In 2010 the band were one of a dozen artists commissioned by Levi's to cover songs from previous decades, as part of "Levi's Pioneer Sessions" marketing campaign. Estalla was released the following year in the US under the new title Blow Up, with the single "Fuego" helping to attract new fans outside Colombia and resulting in the group being voted "Best New Band in the World" for 2010 by viewers of MTV Iggy, the television channel's outlet for alternative world music artists.
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Impressed with Saumet's contribution, Mejía began to collaborate with her and Cadavid on songs for the next Bomba Estéreo album.īy the time the second album Estalla was released in 2008, Bomba Estéreo had developed into a full band, with Saumet on vocals, Cadavid on percussion, Julián Salazar on guitar, and former Sidestepper collaborator Enrique "Kike" Egurrola on drums, alongside Mejía on bass and keyboard programming. Saumet had briefly been the singer for the dub reggae band Mister Gomes en Bombay before meeting Mejía at a concert. 1 was Santa Marta-born singer and rapper Liliana "Li" Saumet, on the track "Huepaje".
One of the vocalists Mejía had used on Vol. 1, Mejía attended the Latin Alternative Music Conference in New York City and was able to secure an international distribution deal with California-based Nacional Records for future releases, with Colombian releases on the Bogotá independent label Polen Records. 1 (2006), essentially a solo album but featuring contributions from other artists such as fellow A.M. The first results of his new project was the seven-track mini-album Vol. 770 had effectively become Mejía's solo project and he began to focus more on the musical side of his work, changing the name of the group to Bomba Estéreo. 770's first musical production was the track "Ritmika" (based on a sample of a song by Venezuelan salsa band Los Blanco) on the album Colombeat, a 2002 compilation showcasing this new musical style which was put together by Colombia's foremost alternative rock band Aterciopelados for their new label Entrecasa.īy 2005, A.M. Their music was influenced by Colombian groups such as Sidestepper and Bloque de Busqueda who in the late 1990s had started combining traditional Colombian musical rhythms such as salsa and cumbia with modern electronic beats and dance music. The origins of the group go back to 2001 when Bogotá native Simón Mejía (previously a member of 1990s Colombian alternative rock band Charconautas) was part of a loose collective of musicians and visual artists under the name A.M. History 2005–2008: Career beginning and Vol. Their music has been described as "electro tropical" or "psychedelic cumbia". Nacional Records, Polen Records, FM Discos Y Cintas, Soundway, Sony Musicīomba Estéreo is a Colombian band founded in Bogotá in 2005 by Simón Mejía. 05-14 Jalisco, Mexico - Akamba Festival 07-08 Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK Live 07-10 London, England - Somerset House 08-17 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall 08-18 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre 08-20 Boston, MA - Big Night Live 08-21 Queens, NY - LetsGetFr.ee Carnaval 09-01 Lisbon, Portugal - Kalorama 09-02 Mijas, Spain - Cala Mijas 09-16 Orlando, FL - Plaza Live 09-17 Miami, FL - Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park 09-19 Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring 09-20 Philadelphia, PA - Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia 09-21 New York, NY - Palladium Times Square 09-23 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre 09-27 Seattle, WA - The Paramount Theatre 09-28 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater 10-01 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre 10-02 Dana Point, CA - Ohana Festival 10-03 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium 10-06 Mexico City, Mexico - Pepsi Center WTC 11-16 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique 11-18 Paris, France - Bataclan 11-19 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall 11-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg (The Max) 11-22 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle 11-23 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega 11-24 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle 11-26 Warsaw, Poland - Klub Stodola 11-27 Vienna, Austria - Flex 11-29 Zurich, Switzerland - Kaufleuten 12-01 Madrid, Spain - WiZink Center 12-03 Barcelona, Spain - St.Electro, Cumbia, Alternative dance, psychedelic pop
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