Stereo. 77 (Alejandro Ramirez) is a DJ, Producer, Crate Digger and Radio Host born in 1977 in Puerto Rico who moved to Central Florida in the mid 80s.

He began his DJ career in 1998 lining up multiple residencies throughout the Central Florida region and opening for such acts as Ben Mono, Joey Beats, Ancient Astronauts, DJ Sabo, KidGusto and many more. As a DJ, Stereo. 77 is by no means a traditionalist! His DJ sets are a melting pot of multi-genre flavors soaked in Caribbean spices with a heavy dose of dance floor ready Funky Breaks!

In 2004 he started Filtered Sunshine Radio on WPRK 91.5 FM(Central Florida) Rollins College Radio, a two hour weekly program that airs every Monday evening from 11pm-1am EST, featuring rare grooves, future frequencies and everything in between.

In early 2009, Stereo. 77 signed with Research Deluxe Recordings where he will see his first solo production, The Jibaro Beat EP, released in early summer 2010. The Jibaro Beat EP is a 5 track collection of Classic Salsa, Cumbia and Latin Funk inspired grooves, referred to by Stereo. 77 as “Lo- Fi Latin Funk.”

For us here at PulsoBeat, The Jibaro Beat EP was love at first listen. All the tracks just make you wanna dance; you may be sitting and all you feel like doing is dancing. DJ Stereo. 77’s grooves are original and fresh, it’s definitely worth your time to take a listen and why not?….buy and download the tracks if you really love them as much as we do. Either way, DJ Stereo. 77 was gracious enough to give you a few gifts. Here are a few free downloads for your listening pleasure!

Afroditas VS. G-Flux- Ciclon Del Caribe(Stereo. 77 Ricanstruction)

**If you’d like to buy the the whole EP, you can right HERE!

Here are 2 tracks from The Jibaro Beat EP:

Stereo. 77 -Bobby Conga/aka Conga Dura

Stereo. 77 -Para La D.L./For The D.L.

**If you’d like to buy the the whole EP, you can right HERE!

Robin Finley & Jeff Guerra of The Arepa, Medellin's English Magazine.

What can we say but to first start out by giving a huge thanks to Jeff Guerra and Robin Finley at The Arepa, Medellin’s English Magazine. Without these guys, PulsoBeat’s presence at Unconvention Medellin would have been impossible.  We reached out to them after we received confirmation from Unconvention that we were invited as press to cover the event; that gave us little less than a month to come up with a game plan. Since none of us at PulsoBeat were able to personally make it out to the event at the end of May, we decided to see if The Arepa wanted to represent PulsoBeat at Unconvention. Personally, we think these guys are great! Even though they had their own thing going on for the event, they were still gracious enough to lend us a hand and return with a great article.

If you love what we do here at PulsoBeat, you’d be crazy not to follow The Arepa and everything that they’re doing. These guys are pioneers in Medellin, Colombia, a city that is in the process of a great cultural makeover. They cover the independent/underground scene in Medellin, thats growing stronger and healthier than anybody could ever imagine, by putting out an amazing bi-monthly digital and printed magazine. They host their own English language radio show called Prime Cuts Radio,which is broadcast from the University of Antioquia on 101.9FM every Saturday at 9pm in Medellin.  Add to all of this the fact that they do all their coverage and material in English in a city that is just beginning to culturally embrace foreigners. We love you guys and we hope to continue collaborating on a more consistent basis. This is PulsoBeat and The Arepa’s coverage of Unconvention Medellin 2010. Pulso y Pa’ lante!

Medellinʼs Son Bata talking with UK-based Un-Convention invitees up in the barrio.

Un-Convention Medellin just concluded on May 21, and the independent music industry conference was another unqualified success in the ongoing cultural makeover currently underway in Colombia’s second largest city. Founded in Manchester, England, this was the 8^th version of Un-Convention, and the first held in the Americas. Through free interactive workshops, conferences and forums, the 3-day event aims to provide alternative, independent options to would-be music industry professionals in some of the world’s fledgling creative outposts.

Medellin’s selection dates back a year ago, when Un-Convention founder Ruth Daniel met Colombian music entrepreneur Martín Giraldo during a visit to the city. In addition to noting its exploding music scene, the pair discussed Medellin’s similarity to Manchester in its current attempt to transition from an industrial to cultural capital. They immediately concluded the time was right, and began working to make it happen.

