Scene and heard: Tribal guarachero

Combining the traditional music of Mexico with the relentless force of techno, could this new sound take off in the UK?Imagine if UK producers transformed traditional Morris dancing songs into house bangers. An impossible mix? Well a similar thing is happening in Mexico, where producers are combining the traditional shuffle of South American folk and cumbia with the momentum of techno. Tribal guarachero, or just tribal (pronounced tree-VAL), takes the congas, güira, claves and timbales of folk ...

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