More Info In its isolated cities, cut off from the fashions of the capital, a unique style ofmusic began to develop, inspired equally by the sounds of the surroundingforests, the roll of the mighty Amazon and Ucayali Rivers, and the rhythms ofcumbia picked up from distant stations on transistor radios. With the arrival ofelectricity, a new generation of young musicians started plugging in their guitarsand trading in their accordions for synthesizers: Amazonian cumbia was born. Powered by fast-paced timbale rhythms, driven by spidery, treble-damaged guitarlines, and drenched in bright splashes of organ, Amazonian cumbia was like ahyperactive distant cousin of surf music crossed with an all-night dance party inthe heart of the forest. While many of the genre's greatest tracks wereinstrumental, and others were simple celebrations of life in the jungle, the goal ofevery song was to keep the party going. Radio stations in Lima remained unaware of the new electric sounds emanatingfrom the jungle, but a handful of pioneering record producers ventured over themountain passes to the cities of Tarapoto, Moyobamba, Pucallpa – even Iquitos,a city reachable only by boat or plane – and lured dozens of bands to therecording studios of the capital to lay down their best tracks. Although manybecame local hits, few were ever heard outside the Amazonian region … until now. With eighteen tracks from some of the greatest names in Amazonian cumbia,Perú Selvatico is both the improbable soundtrack to a beach party on a banks ofthe Amazon and a psychedelic safari into the sylvan mysteries of the Peruvianjungle. Tracklist 1. Descarga Royal - Los Royal´s de Pucallpa2. La Cervecita - Sonido Verde de Moyobamba3. Selva Virgen - Los Zheros4. Moyobambina - Grupo Siglo XX de Rioja5. Humo En La Selva - Los Invasores de Progreso6. La Hamaca - Los Cisnes7. Cumbion Universal - Fresa Juvenil de Tarapoto8. La Trochita - Los Rangers de Tingo Maria9. La Bola Buche - Los Invasores de Progreso10. Bailando En El Infinito - Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical11. Safari En La Selva - Los Cisnes12. Baila Bonito - Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical13. Ali Baba - Los Zheros14. La Palmerita - Fresa Juvenil De Tarapoto15. Recordando A Aguaytia - Sonido Verde de Moyobamba16. El Pasito De Miriam - Grupo Siglo XX de Rioja17. Rio Mar - Los Cisnes18. La Uñita - Los Zheros
