Chancha Via Circuito - Bienaventuranza Artist_Alva Noto Patterson’s own Dallas-based Proud Records)

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Chancha Via Circuito - Bienaventuranza Artist_Alva Noto Patterson’s own Dallas-based Proud Records)For the last decade, Argentina has become the epicenter of a musical explosion that characteristically blends folk music from the surrounding Andes and electronic beats. The artist arguably responsible for its emergence on a global platform is one named Chancha Via Circuito a Buenos Aires native named Pedro Canale whose first album Rodante (2008) opened the floodgates by pushing the borders of Cumbia listeners weren't even aware existed. He's gone on