Los Pirañas

• Company: Biche

Project attributes

Los Pirañas reveal with humor, noise, none solemnity and a hard groove lysergic surprise the psychedelic connections between champeta, afrobeat, rock, and cumbia. This is the South American psychedelic sound of the 21st Century: Los Pirañas!

“It would be sinful not to mention Los Pirañas in any discussion about contemporary Colombian music.” - The Quietus (UK)

Imagine a lysergic encounter among Andres Landero´s dark cumbia, Konono´s distorted trance, Ceramic Dog´s sophisticated rawness, tropical afrobeat and an out of control computer.

For over 20 years Eblis Álvarez (Meridian Brothers), Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero, Ondatrópica) and Pedro Ojeda (Romperayo) have known each other, played together and explored a wide variety of Latin American rhythms. Together they have created a new and powerful way to energize the Latin alternative music scene from within the dance floor.