El Hijo de La Cumbia

Crisscrossing Latin American rhythms with African traditions, dancehall reggae, hip-hop, steamy dub, and sonidero, musician, producer, and musical anthropologist El Hijo de La Cumbia is one of the pioneers of the 21st century Nu-Cumbia movement. In his own words, his mission is to create a music that will "unite all the ghettos of the world." Now based in Malmo, Sweden, he spends as much time in research as he does making music in his studio, playing festival stages, and producing others. His quaking 2008 debut album, Freestyle de Ritmos, provided an early distillation of his ...