La Gallera Social Club - Trópico Salvaje (2020)

The famous Venezuelan duo La Gallera Social Club signs their return with a new album whose evocative name is "Trópico Salvaje",an explosive and cosmic initiatory journey in the districts of his hometown, Maracaibo. “Trópico Salvaje” the soundtrack of a journey where the energy of Latin American traditional celebrations as well as secular Amerindian and Afro-Venezuelan traditions are often thrown into a space-time fault. Here, the drums inherited from Africa and the Indian flutes are combine with steel-drums, the cosmic sounds of the 70’s mix with current digital experiments, to bring out Afro-Latin-futuristic and decidedly danceable music. In popular Latin and Caribbean culture, "La Gallera" is the place where cockfighting takes place. “Social Club” in reference to sharing and friendship. spread their unbridled sound. After their 3 acclaimed albums, the duo has multiplied hybrid projects (Tito Candela, Mantekiya or Maa NGala with Ablaye Cissoko) These encounters between different musical universes, have given the Gallera Social Club the keys to unify the ancestral and folk sounds of Venezuela with their psychedelic and electronic influences. "Trópico Salvaje" appears to be La Gallera Social Club's most complete album. The combo draws up a new sound landscape of Caribbean and Afro-Venezuelan culture bringing a new musical genre. The ten tracks on the album plunge us into an explosively futuristic and psychedelic universe. https://www.lagallerasocialclub.com/bio

Tracklist:
01. La Gallera Social Club - Manduco (2:58)
02. La Gallera Social Club - Moroka-Jia (4:07)
03. La Gallera Social Club - Titirijí (4:02)
04. La Gallera Social Club - Mariposa (4:35)
05. La Gallera Social Club - Mamacita (3:47)
06. La Gallera Social Club - Cecilia (2:28)
07. La Gallera Social Club - Kuje (2:26)
08. La Gallera Social Club - Canto de Amor Jayeechi (feat. Marielena Fernandez) (2:42)
09. La Gallera Social Club - Tamoryayo (4:22)
10. La Gallera Social Club - Guacamayo Ara Macao (5:46)