Bersa Discos is a record label based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and San Francisco, California.
Bersa is brought to you by Oro11 and Disco Shawn, two Bay Area DJs who moved to Buenos Aires (separately) and found themselves swimming in a sea of experimental cumbia mayhem. After hooking up in the Buenos Aires DJ circuit, the boys quickly realized that many of the local cumbia sounds were never being given a proper release. Bersa Discos was launched to change all that.
The first Bersa 12" was released in February 2008. Vol.2 dropped in June 2008, followed by 3 in September. If everything goes according to plan, we'll be releasing a new 12" every couple of months, although that's more of an optimistic estimate than a fixed timeline. Even though we're back home in the Bay Area, we're still operating on Argentina time and not much happens on schedule down there.
BERSA DISCOS No.3 NOW ON SALE! Tracklist:
LADO A:
DJ Panik - Te Ves Buena DJ Panik - 2 Step DJ Panik - Like This, Like That
LADO B:
Chancha Via Circuito - Cumbia Murguera Chancha Via Circuito - Damas Gratis dub
Click HERE to order the vinyl from Turntable Lab. Their review:
Time for numero tres from our cumbia-loving Bay Area homies at Bersa Discos, and this time they've got Texas' DJ Panik and ZZK's Chancha via Circuito on board for the hottest set of tunes yet. (No joke.) Panik comes out guns blazing on lado A with nasty cumbia remixes of El General's "Te Ves Bien Buena(1)," Unk's "2 Step(2)" and Baby C's "Do It Like This(3)." All these are surefire dancefloor detonators - nothing syrupy this time out. No no - that's left to CvC on the flip, who get straight hypnotic with "Cumbia Murguera(4)" and then bring out the crickets for the ultra mellow (and yet strangely gun-clacking) "Damas Gratis Dub(5)." Yes, Bersa Discos is truth. Both sides play at 33. Recommended.
BERSA DISCOS No.2 STILL AVAILABLE! (WARNING: IT'S GOING FAST.) Tracklist:
LADO A:
DJ Negro - Andres Landero vs. The Roockie DJ Negro - Mundo Querido DJ Negro - Lluvia
LADO B:
Oro11 - Pibes Walk Out Alex Pasternak - Pajariton
Click HERE to order the vinyl from Turntable Lab. They also got the digital version right HERE. Their review:
More of that cumbia heat from our favorite new label. Their debut release having quickly evaporated, Cali's Bersa Discos is back for round two with another limited single (1,000 copies, no repress-o). This time they've got Buenos Aires young gunna DJ Negro at the fore, putting a new spin on some true Colombian classics. Negro is a regular at the notorious club Zizek (recently spotted killing it with DJ/rupture and others) but this 12" represents his "official" debut. On the A-side, he sets things off with "Andres Landero vs. The Roockie(1)," a tuff mash featuring Screwed vocals from the cumbia legend and Luny beats. "Lluvia(2)" keeps more of traditional cumbia sound, dubbed out in all the right places, while "Mundo Querido(3)" comes with hard raps over a dark and stormy beat that brings to mind "This Is Why I'm Hot." Meanwhile on the flip, Bersa label head Oro11's "Pibes Walk Out(4)" injects some Dirty South into the proceedings, dusting a little of Unk's "Walk It Out" over "Que Calor" by Pibes Chorros (arguably the biggest 'cumbia villera' - gangster cumbia - band ever). Alex Pasternak of much hyped SF band Lemonade seals the deal with the midtempo bumper "Pajariton(5)." Definitely recommended.
BERSA DISCOS VOL.1 12" STILL AVAILABLE SOLD OUT! ONLY THE DIGITAL VERSION IS LEFT! Tracklist:
LADO A:
El Hijo de la Cumbia - Bombon Asesino version Daelduro - Bombon Asesino (Oro11 remix) Daleduro - Bombon Asesino
LADO B:
El Hijo de la Cumbia - La Mara Tomaza El Hijo de la Cumbia - Cumbia de los Barrios
Click HERE to order the digital EP direct from our pals at Turntable Lab. (The vinyl version is SOLD OUT!) This is what they have to say about BERSA DISCOS VOL.1:
Hot chit! Debut release from Bersa Discos, a new label formed by two Argentinian-living Bay Area DJs with a mission to bring cumbia flavors to the masses. With 12"s like this, it won't take long. Head straight for Daleduro's dubsteppy "Bombon Asesino," which resonates with bubbling, bassy beats and an infectious accordion sample. The remix from label co-founder Oro11 throws a dancehall curveball, laying Spice's "Fight Over Man" vocals across the top, but Hijo de la Cumbia's original comes with the truly wild cumbia styles. On the flip, two HEAVY midtempo tracks from the Hijo: the dubby, percussive "La Mara Tomaza" and "Cumbia de los Barrios" with the dope pan flute sample that had C'mish in stitches over here. Recommended.
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