Los Wembler’s, the legendary band from Iquitos, the capital of the Amazon i… Read Full Bio ↴Los Wembler’s, the legendary band from Iquitos, the capital of the Amazon in Peru, is getting ready to tour internationally. The five Sanchez Brothers who make up the band are Amazonian Cumbia pioneers who played an essential part in launching the Chicha explosion of the 1970’s.
The band, which wrote and recorded the classics “Sonido Amazonico” and “La danza del Petrolero” was anthologized on the Roots of Chicha compilations and has been covered by bands as varied as Los Mirlos, Chicha Libre and Firewater and now with the most famous DJ Electro Tropical, we also find their classic albums in the famous 'Roots of Chicha'. There has finally been a regain of interest for the band that first created what came to be known as Psychedelic cumbia. In 2017, the band released their first new recording since the early 80’s (Ikaro del Amor, Barbès Records) and toured the US, Mexico and Europe. Collaborations with the likes of Eblis Alvarez of Meridian Brothers, or Dengue Dengue Dengue have given them a new visibility that allows them to follow their experimental instincts. The group’s sound is more vibrant than ever. This is not a nostalgia act cashing in on newfound interest in its history, but a cutting edge group that has finally found a worldwide audience that understands its music.
Los Wembler's de Iquitos released a new album "Vision de Ayahuasca" (CD, Vinyl and digital) at barbès Records to released on June 28, 2019 and summer and october 2019 tour, which celebrates their fifty year career with all new compositions.
Their shows were a tremendous success. The brothers are still faithful to their original sound and haven’t lost a bit of their passion and creative spirit. All their shows were raucous affairs – part latin dance parties and part psychedelic rock extravaganza.
In 1968, in Iquitos, the capital of the Peruvian Amazon, a certain Solomon Sanchez decided to form a band that would play an electric version of the music popular in the Amazon at the time - pandilla, carimbó, and of course, cumbia. Solomon enlisted his five sons and named the band Los Wembler’s. Using electric instruments came with a certain Anglo exoticism and in the middle of the Amazon, the name Los Wembler’s sounded exotic enough. It still does. Los Wembler’s were started the same year as Los Destellos and Juaneco y su Combo, two other Peruvian cumbia pioneers who laid the foundation for what would become known as chicha.
Iquitos is the largest isolated city in the world. It boasts five hundred thousand inhabitants, but its closest road is six days away by boat. Still, the city has been the scene of a few invasions, among them the rubber boom of the turn of the 20th century and the oil boom of the 1960’s. Despite its geographical isolation, Iquitos has always been open to the outside world – for better or for worse.
The Sanchez clan got its inspiration from AM radio broadcasts which would play music from Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, as well as America. All those influences found their ways into their music. Iquitos had always had a reputation as a party town and the new Petroleros needed to spend their petro-dollars. Los Wembler’s reputation grew quickly and they found themselves touring around the Amazon region, spreading their sound. Los Wembler’s penned two of the early hits of the genre – Sonido Amazonico, which has become the unofficial anthem of Amazonian Cumbia, and La Danza del Petrolero. Both tunes were made famous by Los Mirlos, a band that took many of its clues from Los Wembler’s but being based in Lima, had much easier access to tastemakers and audiences and became the better known of the Amazonian bands.
From 1973 to 1979, Los Wembler’s recorded two to three albums a year but by the late 1970’s, the band started slowing down. Their rootsy psychedelic style was getting outdated as younger bands started using more synthesizers and processed guitar sounds. After Solomon died, the Sanchez brothers mostly stopped touring and recording – but they were still popular at local functions and parties.
In the past few years, there has been a regain of interest in their music and the band performed in Lima after a twenty-five year absence from the national scene. And now, Los Wembler’s are bringing their Amazonian funk to the US and Europe.
The band, which wrote and recorded the classics “Sonido Amazonico” and “La danza del Petrolero” was anthologized on the Roots of Chicha compilations and has been covered by bands as varied as Los Mirlos, Chicha Libre and Firewater and now with the most famous DJ Electro Tropical, we also find their classic albums in the famous 'Roots of Chicha'. There has finally been a regain of interest for the band that first created what came to be known as Psychedelic cumbia. In 2017, the band released their first new recording since the early 80’s (Ikaro del Amor, Barbès Records) and toured the US, Mexico and Europe. Collaborations with the likes of Eblis Alvarez of Meridian Brothers, or Dengue Dengue Dengue have given them a new visibility that allows them to follow their experimental instincts. The group’s sound is more vibrant than ever. This is not a nostalgia act cashing in on newfound interest in its history, but a cutting edge group that has finally found a worldwide audience that understands its music.
Los Wembler's de Iquitos released a new album "Vision de Ayahuasca" (CD, Vinyl and digital) at barbès Records to released on June 28, 2019 and summer and october 2019 tour, which celebrates their fifty year career with all new compositions.
Their shows were a tremendous success. The brothers are still faithful to their original sound and haven’t lost a bit of their passion and creative spirit. All their shows were raucous affairs – part latin dance parties and part psychedelic rock extravaganza.
