por Morales | Nov 8, 2017 | English, News, Press
Ten years ago, sonic curiosity and a shared passion of Afro-Indigenous music brought about the formation of Solar Systema, a seven-piece Colombian band putting on for the Caribbean region of Colombia. At the top of this year, the group released Rumbo a Tierra, which...
por Morales | Jun 13, 2017 | English, News
The Colombian band Systema Solar pulled off a neat trick to call itself into existence, orchestrating its inception in front of a sizable crowd: when Vanessa Gocksch, a DJ in the not-yet-formed group, was invited to play at an Art Biennial in Medellín, she came back...
por Morales | Jun 13, 2017 | English, News
Grooves matter most on “Rumbo a Tierra,” by the Colombian collective Systema Solar, and they’re magnificent grooves. Systema Solar comes from Barranquilla, a major port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, and its music makes connections to the sound-system D.J....
por Morales | Jun 13, 2017 | English, News
From the land between Colombia’s Caribbean coast and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Systema Solar is a collective with a strong visual sensibility and a heavy new Afro-Caribbean sound. Mixing sounds like champeta, bullerengue, hip-hop and electronic beats, Systema...
por Morales | Jun 13, 2017 | English, News
The galvanizing debut from this fiery pack of tropical-loving space cadets, released in 2010, displayed an urgency and compassion for the hardships of marginalized earthlings. Read...
por Morales | Dic 15, 2016 | English, News
Billboard premieres the video for the Afro-Colombians’ new party anthem. Rumbera is included on the FIFA 2017 soundtrack. Read...