2017.01.14.Review El Tiempo, Newspaper
During a concert, none of the 11 member of La Percumotora know what comes next. There is no defined repertoire, nor music sheets. They only wait for their director, the “Caleño” Rodrigo Matta, to make a sign indicating how and when to start improvising with their instruments. Read the full article in Spanish here.
2016.01. Taller de Aprendizaje Esperiencial. Schule fürs Leben – Frankfurt. Alemania.
In January 2016 our director Rodrigo Matta was invited to lead a workshop on Experiential Learning for the work team at School for Life, a German NGO in Frankfurt. This institution wrote a testimonial review about the experience. You can see the full article in Spanish here.
2015.02. Amaneciendo Telepacífico – La Percumotora
Last Thursday, February 26th, La Percumotora was invited to the show Amaneciendo on Telepacífico. Here, we had the fortune to share the space with the theater group El Águila Descalza. You can watch the full video here.
2014.11.06. Noticiero 90 Minutos – Colombia and Peru united through musical fusion
Next Saturday June 14th, the people of Cali would be able to enjoy Colombian and Peruvian music in a concert that brings together the Peruvian percussionist Alfonso Gamboa and La Percumotora. You can read the full article in their page or read the pdf version here.
2014.07. Tiempo Real de Verdad – La Percumotora
The TV show Tiempo Real de Verdad discovers what hides behind La Percumotora, a band of Improvisation with Signs… You can see the full video here.
2014.04. Shock Magazine – Cali Suena en Vivo
Industrias Culturales de Cali and the musical collective from “the Salsa city”, revealed last weekend their first new born: Cali Suena en Vivo. This edition marked the beginning of a festival… You can read the full article here.
2013.07. El Tiempo – Percussion in real time
It was in Argentina where Rodrigo Matta first encounter La Bomba de Tiempo, an innovative musical proposal created by the Argentinian Santiago Vázquez. The group was making real time compositions… You can read the full article here.
2013.07. Diario ADN – Signs to create
Caleños will present a concert with their sound creations in real time. Improvisation is the verb conjugated in music language by the band from Cali: La Percumotora. In each show… You can read the full article here.
2013.06. Gaceta El País – Cali vibrates with percussion beats
The sounds of drums, marimbas and other percussion instruments will overtake Cali between June 11th and 17th, on the occasion of the sixth Festival Internacional de Percusión Tamborimba. You can read the full article here.
2013.05. CB-Online – La Percumotora sounds
Those sounds -announcing that Cali is movement and that are different from Salsa- can be discovered at Teatro Salamandra del Barco Ebrio, within the concert series Camino al Ajazzgo 2013… You can read the full article here.
2013.05. Señal Colombia – En Órbita
None of the fifteen La Percumotora members knows what lies ahead when they go on stage. There is no script, there are no musical scores. Each one of them is confronted with a white creation canvas. Together, they compose in real time while people listen. You can watch the video here or read the full article here.
2013.04. Gaceta El País – Close encounter
For a year, 12 musicians are refining the strange art of rhythmic improvisation guided with signs. The music they make is overtaking the underground scene in Cali… You can read the full article here.
2013.03. Diario ADN – Live creations
Without scripts or musical scores for a defined repertoire, is how the band La Percumotora is used to go on stage… You can read the full article here.
2012.12. El Paseante Magazine – En diálogo con…
The Colombian Magazine El Paseante, tu guía en el Valle, makes an outline about La Percumotora. The essence of their music, their trajectory and the group’s dream. You can read the full article here.
La Percumotora… Never sounds the same!