Los Chicharrons

Los Chicharrons are the unlikely partnership of Dominican Republic born Ramon Santana and Morten ‘Toni’ Varano from Denmark, who also records as Puddu Varano.

CD Album: Conga Heaven, Bongo Hell

[TUCH 027 CD]
Los Chicharrons - Conga Heaven, Bongo Hell

Track Listing:

  1. Tee Fee's Fanfare
  2. Fee Fee, the Mosquito Killer
  3. Chicharron n' Boogaloo
  4. Love Song
  5. Silence Before the Storm
  6. Conga Heaven
  7. Bongo Hell
  8. Summer Fling
  9. Catch Me
  10. Mica's Groove
  11. Written Out of History
  12. The Hunt
  13. Psychadelic Fox

Released 1999 on Tummy Touch Records. While reviewed as somewhat of a mess, I personally prefer this album over their second. A few dips into the serious, but mostly deep latin/jamaican(?) party stylings with some jungle thrown in for good measure. Particularly entertaining are "Chicharron y Boogaloo" which features on Ursula 1000's "All Systems Are Go Go", and Bongo Hell". Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.

CD Album: Blow For Me, Blow For You

[TUCH 057 CD]
Los Chicharrons - Blow For Me, Blow For You

Track Listing:

  1. Home Cooking
  2. Blow For Me, Blow For You
  3. Voodoo Groove
  4. The Feeling's Right
  5. Summer Fever
  6. Move Out of the Way
  7. Brujeria De Amor
  8. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Fifi Meets The Zombie
  9. Eats Meets West
  10. Minding My Business
  11. You'll Never Know

Released 2001 on Tummy Touch Records. A more commercial trip than their first release, this more organized outing doesn't sport quite the same chaotic party vibe, but still manages to be a good upbeat album. Worth picking up if you liked their first one, but let's hope the quality doesn't slip any further. Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.

CD: Los Chicharrons - When the Sun Goes Down

[VOOD010CD]
Los CHicharrons - When the Sun Goes Down CD

Track Listing:

  1. Natalia's Sweet Beginning (2:54)
  2. Walkin' Talkin' (5:21)
  3. Talita's Lament (4:35)
  4. Love Magic (4:04)
  5. Lay My Love On U (4:05)
  6. Dusk (0:28)
  7. When The Sun Goes Down (5:04)
  8. In The Beginning (5:00)
  9. Santeria (5:34)
  10. Mano Dura (0:20)
  11. Believe (6:13)
  12. The Sound of the Conga Drum (0:47)
  13. Me Voy 'Con La Conga' (6:34)

Released 2003 on Voodoo Recordings. This album goes the way of Puddu Varano's Time To Grow in diverging significantly from what came before. Mostly downbeat latino lounge. Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.

Other Info:

For further information on Los Chicharrons see the official Tummy Touch web site.

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