Following the success of their season finale featuring Grupo Kual?, Discos Rolas return to Grand Performances to present a celebration of the cumbia diaspora featuring Chucho Ponce y Los Daddys, Yeison Landero, Turbo Sonidero, and DJ Chihuahua.
Schedule:
6:00pm, DJ Chihuahua
6:45pm, Turbo Sonidero
7:30pm, Yeison Landero
8:30pm, Chucho Ponce y Los Daddys
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Chucho Ponce Y Los Daddys de Chinantla
Born in Brooklyn, NY to immigrant parents from Apatzingan, Michoacan, and Chinantla, Puebla, Chucho Ponce grew up surrounded by rap, cumbia sonidera, and baladas. In high school, he produced hip-hop beats before channeling his production knowledge into cumbia sonidera. After the unexpected death of his father, at age 19 Chucho decided to move to his father’s village to follow his cumbia sonidera dreams as Chucho Ponce Los Daddys de Chinantla. Before any official releases, sonideros began playing the group’s music, and “Cumbia Primero de Mayo” a protest song that became a Mexican immigrant rights anthem--became their first underground hit. The first album Bienvenidos a Chinantla (2007)--released by Los Angeles’ Discos Barba Azul-- plays tribute to Chucho’s roots. Since then, Chucho Ponce Los Daddys continues to innovate new styles and rhythms that influence cumbia poblana. Their latest album Puebla York expands their diasporic sound. From the streets of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Bed-Stuy to the village of Chinantla, Puebla (population 3000), Chucho Ponce Los Daddy’s cosmopolitan background, experiences, and return migration shapes their unique sound.
Yeison Landero
Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto (Bolívar) in the heart of Los Montes de María located in the Caribbean region of Colombia. His grandfather, Andrés Landero was one of the most famous accordionists, known as the “King of Cumbia.” Today, having received all this legacy from his grandfather, Yeison, known as the “Heir to Cumbia,” is not only one of the greatest accordion players, but also is working to create his own traditional style. His first album, Landero Vive (2018) is a posthumous tribute to his grandfather’s legacy. In 2019, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto invited him to participate in recording the album El Último Cacique, which was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for "Best Folk Album" in 2020. That same year, he received Grammy nomination in the "Cumbia-vallenata" category for his collaboration on the song "Llora Mi Acordion" by Los Cumbia Stars from Medellín. Yeison Landero has performed from Canada to Chile, passing through the United States and Mexico, and from Europe to Africa, passing through London, Madrid, Vienna, Morocco and landing in Cairo. He has brought his sabanero cumbia to the Kennedy Center, the Ford, and Washington DC’s Lincoln Theater with the help of Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto.
Turbo Sonidero
Turbo Sonidero is a music producer, DJ, and record collector from San Jose, CA who continues to pioneer the global boom of cumbia through his innovative sound. Turbo Sonidero’s performances and albums blend cumbia sonidera with R&B oldies, bringing a hip-hop sensibility to pitched-down cumbia rebajada, and recognizing loop- and sample-based-cumbia editada as avant-garde electronic music. His cosmic sound comes from Cyber Aztlán--a reimagination of the mythical Aztec ancestral land. He is the founder of Kumbia Net/Kumbia Obscura and Discos Pirámide, a collective and label that promotes new and up-and-coming cumbia producers from Mexico and beyond. Along with Arrabalero, Turbo Sonidero is the co-founder of Grupo Jejeje. His albums include Lowrider Kumbias and Grupo Jejeje’s self-titled debut album, both released by Discos Rolas. He has toured throughout the US, Mexico, South America, and Europe and has been featured in Vogue MX, The New Yorker, Fader, Vice MX, Afropop Worldwide, KQED, and XLR8R, among others, and is the subject of the forthcoming documentary KUMBIA NET: Un estilo bien diferente.
DJ Chihuahua
Hailing from the vibrant streets of Brooklyn, NY with his parents’ roots tracing back to Puebla City and Chinantla Puebla, DJ Chihuahua has carved out a distinctive niche in the world of Cumbia as a pioneering figure in the realm of Editadas now known as Cumbia Wepa.With an innovative approach that fuses traditional rhythms with contemporary beats and electronic elements, he has captivated audiences on both sides of the border.
Highlighted by the New York Times, DJ Chihuahua’s unique sound has garnered widespread recognition, earning him a reputation as one of the foremost authorities in the Cumbia Editada genre.
As his catalog of tracks continue to serve as the sonic backdrop to bailes spanning across the United States and Mexico, DJ Chihuahua returns to redefine the genre once again, armed with a renewed sense of purpose and artistic vision. The producer has a close, symbiotic relationship with the top sonideros in New York and Puebla, and his breakout track, "Cumbia De Le Pendeja," is played by Sonido Condor. DJ Chihuahua has a commitment to pushing the limits of Cumbia and staying true to his cultural roots.
About Discos Rolas
Discos Rolas is an independent record label and creative ethnographic collaboration founded by multidisciplinary artist Gary Garay (Ganas) and anthropologist Alexandra Lippman (Xandão) in 2018. We follow musical and sonic connections within Latin America through album releases, screenings, dance parties, artist talks, and long-term collaborations with artists, designers, photographers, and musicians. We release music on vinyl and cassette with artists including Turbo Sonidero, Grupo Kual?, Grupo Soñador, Grupo Jejeje, Sonido Dueñez, and others. We also work with visual artists and designers including Roberto Rodriguez, Jaime Ruelas, and Local Offices. In 2020, we released the short documentary “Grupo Kual? Música de Barrio” on the Pedraza family’s multi-generational legacy as pioneers and innovators in cumbia in Mexico City. Our work has been featured in the New Yorker, FADER, Vogue Mexico, and elsewhere.
CHIRLA was founded in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees. CHIRLA became a place for organizations and people who support human rights to work together for policies that advance justice and full inclusion for all immigrants.
This PERFORMANCE is supported, in part, by AARP, Ahmad Tea, the Green Foundation, the Norris Foundation, a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Councilmember Kevin DeLeón and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture through the following programs: as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan, and the Organizational Grant Program.
