Expect classic cumbia mixed with influences of reggae, dub, and tropical music – psychedelic electric guitar melodies, an extensive rhythm section including guacharaca and congas, powerful and exciting brass arrangements and last but not least the brilliant sound of the accordion. That´s Kumbia Boruka!

Following Movimientos and Woodburner’s garden party we invite the 8-piece multicultural powerhouse Kumbia Boruka. Hailing from Mexico, Chile, Argentina and France, the band’s roots lie in the city of Monterrey, in the north of Mexico, where cumbia is the anthem of the neighborhood and where the legend of Mexican cumbia, Celso Piña, was born. Hernán Cortés, leader of Kumbia Boruka, learned to play the accordion from this great master and accompanied him on long international tours.

The result is a new cumbia, hybrid and full of power, intense tropical sounds with a fierce energy that embraces the rhythms of Latin America.