La Mecánica Popular.

La Mecánica Popular: Fluorescent Psychedelic Salsa

Soundcheck | Nov 12, 2014

La Mecánica Popular infuses the colorful sound of Latin salsa with a shot of fluorescent psychedelia. Led by Peruvian singer and pianist Efraín Rozas, the band includes musicians from Venezuela, Colombia and the U.S. -- and that diversity allows the band to creating its own reinterpretation of traditional and modern Latin music and culture. 

La Mecánica Popular's latest self-titled album, released in 2013, showcases Rozas' skill melting together heavy Afro-Caribbean grooves and mind-warping textures of psychedelic rock. Full of singable melodies and bouncy electronic beats, avant-garde synths, fuzzy guitars and tight syncopation, it's an infectious and headphones-rich sound that will get anyone moving on the dance floor.

Hear La Mecánica Popular bring that energy into its performance in the Soundcheck studio.

Watch La Mecánica Popular perform in concert recorded live at WNYC's Greene Space on July 11, 2014.

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