Empanadas Ilegales blends interlocking cumbia rhythms, hypnotic guitar melodies, and experimental salsa sax lines with surf rock, free jazz, and West Coast psych. Featuring members hailing from Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and Canada, the pulsing Vancouver-based septet’s latest record, Creepy Mambo, pays homage to cumbia cult classics while adding a giddy mix of contemporary experimental synth sounds, slinky dub grooves, and feverish percussion departures.

Ricardo Perez guitar, effects and vocals, Daniel Hernandez Pinto bass, Jaime Millan guitar, Daniel Ruiz drums, percussion and vocals, Sangito Bigelow congas, Andrea Milagros percussion, and Jocelyn Waugh trumpet.

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