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Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:58:00 GMT

For Immediate Release   <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">CHICHA LIBRE'S SPRING TOUR.</a> <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html"> Brooklyn Band To Bring Its Psychedelic Cumbias to Asheville at the Duckpin Bowl, April 18th</a> The name Chicha comes from a type of corn liquor favored by the Incas in pre-Colombian days. It is also the name given to a new wave of Peruvian cumbias, which started out in the 70's. Chicha was loosely inspired by Colombian accordion-driven cumbias but incorporated the distinctive electric sounds of 60's psychedelic rock organ,  surf guitars and moog synthesizers. Chicha Libre, which was started three years ago as a way to pay tribute to this forgotten music,  uses a similar instrumentation and draws on most of the same sources.  Chicha Libre's debut album, Sonido Amazonico features cover songs from the era alongside originals arranged not only in the sound of the time, but using the spirit of Chicha's syncretism. The result is a slightly updated take on the genre: a sound indebted to the Amazonian pioneers, but relevant to 21st century Brooklyn. Barbès Records is proud to have been the first label to promote Chicha outside of Peru - The Roots of Chicha, which documents the best Peruvian groups of the 70's has proven to be a success in the US as well as in Japan and Europe. Mainstream Peruvian publications have written about the cd, shedding light on a subculture they had never before acknowledged.  The music of Chicha Libre has also been recognized in Peru where the band has been featured on mainstream TV shows and numerous magazines. Chicha Libre has also been invited to play as one of the headliners for a first ever Chicha Festival in Lima.  Chicha Libre includes musicians associated with the Barbes scene (a club co-owned by two of the musicians in the band: Olivier Conan and Vincent Douglas) and includes Joshua Camp (One Ring Zero) on Electravox; Olivier Conan (Las Rubias del Norte) on Cuatro and vocals; Nicholas Cudahy (Combustible Edison) on bass, Vincent Douglas (Bebe Eiffel) on guitar and veteran percussionists Greg Burrows (Andy Statman) and Timothy Quigley (Romashka). Chicha Libre has toured across the US and was invited to perform at Globalfest at Webster Hall - North America's largest World Music showcase. The band has performed at such prestigious venues as The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Chicago World Music Festival, The Festival International de Louisiane, Celebrate brooklyn and the Miller Theater at Columbia University . Its music was used for a memorable Ayahuasca trip episode on tv show Weeds and was featured on a National Geographic tv special this spring. Its cd was released in Europe by Crammed Disc and in Latin America by Random Records.  ========================================================= <a href="http://home.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user">CHICHA LIBRE SPRING TOUR</a>  Apr 17           The State Theater w/ Dengue Fever             Falls Church, VA Apr 18            Duckpin Bowl w/ Dengue Fever                    Richmond, VA Apr 19            The Orange Peel w/ Dengue Fever              Asheville, NC Apr 21            40 watt club W/ Dengue Fever                     Athens, GA Apr 22            Club Downunder w/ Dengue Fever              Tallahassee, FL Apr 23            Festival Intl de Louisiane                              Lafayette, LA Apr 24            One Eyed Jacks / w. Dengue Fever             New Orleans, LA Apr 25            Festival Intl de Louisiane                              Lafayette, LA Apr 26            Continental Club                                           Houston, TX Apr 27            Mohawk w/ Dengue Fever                            Austin, TX Apr 28            Delta State Unversity                                    Cleveland, MS Apr 30            Martyr’s                                                         Chicago, IL| May 1             The Crofoot                                                   Pontiac, MI ============================================================ ABOUT CHICHA LIBRE <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html <http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html> "> LABEL WEBSITE</a> SOME RECENT PRESS: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/nyregion/29band.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=&st=nyt&oref=slogin">THE NEW YORK TIMES</a> <a href="http://www.alarmpress.com/3192/music-interview/chicha-libre-brooklynites-find-inspiration-in-amazonian-music/">ALARM MAGAZINE</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91479044">NPR'S MORNING EDITION</a> <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49883-sonido-amazonico">PITCHFORK</a> <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-03-25/music/the-brooklyn-peru-connection/">THE VILLAGE VOICE</a> <a href="http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=61547427">CMJ</a>  <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/55765/chicha-libre-sonido-amazonico/">POPMATTERS</a><a href="http://rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.articles_detail/project_id/356/article_id/9857.cfm"> EL COMMERCIO (Peru) </a>  <a href="http://www.billboardenespanol.com/musica/content_display/esearch/e3ia0a20baccca40a59adf90f0a14b7c8cb">BILLBOARD EN ESPANOL</a> <a href="Press ">Additional Press: Press </a> For further Info, contact: Olivier Conan  Barbès@earthlink.net 718 288 1761   You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/richmond_press/"> http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/richmond_press/ </a>

