Felix Contreras

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2,154 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Sep

Felix Contreras’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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NPR Music · Alt.Latino: Electrónica rising in Mexico · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

They're from Chicago. voice-verified

They're what I call the Kumbia jam band. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

I first I first saw them in South by Chicago. voice-verified

First I first saw them in South by Southwest around twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen, I can't even remember. voice-verified

Their new record is coming out at the end of August. voice-verified

It's called Esamor. voice-verified

This is a track called Money Gun. voice-verified

Okay, you know, from the beginning these guys have been voice-verified

Like I said, a cumbia jam band. voice-verified

What they what they do though is they mix it up. voice-verified

There's like psychedelic cumbia from Peru, there's Roots Cumbia from Colombia that they do. voice-verified

There's also Mexican cumbia. voice-verified

So there's all these different adaptations of the cumbia groove that they're that they specialize in. voice-verified

And they were one of the earliest groups to use cumbia in the indie scene as a as a means of uh identity. voice-verified

Like I said, they've been playing for a while and so and they were always using the cumbia and then they mix in, they do son harocho, they do funk, they do jazz. voice-verified

They are various ethnic backgrounds based in Chicago. voice-verified

I think there's a Puerto Rican percussionist. voice-verified

I think he's a Puerto Rican member. voice-verified

Alex Chavez is the leader of the band. voice-verified

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