REPRESS! In 2007, Barbès released a first compilation, The Roots of Chicha – it was the first time the music was ever anthologized outside of Peru and the record quickly became a cult in both South and North America and gained fans as diverse as Alex Kapranos, of Franz Ferndinand, Elijah Wood, Howe Gelb, of Giant Sand or Pedro Almodovar who used one of the tracks for the credits of his movie “I’m so Excited”. At the end of the 1960’s, in the Amazonian cities of Pucallpa and Iquitos as well as in Lima, Peruvian musicians discovered electricity – and Ayahuasca.. Armed with Farfisas, electric guitars, fuzztone and wah pedals, they started mixing cumbia, psychedelic rock, Surf, Huayno - from the highlands, Carimbó from the Brazilian Amazon, Classical music, guaracha, boogaloo and other exotic sounds mostly gleaned from radio broadcasts. Chicha was born: a new hybrid that owed its name to the Inca’s favorite brew and had become a symbol of pre-colombian pride among poor migrants who made it their music of choice – even though it remained totally ignored by official Peruvian institutions and the privileged Peruvians who control them. The Roots of Chicha Vol. 1 gathers some of the most defining chicha pioneers: Los Destellos, Los Mirlos, Juaneco y su Combo, Los Diablos Rojos, los Hijos del Sol. Tracklisting 1. Sonido Amazonico 2. Linda Nena 3. Cariñito 4. A Patricia 5. Sacalo Sacalo 6. Ya Se Ha Muerto mi Abuelo 7. El Milagro Verde 8. Para Elisa 9. Linda Muñequita 10. Muchachita del Oriente 11. Elsa 12. Vacilando Con Ayahuesca 13. El Guapo 14. Mi Morena Rebelde 15. Si Me Quieres 16. Me Robaron Mi Runa Mula 17. La Danza de Los Mirlos