Out now // Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych from Peru’s Radical Decade (Tiger’s Milk Records)

Peru / London

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A shout for this great compilation, released this week, from the ever-Latin Tiger’s Milk Records. Available on double gatefold vinyl from the likes of Piccadilly Records, Peru Bravo documents a spasm of  late sixties and early seventies alternative bands with a funk and psych thirst for living. It was only a blink on the Lima music scene,  emerging during the reign of General Juan Velasco Alvarado from 1968 – 1974.

Listen to and buy the full album on Bandcamp (you can have a little stream below).

This is a fantastic companion to the label’s previous release and carries forward the same themes. That, Peru Maravilloso, is available here.

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Peru Bravo was compiled by top chef, author and restaurateur Martin Morales (from London restaurant Ceviche and author of the bestseller of the same name), Duncan Ballantyne (ex-Soundway) & Andrés Tapia del Rio (Repsychled Records).

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