Ghetto Division’s Rampage and frequent collaborator Nader release free EP! Sonido Rampage y Nader – Conflake y Platano EP! GD’s Rampage and new young talent Nader from the Chicago Dead Beats. These boys are certainly onto something, and it’s not just the EP’s cumbia / raverton / moombahton / freestyle / house tip. Just a few weeks ago Nadastrom released the Rum & Coke EP for free to much praise, with Rampage and Nader following their example.
They might even be overshadowing it! Just before its announcement in this XLR8R article, Rampage and Nader set up a Soundcloud for their collaboration. They also had Soundcloud host the tracks of Sonido Rampage Y Nader’s Conflake y Platano EP – which already hit Soundcloud’s allotted downloads in only four days! No worries, we’ve already re-uped that limit, but surely, this is proof that this hybrid sound has many interested and many more looking this-a-way for the new trend in dance music. This mix of Chicago’s house and the boys’ own cumbia / sonoras / latin-influence was admittedly picked up from home, family (mostly, their moms) and growing up listening to groups like Angeles Azules. Not to mention that the two were introduced to the idea of making beats out of their backgrounds from DJs like Toy Selectah, and the Bersa Discos crew. The SXSW edition of their Tormenta Tropical party left a lasting mark on Rampage, inspired him to start this project and the night’s original San Francisco residency was the first place he was able to showcase these new productions.
Check out Rampage and Nader’s Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/rampageandnader