Invitee MC Fallacy (UK, right) with rappers from Medellinʼs Comuna 13. Fallacy spent most of the week working with hip hop producers and MCs in the barrios.

Though Un-Convention is not genre-specific, electronica, hip hop and experimental cumbia were strongly represented throughout the Medellin event. The latter two in particular are worthy of note; hip hop for instance has an established tradition of documenting urban life through powerfully delivered lyrics, and for many local artists this is a perfect vehicle for creatively working through Medellin’s recent violent past. While access to and quality of education is clearly improving in the barrios, poverty and a resulting lack of production tools has hindered the scene’s development. Here, then, is where Un-Convention did some of its best and presumably longest-lasting work.

Looking for new ways to advance a traditional Colombian rhythm, the so-called “Nueva Cumbia” movement is a laboratory for some of Un-Convention’s future-focused principles. Unlike recent Latin/electronica “fusion” projects featuring

Nueva Cumbia maestros Frente Cumbiero (left) and Cero 39 (right), in live performance as part of Un-Convention.

tango and samba, Nueva Cumbia is taking an existing form in an organically

new direction as opposed to fusing its melodic elements with house or techno beats. Local artists Frente Cumbiero and Cero 39 are flying the Colombian flag in this genre, standing tall alongside the scene’s other luminaries in Argentina and Mexico.

Un-Convention’s panel members were every bit as advertised – insightful, innovative, and unfailingly generous from start to finish. It was an enormous gift having them here, and a powerful statement that Medellin is ready to participate in the global marketplace.

http://unconvention.wordpress.com/

http://www.unconventionmedellin.com/

**Photo Credits:

All pictures including title picture, and excluding first and last picture were taken by Daniel Gomez.

Last picture taken by Robin Finley.

Epale mi gente!! Como ya lo saben, mi hermano es DJ en San Francisco, se llama Don Bustamante. Hace poco me mando una de sus nuevas mezclas, esta vez con énfasis en la cumbia. “El Combo de Plata” Mix te lleva de lo clásico de la cumbia hasta las nuevas tendencias que esta tomando este ritmo mundial. AQUI podes escuchar y bajar la mezcla. Además nos mando información sobre cada artista y muchisima música gratis para disfrutar y bailar. Aquí les presento:

“El Combo de Plata” Mezclado por Don Bustamante

Latest tracks by DJ Don Bustamante

1.”Sensicombo“- Jimmy & su Combo Negro vs Mrs Vegas(Luisao Edit)

“A principios del 2008 nace Cabeza!. Un proyecto que tiene como principal protagonista al barrio y sus ritmos. Donde todo es bailable. Cabeza! es cumbia, mashup, dubstep, dancehall, hip-hop y cualquier ritmo que haya nacido en un suburbio.”

“In early 2008 Lucas Luisao and Martin ‘negromoreno’ Moreno joined forces to shape one of the least profitable projects on earth. Cabeza! A virtual label whose main goal is to distribute suburbia music. Cumbia, dancehall, reggaeton mash ups and any other rhythms that started in the slums and made its way to the dance floor. Cabeza! is independent and distributed for free.”  This particular song is off  of  Cabeza! 001 which is available for free RIGHT HERE!!

http://soundcloud.com/lucasluisao
http://www.myspace.com/lucasluisao
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Luisao
http://armyofdub.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/lucasluisao

2. “El Campanero” Aniceto Molina

“Aniceto Molina, originally from the town of El Campano, Colombia, began his musical career at the age of 12 playing the accordion.  From 1973 to 1984 he lived in Mexico and during this time he recorded albums and toured extensively throughout Mexico. Aniceto Molina is very known in El Salvador because his wife is Salvadorian and Cumbia is the most popular genre in El Salvador. In an interview they made in El Salvador, he said that ‘El Salvador is his second home after Colombia’. Molina continues to tour throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. Molina and his group recently released their 43rd album.”

