Los Shapis are a Peruvian band from Huancayo who played a key role in the development and popularization of chicha music.<\/p>\n
In 1981, they released their debut album, \u201cLos Aut\u00e9nticos\u201d, on the Hor\u00f3scopo label. The cover art is clearly inspired by rock imagery\u2014more specifically, it pays tribute to the Ramones’ \u201cRoad to Ruin\u201d, released just three years earlier. <\/p>\n
Beyond its use of electric guitars\u2014albeit in a completely different way\u2014this album bears no musical resemblance to the Queens punk rockers. Instead, it showcases all the defining characteristics of chicha: the lead role of the electric guitar in the style of Peruvian cumbia and, above all, the vocals. Chicha is fundamentally a vocal genre. The singing is often drenched in reverb, and, more importantly, the lyrics focus on the everyday struggles of the rural migrants who moved to Peru’s cities in search of a better life. The vocal style also reflects a strong Andean influence, recalling the region’s most emblematic musical genre: huayno. Betrayal, heartbreak, loss, and hardship run throughout the chicha repertoire, and this album is a perfect example, with songs such as \u2018Tu boda,\u2019 \u2018Borrachito borrach\u00f3n,\u2019 and \u2018Mal amigo.\u2019 <\/p>\n
The album also includes Amazonian cumbia tracks, such as \u2018En la selva,\u2019 and even a bolero, \u2018Perdidos.\u2019<\/p>\n
Essential listening for cumbia fans and collectors of Peruvian music, \u201cLos Aut\u00e9nticos\u201d is an iconic chicha album as well as an excellent gateway into the genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Los Shapis are a seminal Peruvian band from Huancayo whose music helped shape and spread the chicha genre. Their debut album, \u201cLos Aut\u00e9nticos\u201d (1981), perfectly captures the style’s defining traits, combining expressive electric guitar leads, Andean-influenced vocals, and lyrics about heartbreak, betrayal, and loss. <\/strong><\/p>\n Essential listening for cumbia fans and collectors of Peruvian music, \u201cLos Aut\u00e9nticos\u201d is an iconic chicha album and one of the best introductions to the genre.<\/strong><\/p>\n AUDIO: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xp96kmlP3z4?si=dHpY-rnrXSuy7OIp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":118457,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[197],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-118460","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cumbia-en","7":"product_shipping_class-lp-en-3","8":"pa_formato-lp-en","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/118460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=118460"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=118460"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=118460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}