Rumbo Tumba Crafts Argentinian Electro-Traditional Music, In-Studio

Soundcheck | Sep 29, 2025

Rumbo Tumba is the project of the Argentine musician Facundo Salgado, who uses a looping station and a battery of handmade, traditional South American instruments to create brilliant musical conversations between South American traditions and modern technology.  Rumbo Tumba can make an improbable amount of sound, live and alone, constructing sounds and atmospheres that transport listeners to the purest places in nature. Hear his live in-studio set for us and his explanation of how he makes all this music live. Rumbo Tumba plays in New York at Public Records on October 10.

Set list: 1. Monte 2. Barro 3. Huguaju 

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