Active as a DJ since 2015, Colombian-raised, Mexican-based DJ Rosa Pistola has big credits to her name — performances at MoMA PS1, Glastonbury, Sonar, and Primavera Sound, among others, along with credits as an executive producer for music documentaries for NTS and Resident Advisor. A key figure in bringing the rhythms of Latin America’s underground to global stages, she has yet to make a bad record.
Perhaps aided by her background in experimental and noise music, Rosa Pistola often pushes the boundaries of club music, incorporating niche genres and fostering collaborations with underground musicians, resulting in fantastic hybrids like the reggaeton-meets-Mobb-Deep Tributo a la Mulata, the cumbia…
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