Barbès Records started out six years ago as an offshoot of the Brooklyn club of the same name. Its first releases came from bands that performed regularly at the club - such as Slavic Soul Party and Las Rubias del Norte, but the label soon expanded to a more international roster. In 2006, Barbès released the first compilation of psychedelic cumbia from Peru - The Roots of Chicha, Vol 1, which proved to be a… more »