Jorge Espinal - Bombos y cencerros (2025) [Hi-Res]

After more than a decade of touring, collaborations, and sonic explorations, Peruvian guitarist and improviser Jorge Espinal presents Bombos y cencerros, his first solo album, released through Buh Records. Based in Buenos Aires since 2007, Espinal has been part of projects such as Ricarda Cometa and Calato, where he developed a musical approach in which body and instrument function as a single rhythmic unit.

The idea for the album took shape after a 16-date European tour in 2023. Back in Buenos Aires, Espinal entered Estudio Belcebú to record, in a single session, a series of pieces that condense years of practice. Here we hear him playing, all at once: prepared electric guitar, bass drum, cowbell, pedals, and laptop. He triggers samples, builds loops, freezes sounds. The guitar becomes a source of rhythm rather than harmony.

The title Bombos y cencerros refers to two essential elements of popular Latin American percussion. These are instruments that set the pulse, that lead the way in parties, processions, and street celebrations. In the context of the album, they also serve as a statement of intent: rhythm as a point of departure. Espinal takes this foundation and transports it to a territory where noise, repetition, and accident coexist.

Bombos y cencerros is released through Buh Records in a limited vinyl edition. The album was mixed and mastered by Genosidra, and the cover art is by Japanese artist Hideyuki Katsumata, a frequent collaborator of Espinal since his work in Ricarda Cometa.

Tracklist:
1-1 Jorge Espinal - pan con chicharrón [2:58]
1-2 Jorge Espinal - štruklji y venados [2:19]
1-3 Jorge Espinal - trompo bien quiñado [4:13]
1-4 Jorge Espinal - ají de pollería [2:23]
1-5 Jorge Espinal - azul, paredón, tanques de agua [2:19]
1-6 Jorge Espinal - carretillero [4:17]
1-7 Jorge Espinal - teclado como guitarra a la altura de la cintura [3:26]
1-8 Jorge Espinal - tarascón [3:08]
1-9 Jorge Espinal - adobo y soplete [4:04]