On Wednesday May 5th, Uproot Andy and Geko Jones will host a special “Cinco de Gallo” installment of Que Bajo?!, they’re teaming up with arts blog Mex and the City and the Queens Collective for the occasion of Cinco de Mayo. The event will feature a HyperMex night of music infusions from traditional Latin genres to a blend of new-school electro and dubstep styles. An El Rey del Sabor taco truck will also be on location. Rumor has it the duo are planning to out-do themselves for this evening’s showcase, and we expect nothing less than a madhouse. Doors open at 9:30pm, so be sure to get there early.
Enter to win a pair of tickets by filling out the form below. The contest will close tonight (Tuesday) at midnight and winners will be notified tomorrow morning. Be sure to check out the video invitation for the event after the jump. For more info, click here.
Tomorrow night (Wednesday), Uproot Andy and Geko Jones are bringing the tropics back to NYC with the relaunch of their signature party, Que Bajo?! at Santos Party House. Just in time for summer, Que Bajo?! is going weekly, which means that every Wednesday, you can get your dose of the tropics with an eclectic mix that includes neo cumbia, tropical bass, and music that spans the globe, from Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa, Europe and the US.
Enter to win tickets to by filling out the form below. The contest will close tonight at midnight. A winner will be selected at random and notified on Wednesday morning. Good luck!
Swagger is defined as an impressive strut of assured confidence. Uproot Andy and Geko Jones, the purveyors of the monthly Que Bajo?! party, have a strut that happens to the beat of a drum that inspires the beholder’s stride. After an impressive set at No Escape from New York, Uproot Andy left us wanting more, leading us to check out Que Bajo?! at Santos Party House for ourselves. Merging different styles of music, from Colombian Cumbia and Chicha to Peruvian Cumbia over surf guitars, Uproot Andy (aka Andy Gillis) blends these traditional beats with tracks from popular artists like Toy Selectah, Radioclit, Douster, ODB, and Daft Punk, along with international artists like Grupo Kual from Mexico, Los Pibes Chorros from Argentina, and Petrona Martinez from Columbia.
Andy delivered rhythmic infusions to a packed room that shuffled and sashayed to his unique style of mixing. While he threw in familiar songs like Major Lazer’s “Hold The Line,” the night held a series of surprises that kept a fervent audience dancing in excitement to Spanish accents that shook the dance floor of Santos well into the night. Adding injections of dancehall, bullerengue, baile funk, mambo, dubstep and crunk, Andy whipped-up a concoction of delectable beats. On paper, his electronic infusions of sounds may seem incompatible, yet Andy expertly puts them together like the pieces of a puzzle and cuts tracks at their corners to create a mix and match like a magician behind the decks. With a captivating style, Andy’s sound is a colorful breath of fresh air. More importantly, he and Geko Jones catered a great event that put smiles on faces as they came and went, providing a new beat fit for the stride of any swagger, along with their own.
Check out photos from the night by Oliver Correa. If you missed the revelry, check out two tracks from Andy below.
