Argentina

Presenter Sofia Trucco, herself a musician and part of the all-women trio Fémina, introduces a varied and enticing selection of Argentine musical talent.

The show kicks off with sublime acapella singing from duo Perota Chingó. The two women owe their flourishing career to an amateur video which went viral of them singing at sunset on a beach.

Sofia Trucco belongs to a group of artists who are re-discovering Argentina’s folk and indigenous music and bringing it to a new generation and to the dancefloor, thanks to electronic remixes. From this group, she’ll be talking to Chancha via Circuito, Uji, King Coya and Dat Garcia.

Argentina’s most famous musical export is tango, and Global Beats will be hearing music from innovative tango pianist and composer, Diego Schissi. Rock, which has dominated Argentina’s popular music scene in recent decades, is represented by Los Espiritus, who are refreshing the genre with eclectic sounds and lyrics which speak to the everyday experiences of Argentines struggling with a yo-yoing economy.

Then there’s the equally genre-busting Morbo y Mambo: kraut, electro, dub, afro-funk according to their website – you decide! And finally, the extraordinary Hungría. Math rock was not much of a thing in Buenos Aires until these music school graduates started improvising on guitar, drum and loop and playing intriguing and rather brilliant games with rhythm.

(Photo: Sofia Trucco. Credit: BBC)