In mid 2009 Frente Cumbiero invited the legendary
Dub producer
Mad Professor to Bogota, as part of the British Council's Incubator project, with the aim of making a sonic encounter between
Cumbia and Dub. For three days, under the guidance of Mad Professor and his son Joe Ariwa, were recorded in studies of the Faculty of Arts at the Universidad Javeriana several issues to be addressed under the aesthetic of Dub. Besides recording original Frente compositions, part of the project sought to bring together key players in the Bogota scene to improvise and create together in studio…
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