News & Updates — Rumba Psicodélica

It's the return of the '70s Funk Rock party! For those that like their rock funky and their funk rocking. It's a Mothership connection and long-hairs are welcome. Come to The Rendezvous, Wednesday March 1 to hear Peace & Rhythm DJs (Andujar, Studebaker Hawk & Bongohead) selecting groovy cuts all from vinyl. Spanning the late '60s to the early '80s we'll be spinning funk rock & heavy funk in all its glory: popular and obscure cuts, psycofunkadelia, the funkiest classic rock, danceable post-punk, groovy psych from around the world, Latin-rock, Afro-rock, native rock, hard rock breaks, fusion and more. Funkadelic,...

Peace & Rhythm and C.A.M.P.O.S. team up to present the world premiere of C.A.M.P.O.S.'s new video for "My Bird Has Many Voices" (Mother's Mix). This is the latest of a string of videos to songs off of the Miracles & Criminals 2xLP, available now direct from Peace & Rhythm or wholesale from Forced Exposure distribution. The video was again created by Croaker Norge. (If you would like to see the previous videos made for the album, click here, here and here. Purchase the album direct from our webshop. "My Bird...": Last month, we were thrilled to see the inclusion of...

Review by DJ Bongohead There’s a lot of pretenders out there when it comes to contemporary instrumental Afro-funk and Afro-Latin inspired music, but when a band knows their stuff, well, as Fela Kuti used to say, “Who no know go know,” and one thing I know: Jungle Fire is 100% legit, pura candela, mofongo funk. If the percussion section can’t turn on a dime or do tight breaks, if the brass is limp or out of tune, if the bass has no tumbao, if the players don’t know their roots or let the orishas take them, well then don’t bother...

The excellent Dreams: Border Blaster feature at KCET features cool videos every week. This episode features the C.A.M.P.O.S. tune, "Dream of the Bell Flower", yet another great tune from the Peace & Rhythm-released 2xLP Miracle & Criminals. Check out the show. (And order the album here.) "New York psychedelic band C.A.M.P.O.S. gets groovy with some found footage" Border Blaster airs locally in Los Angeles and nationally in the US via Dish and DirectTV on partner channel LinkTV. It is in partnership with Dublab. https://www.kcet.org/ http://dublab.com/

Here is another in a series of videos for tunes off of the Miracles & Criminals 2xLP by C.A.M.P.O.S., available now from the Peace & Rhythm webshop and wholesale from Forced Exposure. "Teosinte' might be one of the purest and most psychedelic songs of the year; it’s a heady track named for wild Mesoamerican corn and imbued with an almost ancient feeling somewhere among the electric guitars. A call of “Teosinte!” speaks to and from the soul while synths ramp up and launch the whole song into the stars." - Adriane Pontecorvo, PopMatters Purchase the vinyl here. Like CAMPOS on...