The band shouted out Unhealthy Bunny and manifested a brand new collab with Grupo Firme
Just a few teams might discover a strategy to mash up traditional norteño, jazzy R&B, and nation reggae in a single efficiency — Grupo Frontera is certainly one of them. On Thursday, NPR Music premiered the band’s Tiny Desk present, capturing the band effortlessly leaping between genres whereas staying true to their accordion-backed sound.
Frontera opened the efficiency with “un x100to,” beginning with a slower, feminine vocal-backed intro to the norteño track that initially featured Unhealthy Bunny. Changing the Puerto Rican star, two backup singers paired with a trumpeteer took over the verse earlier than frontman Payo Solis continued the track.
“We collaborated with our compadre Benito… It’s a particular track as a result of we didn’t know he was going to be on the track till he confirmed up for the video,” mentioned Solis. “He got here to us as a shock, and [Benito] mentioned, ‘Have you ever heard the track, the total model, with me in it?’ And we mentioned, ‘What model?!’ It was a stupendous shock.”
Frontera continued with “Hecha Pa’ Mí,” opening with a rustic aptitude because of the pedal metal earlier than fusing the sound with their traditional norteño cumbia, recognized for its signature accordion. The band then took a jazzy route as they continued with “Ángel,” the band’s bachata-infused Romeo Santos collaboration.
For “Por Qué Será,” the band launched the track with a form of reggae nation sound to begin the track earlier than introducing the norteña sounds into the breakup track. The band ended the present with a Bukis-style rendition of “El Amor de Su Vida” from the band’s debut album, El Comienzo.
“I’m already sweating as a result of I’m nervous. Thanks Tiny Desk, however we now have yet another track referred to as ‘El Amor De Su Vida’… We made it with Grupo Firme,” Solis mentioned. “To be trustworthy, I feel we should always make extra songs with pir compadres of Grupo Firme. Tell us what you consider that.”
