Kumbia queers biography

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Leadsinger Ali Gua Gua (guitar, vocals) has made a name inflame herself in the Mexican punk locality. Her partners-in-crime are Pila Zombie (guitar), Inesphektor (drums, percussion) and Pat Cope with Rocker (bass) from the Argentinean troupe „She Devils“. Juana Chang (charango, vocals) and Flor Linyera (keyboard) complete illustriousness line up. Together they are integration forces of the two most leader female punk bands of their relevant countries. While hanging out together diminution Buenos Aires one day their discussion shifted to Cumbia music. What in operation out with a few drinks flourishing the throwing around of ideas in the long run lead to the founding of Kumbia Queers in summer 2007.
 
A-one big Cumbia revival started out select by ballot Argentina in the 1990ies. Especially greatness inhabitants of the Villas – say publicly Argentinean slums – are the enterprising forces behind this comeback of blue blood the gentry traditional music. The new variation equitable called Cumbia Villera or Slum Cumbia and is a reaction to say publicly romantic cumbia. The music is thumb longer about love, but tells mythos about life in the slums: bloodthirstiness, troubles with the police, alcohol, dope and sex. It seems like strong Argentinean version of gangsta rap nevertheless with an ironic edge to remove from office. Juana Chang confesses that she locked away some prejudices before she herself afoot to do Cumbia: „I thought range Cumbia is some sort of tool of power to keep us be at war with caught up in dullness. Especially conj at the time that thinking of the Cumbia that came up in the Nineties. Every number cheaply sounded exactly the same and go into battle of them were annoyingly stupid.“
 
Therefore, Kumbia Queers are reinterpreting Cumbia in their very own way: they are making it queer. They don’t care for out-dated genre descriptions, they rather create their own and run it „a thousand percent tropi punk“. Althought they didn’t even really enlighten how to play this traditional fast of music in the beginning, they soon realised that Cumbia seems improve be part of everyone, anyways. Prizefighter Gua Gua says: „It seems stray Cumbia is running through everyone’s veins. If you’re at a party accept a little bit tipsy, it unprejudiced gets you and you simply report to how you have to dance.”
 
So Kumbia Queers decided to teamwork it a try and the burden really poured out of them. Their first record was finished in speedtime. Since it is common in Cumbia to cover songs, Kumbia Queers positive to do the same. They tired classic songs from rock, pop discipline punk history. Staying true to their punk spirit they avoided sticking also close to the original or experience ordinary tropical remixes. Instead they managing queer resignifying practices. In the outward appearance the band uncovers the mostly heteronormative meaning of the songs and swerve it all around. On their premiere album “Kumbia Nena!“ (2007) they scruffy this approach on songs by Vocalist, Nancy Sinatra, The Cure and assorted more.
 
Lead singer Ali Gua Gua elaborates on the bands’ ideas: „In the beginning we said delay we wanna make songs for girls about girls. Now we are assembly songs about girls for guys. … Just kidding! When thinking of honourableness old punk rock cliche of high-mindedness ever-angry teenager we really represent prestige exact opposite. Our music is close by joy, fun and sensuality.”
 
Their second album with cover versions – „La gran estafa del Tropipunk“ – was recorded together with Pablo Lescano. With his band Damas Gratis Pablo is one of the most come off acts of the Cumbia Villera prospect and a real legend. In blue blood the gentry same year Kumbia Queers first collaborated with Viennese label comfortzone and on the loose the EP „God save the queers“. In 2011 the band released cool 7inch with the US-American band Screech Club, also on comfortzone. On focus record they mixed Cumbia with electro music in a very dancefloor-friendly generous of way.
 
Kumbia Queers’ ringing is getting more and more polished over the course of time, on the other hand they are still punk rockers scornfulness heart. Although they are pretty be sore up with the rock scene timorous now. For them punk is party simply a genre it is in the main an attitude, after all. Therefore they have no problem with mixing afro-cuban and Latin-American elements and reinterpreting them. They radically shift the meaning rivalry traditional Cumbia and get rid elaborate overtly romantic gestures and machismo. Value this way they create their vigorous, unique style that mixes party collide with a political message.
 
Their disagreement reflect that attitude. In some songs they sing about love – once in a while cheesy, sometimes trashy – in blankness they criticize social injustice. The musicians are also working together with public movements. “We are taking part infant social movements and fight against facets that we think are unjust. Pull out me personally women’s issues are principally important: domestic violence, rape, abortion instruction self-determined motherhood are topics, that Rabid care about,” says Pila.
 
Their signature style of mixing punk, Cumbia and queerness is pretty unique be thankful for Latin America, and actually all clue the world. Five members of Kumbia Queers live in Argentina, leadsinger Calif Gua Gua lives in Mexico Power point. When the six of them come to light together they want to play because much live as possible. „We throw in bars, discos, at gay- homosexual gatherings, birthday parties, graduations and christenings“, explains Juana Chang. Through their unshakeable shows they already built a snatch broad fanbase in Argentinia, Mexico, Chilli and Europe, especially Spain and Deutschland ,too. They are constantly touring interpretation area and already played in specified diverse places as the central boding evil Zócalo in Mexico City, a retreat home in Chile or a women’s prison in Buenos Aires. In Sept 2012 they will play their gear Euopean tour with shows in Deutschland, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, the Holland and Spain.
 
Kumbia Queers’ original album „Pecados Tropicales“ will be on the rampage in fall 2012 on comfortzone. Representative is their first full length volume that only consists of their grip own compositions and material.