Latest entries for the tag Colombiahttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/country/colombia/Latest entries for the tag ColombiaenTue, 14 Mar 2017 22:34:37 +0000What is Local? Perspectives on Music-making in a Hyper-connected Worldhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/music-making-in-hyper-connected-world/At the most recent Loop event in Berlin, music makers from all over the world came to share experiences and explore new ideas and approaches at the historic Funkhaus complex For all the forward-looking ideas and novel perspectives presented and discussed at the summit, the format of the event itself recalled an earlier era when being in the same space at the same time was really the only way for music makers to meet their peers, share their work and get a sense of the current state of affairs.Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:34:37 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/music-making-in-hyper-connected-world/ArtistsLoopSearching for Sound: Return to Palenque with Simón Mejíahttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/searching-for-sound-simon-mejia/With musical influences from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and the indigenous population, the South American country of Colombia has long been fertile ground for new hybrid styles to develop. In particular, the flow of musical memes between the country’s tropical coastal region and the big cities of the interior has given rise to the distinctive genres of cumbia, champeta, vallenato and many others.Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:17:46 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/searching-for-sound-simon-mejia/ArtistsDownloadsVideosLos Guaqueros: 100 Years of Samplinghttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/los-guaqueros-100-years-of-sampling/In a previous edition of our Sounds in Context series we met The Meridian Brothers, a project that combines tradition and modernity in the fertile underground music scene of Bogotá, Colombia. Active within the same network of artists, producers, DJs, and diggers are Mario Galeano Toro and Mateo Rivano, both of whom have been active uncovering dusty vinyl gems and Colombia’s forgotten musical roots and reintroducing their rhythms and styles into contemporary Colombian music scene.Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:54:47 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/los-guaqueros-100-years-of-sampling/ArtistsPicó: Colombian Sound Systems Forge a New Global Beathttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/pico-new-global-beat/In Barranquilla, Cartagena and other cities and towns on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, huge outdoor sound systems pump lively champeta, salsa, calypso, cumbia, zouk and soukous tracks to throngs of amped-up dancers. Colorful lasers and pulsing lights zip over...Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:11:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/pico-new-global-beat/ArtistsDownloadsSounds In Context: Meridian Brothershttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sounds-in-context-meridian-brothers/We’re very excited to offer you a first chance to try out Link in Ableton Live. Link will soon be available to the wider music-making community as a built-in feature of a growing number of iOS apps, and in a full update with Ableton Live. In the meantime, you can...Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:12:55 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sounds-in-context-meridian-brothers/Artists