n exact replica of the original Clave label LP release of fourteen crucial tracks by these Uruguayan legends, whose line-up includes members of Totem and Limonada, and features the compositional abilities of poet/panhandler and acid casualty Eduardo Mateo and his alter-ego, candombe legend Ruben Rada.

n exact replica of the original Clave label LP release of fourteen crucial tracks by these Uruguayan legends, whose line-up includes members of Totem and Limonada, and features the compositional abilities of poet/panhandler and acid casualty Eduardo Mateo and his alter-ego, candombe legend Ruben Rada.

El Kinto began their brief but eventful life in music playing in the dark shadows at Orfeo Negro (Black Orpheus), a night club near the Portones de Carrasco in Montevideo, Uruguay. Inspired by the way Tropicalistas like Os Mutantes were transforming the pop music of Brazil, El Kinto embraced their own native music formsbut, as always, they went a step further: they integrated candombe and bossa nova into beat music, but they also added their own notion of psicodelics. They experimented with newness in all its varietynew sounds from their guitars, new types of vocal delivery, new ways of striking the drums (with little brooms, with gavels or their hands). As one journalist noted in 1969, El Kinto, directed by the brilliant Mateo, and amplified to the maximum creates a frenzy of rhythmic music in whichwith force and convictionpure wave beat is synthesized with the warmth of the African drums. The result of the groups tireless experiments is music which sounds fresh and engaging today. In a world dominated by the commercialization of everythingincluding (although it is difficult to comprehend)the arts, all we can say is, thank god for El Kinto!

• 180gm wax
• Deluxe old-school tip on jacket (exact replica of original version)
• Full color insert with detailed liner notes & rare photos

LIONLP107 Artist – El Kinto

• Format Detail: LP Black
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item’s shipment.**
• Format: Vinyl
• Released: 4/24/10
• Internal ID: JIT