Exploring the intersection of Surf and Latin music, Carne Cruda isn’t afraid to mash The Ventures against the Buena Vista Social Club and see what comes out. As reverb springs from the twangy guitar latin-funk horns blare against the rocking rhythm section causing dancefloors to explode from Oakland to Poland, from Cali, Colombia to California. The tongue-in-cheek humor of Carne Cruda’s lyrics and the good old-fashioned sense of fun that exudes from the stage has propelled Carne Cruda on four European tours and beyond, and the tight musicianship mixed with a playful attitude and rocking musical numbers has opened the doors to countless listeners around the world. Produced by four-time Grammy®-nominated producer Greg Landau, Carne Cruda is raw and rocking and coming your way.
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CARNE CRUDA:
Spicy Sea Adventures
Latin funk surf-cumbia reggae calypso-son with a cephalopod
theme for booty-shaking and smashing down the global capitalism
that oppresses us all.
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Available on iTunes
Raw and ready to rock, Carne Cruda hits the scene hard with the unbridled energy of the rowdiest Latin music. Blending Surf with Cumbia, Son with Soca, and traditional with indie, the Carne Crudeboys (and Crudegirl) are a plastic flamingo on the neatly kempt lawn of Salsa music, jumping and shouting all over the tennis courts of the Latin traditionalists. When the Buena Vista Social Club gets Red Hot Chili Pepper-ified and They Might Be Giants eat Willie Colon, you know Carne Cruda is rocking the house.
Doing our part to destroy global capitalism by playing booty-shaking Latin and Caribbean dance music for The People. When Carne Cruda rocks the party nary a booty can refrain from shaking and many a cutie has been known to get down on the dance floor. Flavored with a strong sephalapod theme (songs such as "The Squid" and "El Pulpo"), Carne Cruda strongly promotes world peace through the love of one magical fruit: the banana. When listening to Carne Cruda be sure to beware of the infamous Cannibal Bill, who will eat your face and your asophagus, too. 
Carne Cruda has a new album, Spicy Sea Adventures! Leaving few Caribbean ports unplundered, Carne Cruda establishes itself as a purveyor of fine Latin and Caribbean dance music, fusing a variety of influences into one hard-hitting booty-shaking sound. The album features everything from rocking surf-cumbia, bone-crushing soca, reggae-son and shamisen-guajira-boogaloo to free-jazz and beyond, taking you deep into the depths of the sea and spitting you back out into a more just world. Keep your eyes peeled, Spicy Sea Adventures will be upon you before you know what hit you. You can get your copy of Spicy Sea Adventures at any Carne Cruda show, or at www.carnecruda.com, or from cdbaby.com, or even tower.com, as well as from Amoeba Records in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Hollywood, or from Napster. In the US and Mexico you can get it on MisRolas.com, too. In Poland, you can get our CD at melo.pl. Now available on iTunes. If you get it at one of our shows, you get a free sticker!
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CARNE CRUDA:
Spicy Sea Adventures
Get our album! You're going to love it! It's lots of fun! Throw it on at the party and get everyone dancing!
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Also appearing on this album are a veritable plethera of special guests, including master percussionist Edgardo Cambon, Kevin Kmetz on the Japanese Shamisen, Andy Mendoza formerly of Ozomatli, Marco Diaz of Vission Latina, veteran drummer Paul van Wageningen of Machete Ensemble, David Florez from QBA and O-Maya / AguaLibre, and more. This album is really fun and interesting, check it out!
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Watch the video of El Pulpo here.
For Oakland enthusiasts, check out the latest website Oakland's Tight Dot Com that features our song "Oakland's Tight" as well as Oakland's Tight T-shirts.
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