Los Mirlos (Spanish for "the Blackbirds") is a
Peruvian cumbia
Peruvian cumbia is a subgenre of chicha (Andean tropical music) that became popular in the coastal cities of Peru, mainly in Lima in the 1960s through the fusion of local versions of the original Colombian genre, traditional highland huayno, an ...
band with origins in
Moyobamba
Moyobamba () or Muyupampa ( Quechua ''muyu'' circle, ''pampa'' large plain, "circle plain") is the capital city of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Called "Santiago of eight valleys of Moyobamba" or "Maynas capital". There are 50,073 inha ...
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Peru
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History
The band was originally formed when some of the band's founders moved from the town of Moyobamba in
Peruvian Amazonia
Peruvian Amazonia ( es, Amazonía del Perú) is the area of the Amazon rainforest included within the country of Peru, from east of the Andes to the borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. This region comprises 60% of the country and ...
to
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
in 1972; they were signed by the record label Infopesa the next year and would go on to release nine albums and two compilation records with the label. Their music bears influence from psychedelic and surf rock as well as cumbia, with members of the band citing the music of groups such as
Los Destellos
Los Destellos (Spanish for "the Flashes") were a Peruvian cumbia band formed in Lima, Peru in 1966 by Enrique Delgado Montes.
History
In their early releases, Los Destellos popularized the sharp sound of the electric guitar and bass in the contex ...
and Los Chamas as important influences. The band often emphasised their connection with the Peruvian jungle.
The founding members of the group are:
* Jorge Rodríguez Grández (lead voice)
* Danny Fardy Johnston (guitar)
* Gilberto Reátegui (guitar)
* Wagner Grández (backing vocals, bongo)
* Carlos Vásquez (percussion)
* Hugo Jáuregui (timpani)
* Manuel Linares (bass)
Discography
* 1973: ''El Sonido Selvático'', Infopesa 8043
* 1974: ''El Poder Verde'', Infopesa 8061
* 1975: ''Los Charapas de Oro'', Infopesa 8069
* 1975: ''El Milagro Verde'', Infopesa 8088
* 1976: ''Tirense con la escoba'', Infopesa 8097
* 1976: ''Cumbia De Los Pajaritos''
* 1977: ''Tu Ñaña'', Infopesa 8108
* 1978: ''Cumbia Amazónica'' (compilation)
* 1978: ''Internacionalmente'', Infopesa
* 1980: ''Con sabor a selva'', Infopesa
* 1980: ''Lo Mejor de los Mirlos (Vol. 1)'', Infopesa
* 1980: ''Cumbia Amazónica vol. 2'' (compilation)
* 1982: ''Lo nuevo de Los Mirlos'', Pantel
* 1982: ''Tiro al blanco'', Infopesa
* 1982: ''Lo Mejor de los Mirlos (Vol. 2), Infopesa
* 1984: ''Cumbia Thriller'', CBS
* 1986: ''El encanto de Los Mirlos''
* 1988: ''Los Reyes de la cumbia amazónica'', Microfón
* 1989: ''Con sabor a cumbia'', Música & Marketing
* 1990: ''La Ladrona'', Música & Marketing
* 1991: ''La Historia de Los Mirlos'', Música & Marketing
* 1992: ''Los Mirlos'', with Raúl Pastor, Magenta
* 1993: ''Pídeme la luna'', Magenta
* 1994: ''Minuto a minuto'', Magenta
* 1994: ''15 Grandes Éxitos'', Música & Marketing
* 1995: ''Enamorado'', Magenta
* 1996: ''El amor hecho canción'', Magenta
* 1997: ''Como amiga'', Magenta
* 1998: ''La cumbia de los negros'', Eccosound
* 2000: ''Por siempre''
* 2010: ''Calidad sin fronteras''
* 2014: ''Cumbia Amazónica, 1972-1980 14 Éxitos'', Infopesa
* 2018: ''Corazón Amazónico''
References
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Peruvian musical groups
Cumbia musical groups
Musical groups established in 1972