Edmundo Arias - Guepa Je! (2xLP) Nuits D’ete These reels preceded the band’s

These reels preceded the band’s Sub Pop debut I

and enjoyed far beyond the tropics

For fans of: The Shadows

the Papua-San stands tall behind any home bar or in a collector’s cabinet

It’s not space music in the modern sense

Edmundo Arias - Guepa Je! (2xLP) Nuits D’ete These reels preceded the band’sEdmundo Arias Guepa Je! (2xLP) Step beyond the palm fringed beaches of mid century exotica and into the ballrooms of Colombia with Guepa Je! a vibrant 2LP collection of Edmundo Arias golden age recordings. Where Martin Denny and Les Baxter conjured tropical reveries from a Honolulu bandstand or Hollywood studio, Arias lived inside the rhythm, crafting cumbias, porros, and tropical dances that defined Colombias nightlife in the 1950s and 60s. This