{"id":61836,"date":"2020-10-08T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=61836"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:26:49","slug":"vudufa-the-duo-that-dances-with-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/vudufa-the-duo-that-dances-with-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"Vudufa, the duo that dances with demons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The duo from Lima explores the connections between Latin music, Afro-Peruvian rhythms and electronic music on their new EP <em>South American Loa<\/em>. Interview and preview.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s over, Dengue Dengue Dengue no longer has the monopoly. Enter this masked Peruvian duo who enjoy introducing the essence of Afro-Peruvian culture in clubs. Behind their scary pig disguises, Pounda and Nomodico avoid the comparison by offering a sound that is raw compared to their peers. In reference to the divinity of the voodoo cult, South American Loa gathers the rhythms, aesthetics and the spirit of the Afro-Peruvian culture with six tunes as ferocious as they are hypnotic. On the eponymous track, Vudufa samples the quijada \u2014 the dried donkey jawbone brought by African slaves to Latin America during the colonial era. Mystical songs overfly the lo-fi electro of &#8220;Damballa Boa,&#8221; preparing the audience for the dark mid-tempo techno of &#8220;Baron Samedi is Here,&#8221; which is based on the rhythms of the festejo dance. Here, the duo invites us to discover the dancefloor delight &#8220;Ayahuasca Schock,&#8221; in reference to the hallucinogenic drink consumed by the shamans of the Amerindian tribes of Amazonia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the story behind &#8220;Ayahuasa Shock&#8221; ? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayahuasca Shock is a song in which we used samples of voices from an\nayahuasca ceremony. The phrases do not have a particular meaning, they were\nmodified and sampled so that they harmonize with the sound of the track in\ngeneral. What we were looking for was a sound that would transmit the mysticism\nand we found that with the use of the synthesizers and bass. We didn\u2019t want to\nlose the aggressiveness and speed of the track as well and that&#8217;s why we used\nquite dynamic percussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why do you draw your inspiration from the afro-peruvian heritage in\nsome of your songs, and what makes it interesting for you ? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that Afro-Peruvian music (which is a heritage of African\nculture) is present in almost all the rhythms of Peruvian popular music and\ndefinitely it is part of the most important ones. In addition, it is a concept\nthat is divided into more subgenres and musical styles \u2013 like marinera,\nfestejo, land\u00f3, tondero, zamacueca, toromata and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Vudufa - Ayahuasca Schock\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pfwgLa90_w?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Vudufa &#8211; Ayahuasca Schock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you merge it with electronics in your songs to propose your\nown interpretation ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What we do in Vudufa is to show our proposal of that. Afro-Peruvian\npercussions are rhythmically perfect and can be fused with any sound. They also\nconsist of an incredible palette of instruments (caj\u00f3n, cajita, quijada, etc.)\nwhich gives an atmosphere and personality to our compositions. We like to fuse\nPeruvian genres , both Afro and folkloric, with any electronic rhythm &#8211; ranging\nfrom house and techno to synthwave. We\u2019re not focusing on trying to classify\nthe genres and basically we search to mix everything that\u2019s possible and that\nwe enjoy with the rhythms of our country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you tell us more about the voodoo references in your work? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are not clinging to any belief as such but we believe in some way in\nsuperior beings and their divinity. The various cultures were responsible for\ndividing them over time but we believe that they have the same origin which is\njust told in different ways. We consider that what is inherited from African\nculture goes far beyond music. The mysticism and personality of the spirits and\nloas somehow give an idea of a closer relationship between the divinity and\nhumans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also understand the variant of voodoo in this part of the continent\nas a syncretism between Africa and the Christian religion. We also believe that\ndeities and divinities should not be governed by labels and their presence can\nbe felt everywhere \u2013 so why not in South America as well? Our name \u2018Vudufa\u2019\nseeks to relate this identity to this part of the planet as it is a mixture of\ntwo words \u2013 \u2018vudu\u2019 and \u2018burrofa\u2019 which is a Peruvian folk demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> L\u2019EP sortira le 30 octobre chez Basy Tropikalne. Pr\u00e9commandez-le <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/basytropikalne.bandcamp.com\/album\/south-american-loa\" target=\"_blank\">ici<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6f35eb91-south-american-loa-cover-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The duo from Lima explores the connections between Latin music, Afro-Peruvian rhythms and electronic music on their new EP South American Loa. 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