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King HuHa · el fundadorSONIDOBABRIK¡CUMBIA!COMBO BABRIKASDFGHJKLÖPLAY ME ▸HIT THE CONGA ↓SCRAPE THE GÜIRO ↓TAP BABRIKPLAY THE ORGAN ↓
ORGAN
CONGA
GÜIRO
← scrape here →

In the room: the organ plays only the notes of the song’s pentatonic scale – nothing can sound wrong. Tap the middle of the conga skin for the long open tone, the rim for the short one. Drag across the güiro ridges to scrape – cumbia güiro goes long on the beat, then two short ones: chhh-k-k. Keys: A … Ö organ, Q / W conga, E / R güiro, space = play. Conga and güiro are synthesised for now – real hits are on their way.

THE REHEARSAL DESK

Pull the faders on “Caballo” or “Desierto”, send the melody into the spring or the tape echo, and sweep the wah over the whole band – a nod to the Peruvian chicha bands of the seventies with their fuzz, their organs and their echo.

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PSYCHEDELIC WAH

OFF
FADERSDrag up and down or use the arrow keys. Drop the band out and leave the percussion alone – then bring the bass back in.
SPRING · ECHOClick a knob to send that channel into the spring reverb or the tape echo (dotted eighths). The lamp shows it is on.
WAHClick or drag the big knob: OFF, a fixed wah from 300 Hz to 2.4 kHz, or ∿ AUTO – it sweeps in time with the song.

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EL VUELO DEL BABRIK

Debut album · One World Records · 4 April 2025 · limited vinyl & digital

El Vuelo del Babrik – coverEl Vuelo del Babrik – vinyl

Colombian and Peruvian cumbia, guitar-heavy chicha and a pinch of reggae in the organ: Los Babriks take you back to the golden age of cumbia – warm, hypnotic and made for dancing. Melodic guitar lines carry the songs, the organ drifts off into psychedelic places, percussion and bass keep the groove rolling.

SIDE A

  1. Selva
  2. Caballo
  3. Desierto
  4. Barrio
  5. Para ti

SIDE B

  1. La danza del Babrik
  2. Amigos del campo
  3. Lo lograremos
  4. Copete
  5. Como piojo

CREDITS

Music written and arranged by Mauricio-Joran Ceseña.
Recorded, mixed & produced by Mauricio-Joran Ceseña at Quing Hu’s (Munich).
Additional analog mix by aDUBta at Attic Roots Studio (Utting), on a Tascam 388.
Mastered by Umberto Echo · Artwork by Andrés Campesino aka aDUBta.

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SINGLES

THE FOUNDER

Mauricio-Joran Ceseña (Mau)
Mauricio-Joran Ceseña aka King HuHa – founder and bandleader, on bass

Los Babriks were founded during the pandemic by Mauricio-Joran Ceseña – Mau, Germany / Mexico – who still leads the band from the bass. What began as a studio project grew into a live band from Munich: the first concert in September 2023 counts as the band’s birthday, and in May 2025 the album release party at Import Export in Munich was sold out.

Mau has played bass and guitar in reggae, ska and soul bands for years – with The Black Oak Roots Allstars, Doreen Shaffer, Stranger Cole and many more – and produces records together with aDUBta. Right now the line-up is on the move: new faces, same groove.