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Based out of the Bay Area, Combo Tezeta plays a highly danceable blend of instrumental Cumbias, Chichas, and Musica Tropical inspired by the late 60's and early 70's era of psychedelic Peru. Layering the reverb-fueled sounds of surf rock onto the foundations of Cumbia, the band's focus is to highlight the rich melodies and hypnotic rhythms birthed from the Afro-Latin diaspora. Along with its appreciation of world music and its diverse cultures, Combo Tezeta's mission is to deliver the sounds and musical echoes of the past to the present through a combination of traditional and original music.

Combo Tezeta was featured in Noise Pop 2023 and has played Pacific Northwest tours with Satan’s Pilgrim and Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini 2023. The band has played famed Bay Area Venues the Chapel, Eli’s Mile High Club and the Ivy Room. Combo Tezeta presents their debut 7" vinyl record, "La Danza Del Camaleón" out now on Discos Más. The title track, an instrumental cumbia-salsera takes you on a tropical trip with a touch of psychedelia, and the flip side, a dark mid-tempo bolero called, "La Reina Nocturna."

In Summer of 2024 they toured the Pacific Northwest and Southern California and will be playing The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, along with many other local shows. This fall also sees the release of their second 7” vinyl record, the first for Discodelic Records label. The video for the single’s ‘A’ side song - Ritmo Interestelar - was chosen by NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts to be one of 20 finalists (out of 7000) , and featured them in the Northern California showcase of finalists at Lagunitas Brewery in June.

“Oakland seven-piece Combo Tezeta kicked off the baile with a garage-band take on ’60s and ’70s classics and originals, with distorted guitars and jangly synths layering psychedelic ooze onto timbales and güiras. The musician’s solos revealed hard-won skills, but the band members looked remarkably chill as they played together fluidly.” – Kqed

Discodelic and Groovie Records present two incredible singles / amazing finds of musical archeology. Four recordings made in Panama in the 70s and lost in time, we finally managed to license these Latin Psych Funk gems through Tamayo Records in a deluxe limited edition. These four groups Conjunto Raza, The Meditators, The Scepters and Los Misticos, were groups that barely recorded a single, which were only used for radio stations and forgotten in warehouses, they represent the most underground and forgotten Panama!

Peter LC is back at it and he finally delivers his first full EP on Discodelic Records. The Magnet EP is a 5-tracks release that unleashes Peter's passion for 4/4 House and that highlights his mastering of groovy sounds and fat basslines. A real dancefloor breaker, from deep to groovy house, one for all all for one.

Discodelic and Groovie Records present two incredible singles / amazing finds of musical archeology. Four recordings made in Panama in the 70s and lost in time, we finally managed to license these Latin Psych Funk gems through Tamayo Records in a deluxe limited edition. These four groups Conjunto Raza, The Meditators, The Scepters and Los Misticos, were groups that barely recorded a single, which were only used for radio stations and forgotten in warehouses, they represent the most underground and forgotten Panama!

We finish our Nicaraguan trilogy presenting the bravest of the Guaguanco of Nicaragua, from the beautiful city of Masaya, the Warumo Orchestra!

The good thing...

Formed at the beginning of 1976, when four friends started with the idea of organizing the first purely Salsera orchestra in Nicaragua, La Salsa was hitting hard throughout Central America, thanks to the immense popularity of El Gran Combo and its tours of Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. The label Fania Records had serious intentions of launching a franchise in Managua in association with Sisa (Sonido Industrial, SA) and Weimar Serrano saw the great potential, thus, with Javier Peña, he decides to organize himself with friends from various groups such as Los Signos del Zodiaco. , Los Cobanes, Los Lobos and Los Hellers, and they settle down to rehearse in the popular neighborhood of Masaya called "El Barrio Loco" and from there with the influence of Roberto Roena and Ray Barretto they begin to create their own compositions with their particular wild sound to two trombones and three trumpets

Although Salsa, Son Montuno and Guaguanco were rhythms that had already been recorded by groups such as Los Clarks, Llama Viva, Grupo Africans and Poder del Alma, the explosive arrival of Warumo revolutionized dances throughout Nicaragua.

Warumo's name was a play on words to refer to guaro and smoke (marijuana), since, although they were Salseros, they had a very marked hippie streak from the years of La Tortuga Morada when several members experimented with modern and psychedelic rhythms. in groups such as La Luz Divina and Los Signos del Zodiaco.

Warumo's history is very short, since it lasted barely two years, the illusions of getting to tour outside of Nicaragua and launching a second full-length vanished with the beginning of the armed uprising of the Fsln (Sandinista National Liberation Front), the The war began and most of the members decided to flee to Costa Rica, abandoning all their belongings (one of the reasons why there are no more photos of the group). Their only album was not commercialized when the armed conflict broke out, the Audio 8 studios they are expropriated in 1978 and the label does not distribute the disc and the copies are lost or destroyed (same case as the third album of Poder del Alma also released in 1977). Nowadays, due to its scarcity and high musical level, it is one of the holy grails of the "underground" Guaguanco and has reached very high prices when a copy appears in public auctions. Discodelic is pleased to rescue and preserve these recordings and make them available to new generations. To enjoy!