MESHKALINA / LA CUMBIA DEL PACURRO by V/A

Debut 7”release by UK based Peruvian label featuring 2 previously hard to find and collectable tracks of Latin, Funk, Psych and Cumbia. TIP!!Tiger’s Milk Records is a brand new record label and sister project of Ceviche, a newly opened Peruvian restaurant based in Soho, London. The debut 7” featues a re-fried and horn laden funk version of ‘Meshkalina’ by Paco Zambrano plus a psychedelic, percussion heavy and dance-floor friendly cumbia from Juaneco. Both tracks have been remastered and re-released for the first time since their original vinyl press. Stemming from an unbridled passion and determination to discover and celebrate the diversity and quality of music produced in Peru past and present, Tiger's Milk Records’ first ambition is to release a series of singles that highlight vintage periods in Peru’s modern musical history. The label was set up by Anglo Peruvian Martin Morales (ex iTunes, Outcaste, Union Square’s Ocho), who co-runs the label with Duncan Ballantyne ( ex Soundway, Naïve, Kartel & Far Out). Paco Zambrano is a percussionist who has recorded with some of the Peruvian greats including Lucha Reyes, Bartola and Ivan Cruz. In 1965 he began working with orchestras and groups as the new wave of psychedlic music began to sprout in Peru. ‘Meshkalina’was originally written by progressive psych rock group Traffic Sound, a band inspired by the sound of Led Zep, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Juaneco is a treasured musical icon in Peru due to their chicha sound, a style of music exclusive to Peru that came to roost out of the popularity of cumbia. Hailing from the Amazon with electric guitars and a musical appreciation of the modern Amazonian sounds of Brazilian Carimbo , Cumbia and Rock n Roll but with a large respect to huayno and the traditional elements of Peruvian culture.