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"Come hail the current ranking Queen of Digi Cumbia, showering you with electrifying Latinx riddims, smashing all trad / modern boundaries like time was no thing. Chamamé, carnavalito, dub, dancehall, whatever - La Yegros is a vital call to dance from all corners FFO: Bomba Estéreo, Sidestepper, Chancha Via Circuito, El Buho."
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A gig held at The Jam Jar on Monday 15th April. The event starts at 20:00.
The Jam Jar are thrilled to be able to present to you La Yegros, Argentina’s queen of nu-cumbia.
From Buenos Aires, with family roots in the tropical climates found in the rain forests of the north of Argentina, her music is an explosive combination of the urban and the folkloric: chamamé dub, mixed with funky coplas and cumbia raps that have a huge international audience.
We are so excited to think that we will be hearing a brand new album as well as hits like ‘Viene de Mi’ and ‘Chicha Roja’ live and direct in our intimate venue. Do not miss!
The Jam Jar Presents
La Yegros
+ Xaman X
& DJ Hodguez
Monday 15th April
Doors Open 7.30pm
Starts promptly at 8pm
At The Jam Jar, Bristol
LA YEGROS
La Yegros returned to the stage in 2022 to celebrate an anniversary: the 10th anniversary of Viene de Mí, her hit from the album of the same name, released worldwide in 2013, which catapulted her to international fame.
We discovered a singer as rooted in the traditions of her country as she is in the most contemporary trends. Her parents come from Misiones, a province bordering Brazil and Paraguay, where balls are filled with the sounds of Chamamé, Carnavalito and Colombian cumbia. But she herself is a native of Buenos Aires, whose nights are alive with the dancehall and electronic bass.
These influences have fused in two further successful albums, Magnetsmo (2016) and Suelta (2019), followed by whirlwind tours during which La Yegros has been able to display her generous nature, inexhaustible energy, exuberant personality and infectious enthusiasm.
La Yegros relaunched its dance machine in front of audiences as wild as ever, with a tried and tested repertoire that no dancer can resist. But it was also time for a new repertoire. To record their fourth album, La Yegros put her trust in a winning team, already responsible for Viene de Mí. On the one hand, producer King Coya (Gaby Kerpel), a pioneer of synthetic experimentation applied to traditional music. On the other, composer Daniel Martin, who knows how to come up with melodies to dream about and hymns to sing along to. Inseparable and complementary, the trio continue to concoct this fantastic mixture where acoustic instruments meet samples and the rolling of machines.
But La Yegros, crowned queen of Nu-Cumbia, has never rested on her laurels. Her new productions continue to draw on popular music, but they are breaking away from over-defined genres. La Yegros invents her own folklore by knitting together new rhythms and integrating original sounds (bassoon, transverse flute, flamenco guitar, etc.), while the urban elements promise to turn dancefloors upside down with echoes of reggae and funk.
La Yegros never conceives an album without imagining how it will perform live. And although her show is a benchmark for the venues and festivals, she went into residency to beef up her formula. In addition to her usual line-up of guitar, accordion and percussion, a musician handles synthesizers and machines to play all the electronic elements live - a risk-taker as much as a doubling of possibilities. In any case, you can count on the singer to assert her increasingly clear-cut character with each new project. And, above all, to never give up. La Yegros is back and her batteries are fully charged!
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)
From Buenos Aires, with family roots in the tropical climates found in the rain forests of the north of Argentina, her music is an explosive combination of the urban and the folkloric: chamamé dub, mixed with funky coplas and cumbia raps that have a huge international audience.
We are so excited to think that we will be hearing a brand new album as well as hits like ‘Viene de Mi’ and ‘Chicha Roja’ live and direct in our intimate venue. Do not miss!
The Jam Jar Presents
La Yegros
+ Xaman X
& DJ Hodguez
Monday 15th April
Doors Open 7.30pm
Starts promptly at 8pm
At The Jam Jar, Bristol
LA YEGROS
La Yegros returned to the stage in 2022 to celebrate an anniversary: the 10th anniversary of Viene de Mí, her hit from the album of the same name, released worldwide in 2013, which catapulted her to international fame.
We discovered a singer as rooted in the traditions of her country as she is in the most contemporary trends. Her parents come from Misiones, a province bordering Brazil and Paraguay, where balls are filled with the sounds of Chamamé, Carnavalito and Colombian cumbia. But she herself is a native of Buenos Aires, whose nights are alive with the dancehall and electronic bass.
These influences have fused in two further successful albums, Magnetsmo (2016) and Suelta (2019), followed by whirlwind tours during which La Yegros has been able to display her generous nature, inexhaustible energy, exuberant personality and infectious enthusiasm.
La Yegros relaunched its dance machine in front of audiences as wild as ever, with a tried and tested repertoire that no dancer can resist. But it was also time for a new repertoire. To record their fourth album, La Yegros put her trust in a winning team, already responsible for Viene de Mí. On the one hand, producer King Coya (Gaby Kerpel), a pioneer of synthetic experimentation applied to traditional music. On the other, composer Daniel Martin, who knows how to come up with melodies to dream about and hymns to sing along to. Inseparable and complementary, the trio continue to concoct this fantastic mixture where acoustic instruments meet samples and the rolling of machines.
But La Yegros, crowned queen of Nu-Cumbia, has never rested on her laurels. Her new productions continue to draw on popular music, but they are breaking away from over-defined genres. La Yegros invents her own folklore by knitting together new rhythms and integrating original sounds (bassoon, transverse flute, flamenco guitar, etc.), while the urban elements promise to turn dancefloors upside down with echoes of reggae and funk.
La Yegros never conceives an album without imagining how it will perform live. And although her show is a benchmark for the venues and festivals, she went into residency to beef up her formula. In addition to her usual line-up of guitar, accordion and percussion, a musician handles synthesizers and machines to play all the electronic elements live - a risk-taker as much as a doubling of possibilities. In any case, you can count on the singer to assert her increasingly clear-cut character with each new project. And, above all, to never give up. La Yegros is back and her batteries are fully charged!
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)
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