“Lately, I've been exploring the possibilities of doing mixes as a form of artistic research,” says Berlin based Peruvian artist and musician Alejandra Cárdenas Pacheco, also known as Ale Hop.

Following the release of Ale Hop's latest album Why Is It They Say A City Like Any City?, which features contributions from KMRU, Concepción Huerta & Tomas Tello and Raul Jardín & Sukitoa o Namau, among others, Pacheco continues to work in a collaborative vein for current project Agua Dulce which will be performed with Peruvian cajón player and multi-instrumentalist Laura Robles at Heroines Of Sound in Berlin between 7–9 July.

“In this mix, I dig into some of the sonic elements that inspired me while preparing for my upcoming live performance with Laura at the 2022 edition of Heroines Of Sound. Our performance, [like] this mix, starts with the rhythms of the Peruvian coast – where indigenous, Hispanic and Afro-descendant traditions come together – that we then manipulate and disarticulate using a hybrid (electric and acoustic) cajón and processing through electronic effects and synthesis modules.”

Tracklist

Nicomedes Santa Cruz “Instrumentos Musicales” (El Virrey)
Chocolate “Un Tych” (Buh)
Nicomedes Santa Cruz “Maestro” (El Virrey)
Rudecindo Maco, Ramos Sandoval “Marinera: The Potter/El Alfarero” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Documentary “Es Amador Ballumbrosio” directed by Roberto Bonilla (1979)
Quena & Redoblante “Indios Moros: Danza” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio “Homenaje A El Carmen” (Buh)
Cotito “Ronda De Tondero” (Buh)
Traditional of Lambayeque, author unspecified “Diabilicas” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Chocolate “Añi-Añi Manola” (Buh)
Perkutao “Cancha Con Sabor” (Buh)
Eustacio Ayala Cordalupo “Historia Del Bernardo Del Carpio” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Nicomedes Santa Cruz Y Su Grupo Cumanana “Ritmos Negros Del Perú” (RCA)
Traditional Music Of Piura “Cautivo, Saxophone, Violin, And Chain” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Victorino Acosta Chozo & Martín Acosta Seña “Marinera Con Fuga De Huayno” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Chocolate “Conga Forte, Rico Cajón” (Buh)
Celestino Santisteban Damian “Limpieza De Cauces (Pregón De Mórrope)”
Francisco Chuinga “Golpe De Tierra” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Perkutao “Trucutum Kiti Pa” (Buh)
Documentary “Es Amador Ballumbrosio” directed by Roberto Bonilla (1979)
Lucila Campos “Toro Mata” (BMI)

Read a review of Ale Hop's third album The Life Of Insects in The Wire 443 via the online library.