yo la Tengo i Can Hear

Where their sophomore release Estalla (Blow Up) established Bomba Estéreo as high-voltage electro-cumbia heavyweights, their third album Elegancia Tropical (2012) looked inward. It was in many ways the period of spiritual incubation that’s allowed for the sort of freer pop expressions of Amanecer. Recorded between LA and Bogotá, Amanecer marks the first time Bomba Estéreo have worked with outside producers; chiefly Ricky Reed, who produced Jason Derulo’s “Talk Dirty” and worked on Pitbull’s Globalization.