Movement, dance, hedonism are all crucial to the La Chinaca ethos but there’s always something gnawing away at the group, a need to better understand their environment and their sentience, and this seeps whole-heartedly into their first two singles “Sin Titulo” and “Juegos Malosos”, for these tracks mark the birth of the porifera (sea sponge) and with it the beginning of a journey.

Agents of sonic futurity, drawing inspiration from Mexico’s infamous guerrilleros liberales (soldiers without uniform), La Chinaca use tropical rhythms to create a dystopian cumbiaverse full of fables guided by the future. Here is its prelude.