UK based record label Tiger’s Milk Records once again team up with Strut Records to release their longrnanticipated second compilation album, Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych from Peru’s radical decade.rnPeru Bravo tells the whirlwind story of a culture in flux. During the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Lima boastedrndozens of young bands full of ideas, spontaneous and unfazed by the instability in Peru. Featuring alternativernheroes Traffic Sound and Laghonia alongside a selection of unheralded short-lived groups, Peru Bravo is arnfunk-fuelled ride through a radical decade.rnLike its predecessor, Tiger’s Milk’s debut LP ‘Peru Maravilloso’, Peru Bravo digs deep. It unearths thernfull spectrum of incendiary underground funk, soul and psych sounds that emerged following the first TVrnperformance by the Peruvian Grand Daddies of garage punk, Los Saicos in 1965.rnBy ‘66, there were dozens of guitar based groups in Lima playing a mix of instrumental surf, rock ‘n roll andrngarage punk. With the growing influence of West coast American rock, funk and soul and British psychedeliarnand rock, the underground music scene in Peru diversified rapidly. It would, however, be only a matter ofrnyears before this burgeoning movement disappeared just as quickly as a new, uncompromising militaryrndictatorship led by General Juan Velasco Alvarado, took hold.rnArtists on Peru Bravo include psychedelic ensembles Laghonia & Telegraph Avenue, both heavily influencedrnby American West coast bands like Santana & Jefferson Airplane. Also featured are Black Sugar’s hard funk,rnTraffic Sound’s rock-edged boogaloo and the raw-but-sweet harmonies of Thee Image, all under-pinned by arndeep soulfulness that pervaded much of the music of the time.rnThe album also features three dynamite cover versions of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Hey Joe’, Steppenwolf’s ‘SookiernSookie’ and the Meters’ ‘Cissy Strut’.rnIn Peru, the word ‘bravo’ has a double meaning. It can refer to something that is ‘edgy’ or ‘dangerous’ but canrnalso be a celebratory exclamation like in English. This collection celebrates a wonderfully brave and creativernperiod that lasted just a few years during the coercive and fear inducing reign of Velasco’s government.rnCompiled by Duncan Ballantyne, Andrés Tapia del Rio & Martin MoralesrnTiger’s Milk Records is run by Martin Morales & Duncan Ballantyne.rnMartin is a producer, author, top chef and restaurateur. He oversees the award winning Ceviche and AndinarnPeruvian Restaurants in London and has released a best-selling cookbook Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen,rnwhich has been translated into eight languages.rnrnTRACKLISTINGrn1. Laghonia – Bahiarn2. Traffic Sound – La Camitarn3. Jean Paul “El Troglodita” –rnEverything’s Gonna Changern4. Cacique – Caciquern5. Los Holy’s – Cissy Strutrn6. Thee Image – Outasitern7. Black Sugar – Checanrn8. Los Belking’s – Sabatarn9. Telegraph Avenue – Sungaligalirn10. Los Texao – Sookie Sookiern11. Jeriko – Hey Joern12. Los Destellos – Onsta La Yerbitarn13. Los Nuevos Shains – Pancito Calientern14. The Mad’s – Aouh Aouhrn15. Los Comandos – El Sermón