It wasn’t long before the band embarked on a world tour, playing festivals such as: Roskilde, SXSW and Coachella.
And it worked as the album went to number ten in the US World Music charts and earned them the title of MTV’s ‘Best New Band in the World’. Having solidified the group they released their second album ‘Estalla’ in 2008 and in order to gain international appeal they retitled it ‘Blow Up’ using ‘Fuego’ as their first single. Soon he added fiery singer and rapper Liliana to the group who brought her dub/reggae infused sound and then line up was then completed with drums, guitar, bass and keys. He released the seven track mini album ‘Vol 1’ in 2006. Slowly as it became more of Mejia’s solo project he took it upon himself to change the name to Bomba Estéreo (translating as “really cool, awesome, bad ass party”) as he focused more on the musical elements. In the group they experimented with traditional Columbian beats like salsa and infused them with electronic and modern dance music inspired by 90’s groups Sidestepper and Bloque de Busqueda. Issued in 2012 on Polen Records in Colombia and Soundway Records elsewhere, the album spawned the singles “El Alma y el Cuerpo” and “Pure Love”.įormed by previous member of Columbian rock band Charconautas in 2001, singer Simon Mejia was part of a loose collective of musicians and visual artists under the name A.M. Following appearances at Coachella Festival and Austin City Limits, as well as Lollapalooza Chile and Vive Latino, Bomba Estéreo released their third studio album “Elegancia Tropical”. In 2010 the band recorded a cover of Technotronic’s “Pump Up the Jam” for Levi’s Pioneer Sessions, which later found its way on to the EP “Ponte Bomb” along with remixes of earlier singles “Fuego” and La Boquilla”. release under the name “Blow Up”, which led to the band being voted the Best New Band in the World by MTV Iggy, MTV’s alternative world music outlet. After the release the band performed at the 2009 South by Southwest and Rockslide festivals and a year later embarked on a world tour of over 32 cities. 1” was released in 2006 and featured the vocal and rapping talents of Liliana “Li” Sauemt, who met Mejía at a music concert.īomba Estéreo’s subsequent release “Estella” arrived in 2008 and had established the project as a band comprised of Mejía, Saumet, percussionist Cadavid, guitarist Julián Salazar and drummer Enrique “Kike” Egurrola. Under the new moniker the mini-album “Vol. 770 essentially became a solo project, and Mejía changed the name from to Bomba Estéreo, which is a Colombian term which means an awesome party. The latter, inspired by the likes of Sidestepper and Bloque de Busqueda, mixed traditional Colombian salsa and cumbia rhythms with contemporary electronic and dance beats.īefore long A.M. The three songs released on Tuesday make up the album’s Agua section.Prior to forming Bomba Estéreo, Bogotá-born Simón Mejía had been in the ’90’s Colombian alternative rock band the Charconautas, and the loose collective of musicians and visual artists known as A.M. Bomba Estéreo envisioned Deja as a four-part album, with each portion corresponding to one of the four elements. “Deja” is accompanied by “Agua,” a crawling, bleeping, clap-happy collaboration with Lido Pimienta and OKAN, and “Soledad,” which bounces along with bright synthesizers and multi-part vocal harmonies. If this song works for one person, mission accomplished.” “This song tells people that you have to get out of it somehow, by singing, dancing, even crying. We “have had close contact with people who have suffered from depression and regrettably have died from it,” she explained. In a statement, singer Liliana “Li” Saumet said she wrote the song in the hopes that it would help people suffering from depression. The upcoming album’s title track is a crunching, chirping highlight among the three new tunes, pushing towards the dance floor with a throbbing bass line, a four-on-the-floor kick drum, and a slicing guitar that seems to bound ahead of the percussion. Bomba Estéreo released three tracks on Tuesday in anticipation of Deja, the Colombian group’s first new full-length since 2017’s Ayo.
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