artwork Tatiana Arocha bass, synthesizer, drum programming, producer Simón Mejía drums, percussion Kike Egurrola engineer Kike Egurrola engineer Mauricio Cano engineer Óscar Pérez engineer [additional] Francisco Botero engineer [additional] Juan José Péna engineer [additional] Pedro D'Allesandro engineer [additional] Rajiv Arora engineer [additional] Vincius Faría engineer, mixed by Joel Hamilton guitar, synthesizer, producer, engineer Julián Salazar mastered by John Dent tracks 1, 4, 9, 10 mixed by Felipe Alvarez producer, engineer Felipe Alvarez vocals, lyrics by Liliana Saumet Phonographic Copyright (p) Soundway Records Ltd. Copyright (c) Soundway Records Ltd. Published By EMI Music Publishing Recorded At El Muelle Recorded At Sonido Azulado Recorded At Audio-Vision Studios Recorded At Lacaza Recorded At Rockit Studios Recorded At Studio G, Brooklyn, NY Mixed At Studio G, Brooklyn, NY Mastered At Loud Mastering The follow up to 2009’s Blow Up, was recorded in their native Colombia, near the coastal city of Barranquilla. Elegancia Tropical has been greeted with critical acclaim in the US - glowing reviews have come from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR and the Washington Post.
Lead singer and MC, Li Saumet’s fiery vocals are underpinned by Colombian rhythms and contemporary electronica as supplied by Julián Salazar and Kike Egurrola. Originally formed by visual artist Simón Mejía in 2005, Rolling Stone Magazine has hailed Bomba Estereo as leaders of a Latin American scene that is “fusing old school folk sounds with more modern and electronic rap styles.” Barcode: 5 060091 552616