Bambulaye [CD]

Los Hacheros, modern-day torchbearers of the Golden Age of Latin music, recorded their album Bambulaye live to an old tape machine, following dates throughout New York City at Lincoln Center, P.S. 1 MOMA, quincaneras and strip clubs in the Bronx. "Bambulaye is gritty and demanding and you better be willing to dance," says producer / guitarist Jacob Plasse, also founder of the Latin revival label, Chulo Records. "I wanted this record to feel and sound the way it does when we play our final sets at 3am, exhausted in East Harlem dives. Suddenly the band comes to life and all the old dancers are at it like it was 1970 again. There are a million tiny cues on Bambulaye that let you know it is a live band, describes Plasse. It feels like it could both fall apart and explode at any moment.

• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: World Music