Los de Abajo are a band from Mexico City founded in 1992 as a Latin ska fou… Read Full Bio ↴Los de Abajo are a band from Mexico City founded in 1992 as a Latin ska four-piece band. Since then they have expanded to eight members and widened their musical influences to include rock, salsa, reggae, cumbia, Son Jarocho and banda sinaloense. Founder member Liber Terán is the main vocalist and writes many of the songs, although all band members receive equal pay for their contributions.

The band was unable to secure a record deal in Mexico, as their music was considered to be insufficiently commercial, and ended up releasing their first album Latin Ska Force independently. However, in 1999 they secured a deal with David Byrne's Luaka Bop record label to release their international debut, Los de Abajo.

The follow-up Cybertropic Chilango Power was released in 2002 and won BBC Radio 3's World Music Award for the Americas. 2006's LDA v The Lunatics saw them continue to absorb influences from around the world and included a Spanish-language version of The Fun Boy Three song "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)", featuring Neville Staples.

The band are supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and have played benefits gigs for the revolutionary group. The Zapatistas' Comandante Esther features on "Resistencia", the first track on LDA v The Lunatics.

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Los de Abajo Lyrics

Se me olvidó desde cuándo
Perdí completa razón
Perdí completa razón
Se me olvidó desde cuándo
Si es por mal del corazón
Que estoy con mi verso errando
Se me olvidó desde cuándo
Perdí completa razón
Cuando con mis dedos quise
Asir polvo de los días

why asir polvo de los días
Cuando con mis dedos quise
Miré mi mano vacía
De lo que en mi vida hice
Cuando con mis dedos quise
Asir polvo de los días
Para estar aquí
Oye, vuelvo a comenzar
Voy llegando a este lugar sin ti
Oye, vuelvo a comenzar
Sin saber cuando estaré en el fin (Repeat)
Bajo la tarde lluviosa
Cuento historias, cuento gotas
Cuento historias, cuento gotas
Bajo la tarde lluviosa
Se desprende mi alma airosa
Se desprenden tantas cosas
Bajo la tarde lluviosa
Cuento historias, cuento gotas
Tantas cosas
Oye, vuelvo a comenzar
Voy llegando a este lugar sin ti
Oye, vuelvo a comenzar
Sin saber cuándo estaré en el fin (Repeat)

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS

Written by: Carlos Cuevas

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