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Vancouver-based psychedelic cumbia and salsa ensemble Empanadas Ilegales delivers a Latin surf-rock/free-jazz fusion of contagious cumbia rhythms, hypnotic guitar melodies, and otherworldly experimental salsa trumpet lines. Their latest album, Creepy Mambo, pays homage to cumbia cult classics, infusing vintage vibes with contemporary synth, slinky dub grooves, and feverish percussion departures to create a “delicious, psych-fried take on Latin dance music” (Exclaim).

With Daniel Hernandez Pinto bass, Jaime Millan guitar, Ricardo Perez guitar and vocals, Andrea Milagros maracas, Jocelyn Waugh trumpet, Alonso Benavente Fortes congas and percussion, and Daniel Ruiz drums, timbales and vocals.