Los Bitchos – Los Bitchos & Friends Vol.1
Los Bitchos continue to spark international conversation through music by pulling together sounds and genres from different corners of the world
Los Bitchos follow in the footsteps of musicians like David Byrne who draw on genres created around the world. With sonic roots in Turkish psychedelia, cumbia and disco and the distinct sociopolitical contexts in which they were born, Los Bitchos spark an international conversation through collaboration, bringing together genres from different corners of the world. A conversation is never one-sided; therefore, for this project to be a dialogue, Los Bitchos enlisted collaborators who define their core musical influences.
Taking a slight detour from the band’s usual instrumental foundations, Los Bitchos & Friends Vol.1 brings in legendary vocalists to accompany them on this genre-bending record. Kit Sebastian’s gorgeous voice and poetic offering on Turkish psychedelic track El Pençe highlights a shift away from sole instrumentalism. As Sebastian sings about the hand controlling you, Los Bitchos's sparkly grooves play out in the background, juxtaposing her soulful tone.
Stepping away from Los Bitchos's preference for eclectic genres, their collaboration with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Ambrose Kenny-Smith brings pure rock'n'roll on Holding Cell. A sonic battle between instruments creates a push-and-pull feeling Kenny-Smith explores in his metaphorical purgatory, 'Devil and angel / Heaven and Hell / I got a little bravery / In my holding cell'.
Listen to: Conexiones, El Pençe, Walk In Salem