3. “Fosforito” DJ Vadim Meets Mendoza (A Mexican Dubwiser Production)

“Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico and touching down in Los Angeles as one of the city’s most promising DJ’s, Artist, Photographer, Producer, Designer, Journalist and Promoter. Mexican Dubwiser, formally a member of the Sistema Local Sound Cru, lately is know for putting down the best afterhours events and partys you probably haven’t heard about, like DUBWISE SESSIONS & CHIC in Downtown, L.A. Creating a new meaning for what the nightlife should really mean in L.A.”

Free Mexican Dubwiser album AQUI

4.”Tu, Tu Quien Eres” El Hijo De La Cumbia

EL HIJO DE LA CUMBIA – Emiliano Gómez
Productor / Selector / Músico / Compositor

“Emiliano Gómez con 12 años de edad, en el año 1996 realiza sus primeras presentaciones en la escena musical de la Argentina. Un coleccionista de cumbia colombiana radicado en New York le regaló su nombre artístico al llamarlo ‘El Hijo de la Cumbia‘.
 ‘FreeStyle de Ritmos‘ es su primer disco, en cuyas composiciones buscó crear algo diverso como todas esas influencias y emociones que lo llenaron de inspiración.”

Sick track just in time for World Cup  2010. RIGHT HERE…

5. “La Reyna del Turismo” Los Daddys

Picked up this song recently  on  the excellent blog, LA CONGONA. The excerpt from the site reads:

“Below, Chucho Ponce of Los Daddys, comes with a sweet synthed-up version called ‘The Queen of Tourism’. Mayorga goes in hard for the organs, forming a direct lineage with Leon’s “La Cumbia de los Monjes”

6. “Hold The Line” Major Lazer(Frikstailers Remix)

The track speaks for itself… it’s a dancefloor shaker !!!

http://soundcloud.com/frikstailers
http://www.myspace.com/frikstailers
http://frikstailers.blogspot.com/

The video is sick…yes sir it is. PulsoBeat actually did an article on it. Check it out!

7. “Puerto Madero” Lisandro Meza

“Basta mencionar el paseaíto ‘Las Tapas‘ de Ivo Otero, para conocer el gran talento de Lisandro Meza, hoy, uno de los más reconocidos propulsores y divulgadores de la música folclórica sabanera…En 1954 empezó a cantar en la finca de su padre La Armenia…Un día su padre brindó una fiesta a los trabajadores y cuando la mayoría se encontraba algo pasados de tragos, Lisandro Meza agarró el acordeón y comenzó a tocar ‘La hija de Amaranto’, ‘La cumbia cienaguera‘ y ‘El Alto del Rosario’. Su ejecución causó admiración y para Alfredo Gutiérrez se convirtió en el comienzo, en firme, de su vida como acordeonero y cantante…Pero definitivamente logró el estrellato cuando participó en el afamado grupo de Los Corraleros de Majagual. Fue una de las principales figuras del conjunto al cual ingresó en 1961…”

Quoted from elvallenato.com

When I say that Que Bajo?! nights are the best selection of all out danceable Latin/African rhythms, Cumbia and Dancehall… I mean it.

I don’t know how else I can say that Que Bajo is one of the best party events in the US. Luckily for NYC music lovers the party is now a weekly event  every Wednesday at Santos Party House, NYC.

If you’re new to the whole Nu-Latin music scene,  we that follow the best in Latin music are all out carnavaling it in 2010.  The music you will hear at a Que Bajo?! is what you call “Tropical Bass,” a mix of folkloric Latin rhythms with hard bass bumping beats. Dj Ras Pablo from Miami after hearing a set said to me, “This is Awesome! it’s like house, hip hop, Latin music , folkloric, dancehall all in one, I have never heard anything like this and I am now a fan.”

The Dj’s that host Que Bajo?!, Uproot Andy and Geko Jones have a strong passion for keeping a presence of Latino roots music with the stuff kids are listening to today.  Don’t be surprised if you hear cumbia mixed in with rappers or a traditional Peruvian folk song with house thumping beats. What more can I say… listen to the following clip as a sample of what’s to come this and every Wednesday at Santos Santos  Party House, NYC.

For More info Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/quebajoparty
http://www.myspace.com/quebajoparty

Event Info:

Que Bajo?! 11pm- 5$ Cover

Santos Party House

96 Lafayette St.

New York, NY

http://www.santospartyhouse.com/

!Some Party tunes from Uproot Andy- Press PLAY!

