Los Mirlos – La Danza de Los Mirlos

The Peruvian Amazon sound. Los Mirlos, from Moyobamba, replaced the accordion with wobbly, effects-heavy electric guitar and imitated jungle birdsong in their arrangements, and this instrumental is their calling card. Listen for the guitar's watery tremolo and the way it carries the melody alone; it is cumbia amazónica in its purest form and one of the most recognisable sounds of Peruvian cumbia.