In 1968, in Iquitos, the capital of the Peruvian Amazon, a certain Solomon Sanchez decided to form a band that would play an electric version of the music popular in the Amazon at the time - pandilla, carimbó, and of course, cumbia. Solomon enlisted his five sons and named the band Los Wembler’s. Using electric instruments came with a certain Anglo exoticism and in the middle of the Amazon, the name Los Wembler’s sounded exotic enough. It still does. Los Wembler’s were started the same year as Los Destellos and Juaneco y su Combo, two other Peruvian cumbia pioneers who laid the foundation for what would become known as chicha.
Iquitos is the largest isolated city in the world. It boasts five hundred thousand inhabitants, but its closest road is six days away by boat. Still, the city has been the scene of a few invasions, among them the rubber boom of the turn of the 20th century and the oil boom of the 1960’s. Despite its geographical isolation, Iquitos has always been open to the outside world – for better or for worse.
The Sanchez clan got its inspiration from AM radio broadcasts which would play music from Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, as well as America. All those influences found their ways into their music. Iquitos had always had a reputation as a party town and the new Petroleros needed to spend their petro-dollars. Los Wembler’s reputation grew quickly and they found themselves touring around the Amazon region, spreading their sound. Los Wembler’s penned two of the early hits of the genre – Sonido Amazonico, which has become the unofficial anthem of Amazonian Cumbia, and La Danza del Petrolero. Both tunes were made famous by Los Mirlos, a band that took many of its clues from Los Wembler’s but being based in Lima, had much easier access to tastemakers and audiences and became the better known of the Amazonian bands.
From 1973 to 1979, Los Wembler’s recorded two to three albums a year but by the late 1970’s, the band started slowing down. Their rootsy psychedelic style was getting outdated as younger bands started using more synthesizers and processed guitar sounds. After Solomon died, the Sanchez brothers mostly stopped touring and recording – but they were still popular at local functions and parties.
In the past few years, there has been a regain of interest in their music and the band performed in Lima after a twenty-five year absence from the national scene. And now, Los Wembler’s are bringing their Amazonian funk to the US and Europe.
Ikaro del Amor
Los Wembler's De Iquitos Lyrics
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Lamento selvatico Y ahora vienen Los Wembler's Con su llanto en la selva …
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@volcan5346
Pta vida miserable vida, q nadie somos eternos,
Todo se va a la mier,,, q engaño es venir a este pto mundo,, y desaparecer de ella,
Eso me jode a mi,,
. Amigo y hermano, Elmer fue un placer conocerte y una alegría de compartir con tigo y divertirme con tu rítmica y perrona música, te fuiste adelante, aber si nos encontramos igual x esos lares,
. Q ahí también
Ya te acompaño,,
En ese viaje eterno sin final al regreso,
. Esperame un poqito más
Q ahí nos vemos.
Un abrazo para esta hermosa agrupación, y los q quedan sigan con el legado, este grupo jamás deve desaparecer, x eso queda la descendencia para seguir, dando vida, a este gran grupo musical ,,
Wemblers de Iquitos para el mundo,,
@alvaroolmos5249
Saludos desde Calama Chile el lugar más árido del mundo, amo Iquitos su comida, sus lugares, cada vez que reúno dinero voy con mi novia a Iquitos, me encanta. algunas veces nos han discriminado por ser extranjero pero que va así no mas es la cosa. Nada más rico que sentarse en la plaza central con su lata de cerveza y su porro de marimba, ver a la gente con sus niños pasear mientras los novios dan la vuelta a la plaza, y más aun si se va a descansar después de haber comido pizzas en chapos, lindo lugar que estén super hermanos peruanos.
@joemanuyama5138
Que lindo que haya tenido ese hermoso privilegio de conocer iquitos...
@edgarddiaz6877
Hermanos? Ahi no más culorroto
@joemanuyama5138
@Edgard Diaz que mierd te pasa
@edgarddiaz6877
@Joe Manuyama, ya veo, amas a los culorrotos del sur, solo xq hipocritamente hacen una loa a algo del Perú.
@alvaroolmos5249
@Edgard Diaz que tonto, bro no te preocupes para mi los peruanos son geniales y cada vez q tengo oportunidad de ir al Perú les hago saber que su cultura y ellos mismos son geniales ;), yo tengo 36 años y espero tener un hijo pronto para poder ir a tu pais , a fin de año tratare de ir a chachapoyas esta seria las tercera vez me encanta ese lugar jaen hermosa jaen, saludos cumpita y si soy culo roto por admirar otras culturas lo soy entonce no.me da verguenza ajajajaja saludos hermanequeeee
@no_se_nada_de_nada
En paz descanse el señor Elmer Alberto Sánchez Casanova, Dios lo tenga en su gloria, su música sera eterna :(
@vpaz1980
Lo máximo Estos abuelitos de la cumbia Amazónica y su refrescante video. Haciendo alusión a los cantos Ícaro de las sesiones de Ayahuasca, pero con su toque, que ellos le saben dar
@coronitaspringsteen8056
Gracias por sus bellos temas me encantan siempre los escucho no dejaré de hacerlo son realmente fabulosos los amo. Desacansa en paz maestro de la primera guitarra y muchas gracias por deleitarnos. Soy una peruana que amo y valoro muchísimo la música a full guitarra desde los destellos y los demas grupos. Gracias 😘😘😘😘😘
@luisluva6023
La selva es hermosa, todo el que llega se queda enamorado. Invito a todos a conocer este pedazo de hermosura del Perú Amazonas y Loreto.