January 29, 2022

Discos Horoscopo

Chicha is the music of Peru's Great Migration -- the movement of indigenous people and other rural residents, some from the jungle and even more from the Andes, into the coastal cities starting in the 1960s.  And Discos Horoscopo (founder Juan Campos Muñoz is pictured above) recorded the soundtrack of that migration.
 
Horoscopo released hundreds of chicha records between 1977 and 1989.  The label was revived a few years ago; 38 of their titles are now available on Bandcamp, and Belgium's Rebel Up Records just issued Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs From Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987.  So it's a perfect time for a tribute to Discos Horoscopo on Global A Go-Go as part of an all-Latin second hour this week.  For more background, check out this essay from Remezcla: remezcla.com/features/music/discos-horoscopo-relaunch
 
Also this week (Sunday January 30, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): North African strings, Yugo-pop of the 20th and 21st centuries, funaná from Cabo Verde and points beyond, cumbia-adjacent rock en español and champeta's electronic sound.
 


Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
 
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
 
Anouar Kaddour Cherif | Algeria-Switzerland | Sans Pap | Djawla | Riverboat | 2022
Akli D | Tunisia-France | Taqb-aylit (La Kabyle) | Anefas Trankil | Al Sur | 2001
Hassan Wargui | Morocco | Gar Miden | Tiddukla | Hive Mind | 2015
 
Esma Redžepova | North Macedonia | Đurđevdan, Đurđevdan | Ohrid, Ohrid / Večna Tuga EP | PGP RTB | 1969
Divanhana | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Peno | Zavrzlama | CPL | 2022
Kal | Serbia | Duj Duj | Kal | Asphalt Tango | 2006
Ansambl Montenegro | Montenegro | Djelem, Djelem | Izvodi Svetske Hitove | Jugoton | 1968
 
Tchiss Lopes | Cabo Verde-Italy | Mundo D'Margura | Já Bô Corre D’Mim | Arabusta | 1984
Grupo Pilon | Cabo Verde-Luxembourg | S'Ta Contente | Leite Quente Funana De Cabo Verde | Ostinato | 1994
Quirino Do Canto | Cabo Verde-USA-Portugal | Mino Di Mama | Cabo Verde Poema Tropical | self-released | 1985
 
Grupo Maravilla | Peru | Recordando A Natacha | Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs From Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987 | Rebel Up | 1985
Los Shapis | Peru | El Serranito | Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs From Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987 | Rebel Up | 1983
La Mermelada | Peru | Amigo | La Rica Mermelada | Discos Horoscopo | 1982
Chacalon Y La Nueva Crema | Peru | A Trabajar | El Soberano De La Cumbia | Discos Horoscopo | 1982
Pintura Roja | Peru | Ya Te Olvidé | Siempre Juntos | Discos Horoscopo | 1986
 
Las Cafeteras | USA | La Sirena | La Sirena - Single | ONErpm | 2021
Los Bitchos | England UK | Good To Go! | Good To Go! - Single | City Slang | 2021
Orkesta Mendoza | USA-Mexico | Tusk | La Caminadora | Glitterbeat | 2018
Radio Mundial | USA | Camaleón | Momento Eterno | Palm Pictures | 2006
Aterciopelados | Colombia | Florecita Rockera | El Dorado | BMG | 1995
 
Charles King | Colombia | Amanecer | Amanecer | El Pico Producciones | 2015
DJ Rata Piano | Colombia | La Paloma Carnavalera | La Paloma Carnavalera - Single | Palenque | 2022
Joe Arroyo & Juan Carlos Coronel | Colombia | Simula Timula | A Duo: Los Reyes Del Tropico | Discos Fuentes | 2001
Elio Boom | Colombia | El Fulo | Con Todo | Rey | 1999

No comments: