Is the sixth album by the Peruvian tropical band directed by Enrique Delgado, publish by the Peruvian label Odeon/IEMPSA
Side A.
1. Para Elena (Balada Cumbia)
2. El Pacífico (Cumbia)
3. La cocalera (Cumbia Guaracha)
4. Chiquilla bonita (Bolero)
5. La fatífica (Descarga)
6. Los dulces 16 (Calipso)
Side B.
1. El eléctrico (Cumbia)
2. La ranita (Ritmo alegre)
3. La Cumbia del Sol (Cumbia)
4. Tu dónde estás (Balada)
5. El marcianito (Cumbia)
6. El Gran Boneton (Cumbia)
ENRIQUE DELGADO MOTES (Director Y Fundador de Los Destellos)
Enrique Delgado Montes born in Lima, Perú, March 14, 1939 – Lima, March 21, 1996, was a Peruvian singer/songwriter.
His parents were Ruperto Delgado and Asunción Montes, his childhood was spent in Rimac District where he did his early studies in music.
Los Destellos started in Lima during 1966, they brought psychedelic guitars to Cumbia and consolidated its characteristic features by integrating in it elements of Peruvian Andes folklore, Afro-Peruvian tunes and Rock.
The electric shock of rock guitars entered the world of cumbia in 1968. The cause of such copulation was Enrique Delgado Montes, regarded as the genre’s godfather. He did it, as part of his band Los Destellos, on a 45 (‘El avispón’ / ‘La malvada’) and an eponymous LP. His songs constituted the most surprising musical fusions and amalgams of the time: whether they merged Cuban music and psychedelia, explored the sounds of Andean or Amazonian music, combined the digitization of the Creole guitar with Huayno melodies or abuse fuzz tones and distortion pedals with enormous strength.
As much as we’ve heard in the present from Compilation labels, there hasn’t been much cover about the discography of these bands, Los Mirlos, Juaneco, Wembler’s, to name a few. It’s starting to be a cliché releasing just singles (personally), nevertheless is all beautiful and we thank all labels for sharing tracks/songs forgotten and perhaps neglected by the international music vendors in the years released. The discography is very important to the understanding of the metamorphosis in the group, the diversity of the music obtained by the years of playing together.
Constelaciòn tells part of Los Destellos story and it shows the iconic sound created by one man with the assistance of an outstanding band. The fusion of cumbia stared with this LP. “Onsta La herbita”, just listen!, one of the tracks, the diversity and exchange of genres in one song makes this band a pillar of Peruvian Music Revolution. Music is timeless, music is for the soul and that is exactly what Los Destellos accomplished.
Do yourself a favor and discover the discography of all the Peruvian Cumbia icons and bands that your ears have already met.
Renz De Madrugada
After the release of their debut single,“El Gatito” in ’66, Delgado continued to push the band in a more experimental direction which reached its pinnacle with 1971’s Constelaciòn. Today Constelacion is among the most collectible South American LPs known. Tattered copies yield top dollar on sites like eBay and discogs. Secret Stash is thrilled to announce the release of this, the first ever reissue of Los Destello’s ultra rare masterpiece. Each copy is hand assembled in our facilities; hand numbered, includes an MP3 download card of the entire album, and comes in a resealable dust bag.
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