was happening in Peru and Bolivia at the time. José María Fuentes saw the popularity of this new type of hybrid Cumbia sound and thus created a sort of Discos Fuentes super group.

Produced by Julio Estrada (Fruko El Bueno), Afrosound not only incorporated the Andean guitar laden sound, but mixed in some funk, salsa/son, tropical, disco, and Afro-Colombian rhythms to boot. The result…

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Pacifico
The Afrosound
Discos Fuentes0
Pacifico
The AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes0
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Fiebre En La Jungla
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1973
Fiebre En La Jungla
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1973
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La Niña (La Minga)
The Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1976
La Niña (La Minga)
The AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1976
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Marbella
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1999
Marbella
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1999
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Mambo Guajira
The Afrosound
Discos Fuentes0
Mambo Guajira
The AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes0
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Caliventura
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1973
Caliventura
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1973
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La Sampuesana
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1975
La Sampuesana
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1975
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El Regreso De E.T. El Extraterrestre - Zaire Pop
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1983
El Regreso De E.T. El Extraterrestre - Zaire Pop
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1983
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Sabor Navideno
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes1973
Sabor Navideno
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes1973
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Tiro Al Blanco
Afrosound
Discos Fuentes0
Tiro Al Blanco
AfrosoundDiscos Fuentes0
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