finetune artist: Cafe Tacuba

To call this Mexican band's influence on alternative Latin music vital is no overstatement. While they are often lumped into the already hazy Rock en Espa¤ol set, the rabid shape-shifting of Caf Tacuba (often spelled Caf Tacvba) renders them splendidly beyond category. Their songwriting is a fiercely original blend of the traditional and contemporary, the folkloric and modern, traversing such territories as hip-hop, funk, bolero, southern California punk, tropic lia, Europop, dadaist noise painting, and Mexicanisms such as ranchera, huapango, and polka, with little regard to order or duration of visit. The result is exhilarating pop music that is abidingly eclectic and yet distinctly Mexican. At a given moment, their instrumentation may have nylon-string guitar, trombone and tololoche (traditional upright bass) sitting alongside sequencers, melodi¢n and a drum machine. This last element makes Caf Tacuba a relative rarity in Latin music, in that it is a band with no drum kit or percussion section. Yet, it is a telling paradox that these free-wheeling innovators take their moniker from an old, downtown Mexico City restaurant known for serving typical Mexican dishes.

Listen to Cafe Tacuba at Finetune.

(2005) Un Viaje
(2003) Cuatro Caminos
(2002) Vale Callampa
(1999) Reves/Yosoy
(1999) Reves/Yosoy CD1
(1996) Avalancha de Exitos

La Ingrata
Las Flores
Chilanga Banda
Esa Noche
Ojala Que Llueva Cafe

alejandrocm on 2011-03-23 20:33:28.207:
Buenos beats!!! excelentes beats!!!