{"id":10330,"date":"2026-08-04T03:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/empanadas-ilegales-on-their-oh-wow-moment-double-duty-and-the-universality-of-flavor-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:54:49","slug":"empanadas-ilegales-on-their-oh-wow-moment-double-duty-and-the-universality-of-flavor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/es\/empanadas-ilegales-on-their-oh-wow-moment-double-duty-and-the-universality-of-flavor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Empanadas Ilegales on Their \u2018Oh Wow\u2019 Moment, Double Duty, and the Universality of Flavor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Empanadas Ilegales<\/strong> han creado un sonido que fusiona la psicodelia de la Tropic\u00e1lia brasile\u00f1a, los ritmos de la cumbia colombiana y la maestr\u00eda del jazz-funk en una experiencia bailable e impredecible en vivo. Mientras la banda recorre festivales norteamericanos este verano, hablaron sobre el desarrollo org\u00e1nico de su m\u00fasica, un momento decisivo en su carrera y los aspectos pr\u00e1cticos de trasladar las grabaciones de estudio al escenario.<\/p>\n<h2>Una mezcla org\u00e1nica de ritmos<\/h2>\n<p>El grupo se nutre de una amplia paleta: la cumbia colombiana de big band de finales de los a\u00f1os 50 y 60, la m\u00fasica folcl\u00f3rica colombiana, las cumbias de Per\u00fa, Ecuador y Argentina, los sonidos brasile\u00f1os, la psicodelia de la Costa Oeste y el jazz. \u201cDesde el principio, hemos creado m\u00fasica que nos inspira\u201d, dijo la banda. \u201cNuestro objetivo siempre ha sido hacer bailar a la gente mientras mezclamos una fusi\u00f3n psicod\u00e9lica de ritmos, efectos de sonido y texturas que no es necesariamente comercial\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ese instinto de fusionar g\u00e9neros manteniendo intactos los ritmos y ra\u00edces latinas ha resonado en diversas escenas. Empanadas Ilegales ha encontrado p\u00fablico en c\u00edrculos de punk, jazz, folk e indie, primero en su base de Vancouver y luego m\u00e1s all\u00e1. \u201cIntentamos tocar para todo el mundo, y hemos tenido la incre\u00edble suerte de que la gente conecte con el sonido\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Un hito en el festival de jazz m\u00e1s grande del mundo<\/h2>\n<p>El crecimiento, explic\u00f3 la banda, ha sido gradual. \u201cLlevamos varios a\u00f1os en esto, lanzando m\u00fasica de forma constante y tocando todos los conciertos que hemos podido. Lo que empez\u00f3 con shows locales en Vancouver ha ido creciendo hasta giras por Canad\u00e1, y ahora tambi\u00e9n estamos empezando a tocar internacionalmente\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Un momento destac\u00f3. \u201cTocar en la <a href=\"https:\/\/placedesarts.com\">Place des Arts<\/a> durante el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montrealjazzfest.com\">Festival Internacional de Jazz de Montr\u00e9al<\/a>, el festival de jazz m\u00e1s grande del mundo, fue cuando todos dijimos: \u2018Oh wow\u2019. No fue necesariamente el catalizador de nuestro crecimiento, pero definitivamente fue un hito y un momento para reflexionar sobre lo lejos que ha llegado la banda\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cTodos somos empanadas\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Cuando se les pregunt\u00f3 por las texturas crujientes, esponjosas o rellenas que su nombre podr\u00eda sugerir, la banda apunt\u00f3 a una idea m\u00e1s amplia. \u201cLo que realmente celebramos es que la empanada es universal. Cada pa\u00eds tiene su propia versi\u00f3n. Ya sea crujiente, esponjosa o lo que sea, todos somos empanadas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Describen su sonido como un punto intermedio entre la cumbia psicod\u00e9lica, la salsa y la fusi\u00f3n tropical, inclin\u00e1ndose m\u00e1s precisamente por <em>cumbia psicod\u00e9lica y fusi\u00f3n tropical<\/em>. El sonido nunca fue dise\u00f1ado sobre el papel. \u201cSegu\u00edamos nuestro deseo de conectar m\u00e1s profundamente con la m\u00fasica tradicional latinoamericana y su incre\u00edble diversidad de ritmos y sonidos\u201d, dijeron. El hecho de estar radicados en la Costa Oeste de Canad\u00e1 trajo influencias de las escenas locales de jazz, experimental y rock psicod\u00e9lico. \u201cEsas influencias se mezclaron naturalmente con nuestra base musical. 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Tanto el guitarrista como el bajista contribuyen con texturas psicod\u00e9licas a trav\u00e9s de sus pedaleras, y nuestro baterista tambi\u00e9n usa un micr\u00f3fono para interactuar con el p\u00fablico y guiar las transiciones durante el set\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Log\u00edstica simplificada<\/h2>\n<p>La formaci\u00f3n consolidada de quinteto ha facilitado las giras. \u201cNuestra alineaci\u00f3n actual de cinco integrantes ha hecho que salir de gira sea mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil\u2026 \u00a1Ahora cabemos en un coche est\u00e1ndar! 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