Bogotá based Tropical futurists Rizomagic unveil their interplanetary mission to combine futurist technology with cosmic patterns, traditional rhythms and the woozy manipulations of pitched-down Cumbia Rebajada.

Rizomagic are Edgar Marún and Diego Manrique, who met while studying double bass and composition (respectively) at university in their hometown of Bogota. After finding a shared musical taste, they started producing music together during the first lockdown in 2020, swiftly producing and releasing a debut album called Voltaje Raizal. As things opened up they continued to produce together and play in various projects within Bogotá’s burgeoning underground scene.

Cumbión Planetario was produced over a three-month residency at La Becque in Switzerland, perched in the Alps overlooking Lake Geneva. This album weaves Colombian tropical traditions with soundscape textures and electronic processes, drawing on cosmic tuning principles and the pitched down groove of Monterrey’s Cumbia Rebajada.

A journey into Psychotropicolombian Futurism from Bogotá’s rich musical underground.

This music was made with a tuning system that contains pure intervals and is based on planetary tuning, specifically the frequency of an Earth day as calculated by Swiss physicist Hans Cousto. Also with analog gear recorded at SMEM and digital instruments created by Rizomagic using soundscapes.

1. Plutarco (ft. Conjunto Media Luna)
2. Las Esferas
3. Pajarocaña
4. Kir
5. Colisionadub
6. Bubun
7. Cumbia de la entropia
8. El Sombras
9. Cumbia Mineral
10. Rayo