"Compiled and annotated by Cali-based DJ Will "Quantic" Holland, Soundway's The Original Sound Of Cumbia presents 55 tracks of roots cumbia and porro culled from old Colombian 78s, 45s and LPs - and what a two-CD package it is! Spanning the period 1948-1979, the collection reflects Quantic's pawing through mouldy record-shop back rooms, flea markets and decaying private collections up and down Colombia's Caribbean coast to find stellar exambles of the many African-rooted genres (...) that inform commercial cumbia and porro today, not just in Colombia but throughout the Latin diaspora ... As just one example of how pan-Caribbean music so fruitfully cross-pollinated, have a listen to Banda 11 De Enero De Murillo's La Cachona or Banda Segunda De Laguneta's Traicionara, then spin up some vintage ska and behold the fraternity. The informative and smartly illustrated 40-page booklet makes this title even more of a must for every serious archive of latin American popular music".
