photo/foto: Marlène Ramírez-Cancio

Malalma

Popular culture engages in a dialogue with "high culture." Colombian folkloric rhythms get mixed with contemporary musical forms, creating a hybrid that reflects a significant transformation, while recreating popular culture through the decentralization of hierarchies and grand narratives. Hence, the notion of musical roots can be approached as a contemporary issue that generates tensions within the definition of cultural identity. This workshop will be led by Sergio Arias and Gilbert Martínez from Malalma.

Biography

Malalma is a musical project that invites us to dream in a new country, to return to the Law of Origins, a festive gaze before the imminent threat of apocalypse, with sounds full of  interpretive heat and force.  It is the sound of the metropolis, the oniric and ironic Colombian flavor; poetic imagery. The genre, "electrocumbé," is an explosive and smart combination of electronic, evocative, and Afro rhythms. 
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