CHICHA LIBRE at the Capitol Ale House Sat 04/26

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:44:00 GMT

<div align="center"> <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">CHICHA LIBRE at</a> <a href="http://www.capitalalehouse.com/our_shows.php">the </a> <a href="http://www.capitalalehouse.com/our_shows.php">Capitol Ale House Music Hall</a> Saturday April 26th. </div> Chicha LIbre will be playing in support of its dedut cd, <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">Sonido Amazonico!</a>, sharing the bill with their good friends Bioritmo When journalists in Peru want to write about Chicha, the psychedelic-meets-Amazon music once popular in Peru, ironically, they place a call to Brooklyn's Chicha Libre. The group is reviving the style that was popular among Peruvian indigenous and mestizos migrants in the 1970s, but frowned down upon by the middle class and mainstream. Chicha Libre's debut album, <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">Sonido Amazonico</a> (released by <a href="http://barbesrecords.com">Barbès Records</a> on March 25, 2008), features cover songs from the era alongside originals arranged not only in the sound of the time, but using the spirit of Chicha's syncretism. The result is a slightly updated take on the genre: a sound indebted to the Amazonian pioneers, but relevant to 21st century Brooklyn. The name Chicha comes from a type of corn liquor favored by the Incas in pre-Colombian days – It is also the name given to a new wave of Peruvian cumbias, which started out in the 70's. Cumbias Amazonicas, as they were first called, were loosely inspired by Colombian accordion-driven cumbias but incorporated the distinctive pentatonic scales of Andean melodies, some Cuban son, and the psychedelic sounds of surf guitars, farfisa organs and moog synthesizers. Chicha Libre uses a similar instrumentation an draws on most of the same sources. Barbès Records is proud to have been the first label to promote Chicha outside of Peru -<a href="http://barbesrecords.com/rootsofchicha.html"> The Roots of Chicha</a>, which documents the best Peruvian groups of the 70's has proven to be a success in the US and is now being released in Japan, Australia and Europe. Mainstream Peruvian publications have written about the cd, shedding light on a subculture they had never before acknowledged. Barbès Records intends to continue promoting the genre with the help of Chicha Libre, and with further releases, including a cd of Juaneco y su Combo which should be available in August of 2008. Chicha Libre includes musicians associated with the <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/">Barbès</a> scene (a club co-owned by two of the musicians in the band: Olivier Conan and Vincent Douglas) and includes Joshua Camp (One Ring Zero) on Electravox; Olivier Conan (Las Rubias del Norte) on Cuatro and vocals; Nicholas Cudahy (Combustible Edison) on bass, Vincent Douglas (Bébé Eiffel) on guitar and veteran percussionists Greg Burrows (Andy Statman) and Timothy Quigley (Romashka, Zagnut Orkestar). If you wish to receive a copy of Sonido Amazonico! contact us at Barbes@earthlink.net =============================<a href="http://www.capitalalehouse.com/our_shows.php"> CHICHA LIBRE AT the CAPITAL ALE HOUSE MUSIC HALL </a> Friday April 26th - 9:00pm $10 admission. 619 East Main Street 804-780-2537 ============================= Check out some recent press <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0813,the-brooklyn-per,389067,22.html%20%20">VILLAGE VOICE </a>: 03/26 - http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0813,the-brooklyn-per,389067,22.html <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/55765/chicha-libre-sonido-amazonico">POPMATTERS.COM</a>: 03/27 - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/55765/chicha-libre-sonido-amazonico <a href="http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=61547427">CMJ</a> : 03/27- http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=61547427 <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/55765/chicha-libre-sonido-amazonico"></a> Contact: Olivier Conan – barbes@earthlink.net - 718 288 1761 Dmitri Vietze/Jenifer Sheperd at Rock Paper Scissors - 812.339.1195, beat@rockpaperscissors.biz For Hi Res photos, <a href="http://rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.media/project_id/356.cfm">click here</a> or go to http://rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.media/project_id/356.cfm To sample tracks from Sonido Amazonico - <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">click here </a> or go to http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html   You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/richmond_press/"> http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/richmond_press/ </a>