With band members originating from all over Latin and South America, this Austin, Texas group is ready to take their local sound to the next level. With seven different members, it may be hard to come up with a unified idea of what their music and tracks are supposed to sound like. But in reality, the Peligrosa All-Stars have made their sound totally original, claiming their fusion of salsa, merengue, reggaeton, boogaloo, and moombahton to hometown Austin. But now, this local band will take their originality up to New York City, one of very few cities other than Austin that would be able to really appreciate and understand their sonic masterpieces and where they come from. Underneath all of those traditional Spanish and Mexican rhythms is a hip-hop heavy bass driving their tropical boom sound that makes dancing not only easy but also necessary.
The guys have all known each other for three years, all doing something different around the Austin music scene, from DJ-ing to mixing it up with prominent recording artists, all mostly separately. Manolo Black has played significant gigs – with acts like Broken Social Scene, RJD2, Jurassic 5, Diplo, Tortoiseand others, anything from inidie to hip hop to soul to electro to latin dancefloor bombs. Orion and Hobo D have been collaborating since 2007, but it wasn’t until Orion got together with another band member Patrick that the whole group really got together to start mixing and recording. Since then, they’ve take off on the Austin scene. But now they’re on to bigger and better things, lining up major night clubs in New York City and influencing many moombahton artists to incorporate more than just reggaeton and house beats into their newly minted genre.
Although Austin is closer to Mexico and Latin influences than many other major music cities, these guys still bring a unique flare to the city that many other groups don’t possess. The era of plain electronic beats and top 40 house remixes for major dance events is over, and many artists are looking to incorporate dialed back beats, like 60s and 70s traditional Latin dances of the Peligrosa All-Stars, to fit their own niche. While Austin can claim Peligrosa’s sound as an adaptation originating in its great city, this local flare is soon to go national and be heard by the masses.
