We just confirmed Chicha Libre as the live band for our wedding reception! The Brooklynites recently came back from a tour in Peru and look forward to sharing music in the high desert with our friends and family.
Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazonian jungles. The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of dusty, rarified Chicha classics with French-tinged originals as well as cumbia versions of French composers, Eric Satie and Maurice Ravel.
The group includes Brooklyn Barbès scene: Olivier Conan and VIncent Douglas) and includes Keyboardist Joshua Camp, who plays an antiquated Electravox; Olivier Conan (who also play with Las Rubias del Norte) on Cuatro and vocals; Bassist Nicholas Cudahy ; Guitarist Vincent Douglas and veteran percussionists Greg Burrows (Andy Statman) and Timothy Quigley (Romashka).
They also happen to be great friends of Dengue Fever. About a year ago, Ethan interviewed the founder of Chicha Libre, Olivier Conan, for my online pub, EM Magazine. To read more about the band and listen to their music, check out the interview here: http://evilmonito.com/2008/05/01/rebirth-of-cumbia-psych/
