Camino

Colombian Multi-instrumentalist Dragao is one of the most gifted musicians of his generation. There's a greater emphasis on Dub and other Electronic Music expressions such as Techno, Breakbeat, and Bass Music in his later work, taking them unto a field of extensive experimentation where rhythms of the Colombian Caribbean and Pacific regions are woven with oscillating textures and broken rhythms.
Synthesizers, beat boxes and acoustic instruments complement each other creating the characteristic sound of this new stage, which is heavily influenced by the research on folklore and digital music production technologies this producer has made within the last 15 years. His new "Camino" EP, released on Galletas Calientes Records, is a leap into his Afro-Colombian roots, fusing traditional elements with a reggae influenced dub technique, Incorporating guitars and keys of his own. The great Cumbia Lobina, featuring renowned singer Nidia Gongora is an homage to the Pacific coast of Colombia, while Dub Aguila and the voices of Macky Ruff of Cumbia Rockers All Stars and Javier Fonseca of Alerta Kamarada takes us to a cumbia-reggae party. Other great songs like Agua incorporates elements of dub, cumbia, bass music, and the accordion of Vallenato from the south-eastern prairies of Colombia.