The tropical music stars have joined Peruvian Cumbia All Stars and between its members include blackbirds, Sparkles, The Beta 5, The Ribarenos, Sunflowers, The Red Devils, and Compay Quinto Juaneco.
All form a soundtrack that plays at the Amazon Sea Music on Wednesday 24 July, in an edition that this year will be dedicated to Peru.
This meeting of Peruvian cumbia myths stand the Sparkles that are present in the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, Lovers Passengers. Both the beginning of the film, as in the trailer, you can hear the famous theme of Beethoven, To Elisa, played by this group.
The Sparks was born in 1966, at the initiative of Enrique Delgado, known as the creator of Peruvian cumbia. The group lasted until 1995, and the following year, Edith Delgado continued the tradition to assume leadership of the artistic team.
He was also the manager of flash, Ã "scar Homes, contact the manager of the legendary Peruvian cumbia bands to form Cumbia All Stars.
The Flashes were the first major band that gave a characteristic sound to Peruvian cumbia i nstrument introducing a hitherto rock itself: the electric guitar.
Conjugated tropical rhythm and speed of the rock with riffs and melodies syncopated Creole with vital nerve Andean Amazon.
The cumbia came to Peru in the sixties, becoming a very popular genre.
It was in that decade when the first local cumbia groups, which did not seek his first recordings innovate the original style began to emerge.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena