I had a show in Dresden years ago, and the opener was a DJ who played cumbia. When her set began, the dance floor instantly filled with people laying down synchronized dance steps, which was eye-opening and fantastic fun to watch. It’s inevitable that these two genres would merge, as Cumbia originated on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and includes African, Spanish (colonial), and indigenous influences that date back to the 16th Century. For this playlist, I went down the rabbit hole seeking groove enlightenment.

Lucky Salvadori; Chalart58 – Simulacro

Ticklah – El Dia De Suerte (Dub)

Joseph Cotton – Cumbia Party

Yapunto; Taggy Matcher – El Mar y Ella (Taggy Matcher Remix)

The Lions; Malik “The Freq” Moore; Black Shakespeare – Cumbia Rebel (Version)

Quantic; Flowering Inferno – Te Pico el Yaibi (Version)

Combo Lulo; Alba Ponce de León – Culebra Mentirosa

Taggy Matcher; Kumbia Boruka – Cumbia Locura (Dub)

Ticklah; Mayra Vega – Mi Sonsito (Feat. Mayra Vega)

Aldubb; Dubmatix; Illbilly Hitec – Essential (Cumbia Mix)

Lengualerta; La Basu; La Gorda Dubs; Cristrombon – Nik Baditut Sei

Quantic; Flowering Inferno – Dub del Pacifico

Frente Cumbiero; Mad Professor – Cumbietiope

Flowering Inferno; Nickodemus; Zeb – No Soy Del Valle (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix)