Amaru Tribe

Naarm/Melbourne based folktronic act Amaru Tribe explore the intersection between cultures through traditional music from Latin America and contemporary electronic sounds; Vibrating charangos, urban flow, electronic & afro-latin beats, and powerful vocal harmonies create a portal that gives birth to a genre they called “Cumbia Oceanica”. Three times Nominated for the Music Victoria Awards as Best Multicultural Act (2019, 2020, 2021) they have captivated audiences at major festivals such as Womadelaide, Bluesfest, Queenscliff Festival plus international tours to the USA (SXSW), Colombia, Thailand, and Taiwan. The band is currently touring around Australia promoting the release of their sophomore album ‘Between Two Worlds / Entre Dos Mundos’ has gain them international reviews. ‘Entre Dos Mundos is an excellent addition to the thriving experimental electronic genre that has blossomed in Latin America in recent years.. Amaru Tribe’s cumbia-infused folktronica is just the latest evolution in a long history of musical hybridity on the continent’ Bandcamp Album of the Day – March 2022 'It’s really hard to resist dancing to AMARU TRIBE every tune they create is so rich and textured.” Nkechi Anele, Triple J Australia