Recognise 105: hellotones “El hijo de PueblaYork” 🇲🇽🗽
Tony Dominguez lives and breathes cumbia. The traditional folk-slash-dance music has evolved across Latin America and beyond over the past century to become an endlessly varied and deeply expressive cultural touchstone, connecting communities and histories with its distinctive rhythm and irresistible sense of groove.
In his DJ sets, whether it’s for The Lot Radio or NTS, at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, or over the Hudson River, Dominguez — AKA hellotones “El hijo de PueblaYork” — uses this rich history as a springboard. In conversation, he returns, again and again, to the sheer breadth of the genre, touching on on cumbia editada, cumbia colombiana, cumbia sonidera, cumbia wepa, cumbia rebajada, cumbia 420, cumbiatón, cumbia villera, “the older sounds my parents would listen to”, and so many more styles besides.
Alongside a mix demonstrating his singular style, the New York-based Mexican-American DJ speaks to Michael McKinney about the influence of hip-hop and mixtape culture on his approach, representing his community, and taking cumbia into brand new contexts.
Listen to the mix and read the full interview now on djmag.com 🔗
hellotones “El hijo de PueblaYork” plays Elsewhere in New York on 2nd May, before heading to Europe with
@susonidos for a tour touching down in Brussels, London, Madrid and Paris.
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