La Mezcla By Michel Cleis Ft. Totó La Momposina
Michel Cleis brought together electronic dance music and Colombian musical tradition with La Mezcla, featuring the distinctive vocals of Totó La Momposina. Originally released in 2009, the track became one of Cleis’ best-known recordings and is built around material from Totó La Momposina’s earlier work.
La Mezcla is notable for the way it places traditional Colombian vocals and percussion within a house framework. The recording samples elements from Totó La Momposina’s La Candela Viva, specifically material from “El Pescador” and “Curura,” creating a meeting point between Afro-Colombian musical heritage and modern electronic production.
Totó La Momposina brings a major cultural dimension to the collaboration. The Colombian singer is widely associated with the traditional music of the Caribbean coast of Colombia, including forms such as cumbia, porro, chalupa and mapalé. Her contribution gives the recording a strong connection to the musical traditions she spent her career preserving and sharing internationally.
The combination of Cleis’ house production and Totó La Momposina’s traditional vocal material helped make the track a distinctive crossover between club music and Colombian folk influences. With its enduring presence in dance-music culture and numerous later remixes, the collaboration remains an important meeting point between two very different musical worlds.
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