★★★★★
The title of the Columbian trip-hop band's third album is a perfect moniker for their sound. An elegant tropical vibe is exactly what lead track "Bosque" delivers, with sultry vocals from Liliana Saumet over a down-tempo groove with psychedelic undertones. The song would make for a great pool side sound on a warm tropical night. Bassist Simon Mejia is the musical mastermind, dialing up a variety of beats and grooves for the charismatic Saumet...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-03-20
★★★★★
Having earned plaudits for its excavations of hitherto-unknown global funk relics since 2002, Soundway Records have latterly expanded their horizons to encompass current world-groove flavours. Their release of the new album from Colombian Cumbia-modernists Bomba Estéreo proves that expansion to have been a wise move...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3Bomba EstereoElegancia TropicalSoundway2013 Tell us what you think: Rate and review this album From Barranquilla, on Colombia's Caribbean coast,...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-01-31
★★★★★
The title is apt. On Bomba Estereo's long awaited second album, they might have been expected to deliver a dozen blazing variations on "Fuego." That song had incredible staying power within Tropical Bass DJ circles and the band's urgency was more than convincing live. However, they've smartly dialled it back on this second album...
- exclaim.ca
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare Nu Traditional South America seems to be producing fresh, unique talent in the dance department. Brazilian "nu-rave" veterans Cansei de Ser Sexy tore up western blogs, charts and dance floors in the past couple of years, but another group of the Colombian persuasion have been getting kids moving just a little bit longer...
- www.mxdwn.com
2012-11-14
★★★★★
This Colombian band's third album is a seamless, consistently stellar blend of cumbia, champeta and other Afro-Colombian styles with hip hop, dancehall, funk and various electronic dance grooves, featuring an adventurous, groove-driven sound combining electric guitars, edgy synths, samples, electronic beats and Latin percussion with Liliana Saumet's confident vocals, alternating between smooth, sultry singing and sharp, staccato rapping.
- kexp.org
2012-11-09
★★★★★
When I realized I'd be reviewing a remix album, let's just say I would have preferred listening to nails on a chalk board than sit through seven versions of the same song. After hearing Bomba Estereo's Ponte Bomb, I'll admit that I severely underestimated the sheer awesomeness of this group. In what can only be described as a taste of what is yet to come when Bomba Estereo drops their second album this spring, Ponte Bomb is the musical fix we've all been craving for...
- www.nochelatina.com
2011-04-18