More Party Pics:

Alot of the photos come from the homies– http://www.hificartel.com/ check em out- One of the best blogs with great nightlife photos.

WOW! If you haven’t been to the new COOLIADO extra nifty web blog you’re missing out on that rump shaking, cumbia, electro party for dat ass.  I usually don’t blog that ghetto but I’m sure my COOLIADO crew doesn’t mind.

The blog is a must for any NU-Cumbia lovers out there. They are one of the best latin blogs out and I wanted to give them a shout out on the nice newly designed website.

Special SHOUT OUT to Vic Fabrice, Jupa Erian, Alaska Olvido Gara, and Facundo Iturralde for making the blog a daily reality of fresh new latin remix music.

Check out the WEBSITE now —->>>> http://cooliado.blogspot.com/

Got to give a big shout out to Geko Jones for showing me this video on the Dutty Artz blog. This is the best cumbia remix of  all the “Hold The Line” remixes of the  Major Lazers franchise.  The  Frikstailers Remix does the original  justice. Directed by Flamboyant Paradise; this video has the shocking retro cumbia aspects you’d expect from this Digital Cumbia Revolution.

ENJOY!

The first Champeta collaboration with Del Caballo and Kinky Electric Noise. Big ups to Caballo for his always scorching delivery!!!! A new genre has been born…Electro Champeta!!!!! Upodated mix.

Descarga Aqui! Download Here!

Kinky Electric Noise – El Gozon Ft. Del Caballo (Radio Edit)

Kinky Electric Noise - El Gozon Ft. Del Caballo (Radio Edit) by K.inky E.lectric N.oise

Samim – Heater

Es verdad que la cumbia es pegajosa, me imagino que la gente elegida para este video eran gente común de todas partes del mundo, pero no se aguantaron en sus sillas, el baile los llamaba.

Aunque la canción salio en el 2007, hasta ahora esta en rotación por canales de música en America Latina. En Inglaterra, en el 2008, llego al puesto #11 de los Pop charts y aunque en Europa estaba por morir la canción, gente de Facebook y blogs de Cumbia han hecho que el video siga en rotación.  Pues mejor tarde  que nunca. Disfrute y Baile!

SAMIM

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/samim23

Press Release: Arroz con Leche-Dec 5th
PulsoBeat – Tequila Patrón & Ultimat Vodka present:
“Arroz con Leche”
An eclectic showcase of music & visual art

Arroz con Leche is an industry social night gathering of Latin Music, Social Media, Art, and Multi-Media professionals of Miami. We have a special Art Basel showcase with 19 Visual Artists at Transit Lounge (729 SW 1st Ave Miami, FL 33130 ). Sat, Dec 5th from 10pm-5am. FREE Event. ***Official Afterparty of King Chango concert earlier @N.Beach Bandshell.

Music: “Arroz con Leche” monthly entertainment industry networking and music event proudly introduce, LA’s hottest Electro Roots band: PALENKE SOULTRIBE
With Dj’s: Stereo 77 & Thinkdifferent (Filtered Sunshine Radio), Carlito-Sway and EPHNIKO playing the best in Cumbia, Funk, Salsa, Soul, Tropical Bass and Baile Funk

Art: The Visual Art aspect of the “Arroz con Leche” showcase will consist of 19 of Miami’s premiere visual artists. Each artist will be displaying two pieces of original art, totaling 34 works of art on display at the event. All artistic mediums ranging from acrylic and oil to spray paint and styles ranging from abstract and portrait art to graffiti, will be represented. All of the 19 artists will be creatively collaborating on a 30′ mural, “live” at the event.
The artwork on display and limited edition artist’s merchandise, ranging from poster prints to tshirts will be available for purchase.
Visual Artists are as follows:
Ross Ford
NF Romero
Pete Wolleager
OEMS
FIFTYTHREE
E.F.Angel
DEKAL
David Gonzalez
PEST
Eva Ruiz
ABSTRK
Etienne Class
KRAVE
FANE
Luis Diaz
JUNK ROXX
Asaad Morales
Jose Calderon
A. Yanes

Official Website: http://arrozconleche.org/