The New Chilean Cumbia also known as New Chilean Cumbia Rock (Spanish: ''Nueva cumbia chilena'', ''Nueva cumbia rock chilena'') is a
subgenre
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of
cumbia music that originated in Chile in the early 2000s and that largely surfaced in mainstream media in 2009 and 2010.
In contrast to older cumbias the lyrics of New Chilean Cumbia deals more with urban life and combines aspects of rock,
hip hop and a wide variety of
Latin American genres like
Andean music
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Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia), ...
,
salsa
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* Salsa (Mexican cuisine), a variety of sauces used as condiments
* Salsa music, a popular style of Latin American music
* Salsa (dance), a Latin dance associated with Salsa music
Salsa or SALSA may also refer to:
A ...
, the son,
reggae
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,
bolero
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s,
ska, Latin-African music,
diablada and even folklore from the Balkans, like the
Klezmer
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, and
Gipsy music.
While the movement has various influences its roots lie in the Chilean cumbia tradition established by
Orquesta Huambaly,
Giolito y su Combo,
Orquesta Cubanacán,
La Sonora Palacios and
Sonora de Tommy Rey, but in contrast to these bands the New Chilean Cumbia is aimed towards a younger public. The New Chilean Cumbia public comes often from the middle classes.
The movement has been contrasted to the heavily aired and commercialized ''Chilean Romantic Cumbia'' whose commercially most successful acts are
La Noche and
Américo. The New Chilean Cumbia is also distinct from the Argentine
Cumbia Villera a genre that enjoys certain popularity in Chile and relies on synthesizers and focuses on marginal
shanty town life.
The most popular New Chilean Cumbia acts include:
Chico Trujillo,
Juana Fe,
La Mano Ajena,
Banda Conmoción, Villa Cariño,
Combo Ginebra, La María Goyo (psychedelic cumbia),
Sonora Barón and
Santa Feria.
References
External links
TerramagazineTVN report (video)
{{Music in Spanish
Chilean cumbia
Cumbia music genres