Name: Sintomas De Techno
Brand: Various

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BUHR149

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-22

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

947034121564

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Various

Genre GB

Techno / Electro

Label GB

Buh Records is an independent label based in Lima, Peru. Founded in 2004 by Luis Alvarado, the label has been actively promoting and supporting experimental music and new sounds for over a decade. With a focus on pushing boundaries and exploring uncharted territories, Buh Records has become a hub for innovative artists and performers from around the world.
Since its inception, Buh Records has been dedicated to showcasing unique and groundbreaking music that challenges traditional norms. The label's commitment to fostering creativity and artistic freedom has earned it a reputation as a leading force in the experimental music scene.
With an impressive roster of talented *artists* spanning various genres and styles, Buh Records continues to push the boundaries of what is considered mainstream. Whether you're a fan of avant-garde compositions or cutting-edge electronic beats, Buh Records offers a diverse range of releases that are sure to captivate your musical senses.

This compilation presents for the first time various underground techno groups and projects that emerged in Lima in the mid-1980s. 

Projects such as Disidentes, Paisaje Electrónico, T de Cobre, Meine Katze Und Ich, El Sueño de Alí, Cuerpos del Deseo, Círculo Interior, Ensamble and Reacción were responsible for introducing styles such as techno-pop, EBM, industrial and minimal synth in Peru. Coinciding with the explosion of punk in Lima and the appearance of the so-called Rock Subterráneo [underground rock], these techno groups shared the same DIY spirit, performing in many punk concerts and even creating their own fanzines, and, above all, opening a space for other types of sonic experiences. Meine Katze Und Ich, El Sueño de Alí and Paisaje Electrónico were also the parallel projects of the members of Narcosis, the iconic punk band, one of the founders of Rock Subterráneo. Disidentes and T de Cobre brought extreme sounds to local electronics: viscerally, mechanical rhythms and the use of Casiotones or synthesizers, which resulted in an atypical sound that, in turn, portrayed a critical time in Peru, and which has made them an unavoidable reference for any historical account of techno and industrial music in Latin America.

The title of this compilation is inspired by the name of a concert held in Lima in 1991, considered to be the first techno concert to have taken place in Peru. Even though not all intervening groups were doing techno at that time, they did share the fact that they all used keyboards. Four of them, however (Cuerpos del Deseo, Ensamble, Círculo Interior and Reacción), were in fact affiliated to an electronic sound (techno-pop, EBM). The concert was a sign of the diversification of musical styles in Lima's alternative scene, and in particular of the emergence of a micro scene, for which the concert Síntomas de techno [Symptoms of Techno] represented an important step towards the development of a local culture of electronic music during the 90s. Many of the recordings included here are extracted from demos with limited circulation, practically impossible to find. Other tracks are unpublished pieces which come from the private archives of the artists themselves. The compilation has been made by Luis Alvarado and is part of the Essential Sounds Collection, with which Buh Records is making available a vast archive of avant-garde Peruvian music. This compilation is published in vinyl format in a limited edition of 300 copies, with extensive information and visual documentation.

Sintomas De Techno

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