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Explosive Mexican ska group Los de Abajo return with their loco global music mix, fusing ska with other musical styles that wash in from across Mexico, Latin America and beyond, and including hip-hop, cumbia and salsa.

 

Los de Abajo came together in 1992, formed by Carlos Cuevas (keyboard), Yocupitzio Arrellano (drummer), Liber Terán (vocals) and Vladimir Garnica (guitar). They initially had a Latin-ska sound in mind, but as their ranks expanded, they soon began hosting high-energy gigs at various ersatz clubs and spaces in Mexico City’s largely improvised rock scene.

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They take their name from a classic novel about the Mexican Revolution, and they fervently believe that change comes from below. "Of course, the ideas had an influence on the music," says Yocu. "This became the most punk and radical thing: combining our sentiments with the strength and heat of Afro-Latin rhythms."

Los de Abajo endeavour to present Mexico in its crazy-quilt glory. “We’re not a mosaic, but a kaleidoscope of Mexican life” they state. Mojo magazine said the best way to describe their sound was to “call it Tropipunk, [and] file it under Explosive. It's the sound of the future, get used to it”.

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An explosive combination of North Mexico music, timba, music from the Balkans, reggae, cumbia, and rap and hip-hop, as well as deep social content and dazzling energy spicing up their work.

Band line-up:

Odisea Valenzuela - Lead vocals, Trombone
Canek Cabrera - Lead vocals, Trumpet
Mauricio Diaz - Saxophones, Flute, Vocals
Yocupitzio Arellano - Drums, Violin
Pavel Sandoval - DJ, Electronic percussion, Samplers
Javier Zuniga - Latin Percussion
Vladimir Garnica - Electric and acustic guitars (Jarana, tres cubano, requinto, etc)
Edgar Chavez - Bass
Heliot Mendiola - Trombone
Daniel Vallejo - Saxophones