Filed under: Bolivia
Los H₂O were from Cochabamba, Bolivia. They recorded four singles between 1970 and 1972. Organist Rene Villarroel would go on to form Generacion 2000. But beyond that, there is little information.
But the song, El Cóndor Pasa, is a well known Peruvian folk song composed by Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913 and based on traditional Andean music. It was made popular worldwide when it was covered / adapted by Simon & Garfunkel on their album Bridge over Trouble Water in 1970.
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Catalog number DED – 317 on Industrias Fonoelectricas Lyra of Boliva, released 1972.
Filed under: Bolivia
Los Zig Zag de Sucre were, as their name implies, from the town of Sucre in Bolivia.
The only mention of the band I have been able to find, is from an article about the influence that Tinku – a Bolivian Aymara traditional form of ritualistic combat that has evolved into a cultural dance – has had on the evolution of Bolivian rock music:
One of the first samples of the influence of Tinku in Bolivian rock is, without a doubt, the recording of the EP of the group Los Zig Zag de Sucre, for the RCA Victor label. It was recorded in the middle of 1969 in the city of Cochabamba. This production presents us on side A of the single the song “Señora Chichera” with the subtitle “Shake del Norte de Potosí” / “Shake from the North of Potosí“. The same, together with the Morenada “La Mariposa”, in a shake rhythm, becomes one of the first songs that fuse a clearly Bolivian rhythm with the emerging music of the new wave in Bolivia.
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Catalog number BOH-024 on RCA Victor of Bolivia. No release date listed.
Filed under: Bolivia
Los Signos formed in La Paz, Bolivia in 1969. Originally founded as Los Mack the year prior, they changed their name when singer Efrain Salazar joined the group. According to their facebook page, the band is still active.
Catalog number SEP-266 on Discos Heriba of La Paz, Bolivia. Released 1976.
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