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Guest DJ: Geko Jones

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If you listen to Alt.Latino regularly, you know by know that co-host Felix Contreras and I have very different musical tastes. He loves his 15-minute psychedelic guitar jams; I love my punk rock. He loves ranchera, Tex-Mex and banda; I love salsa and merengue. He's into ska. I crave indie-pop. It makes for an interesting show, but what's especially lovely is when an artist brings us together.

New York-based DJ Geko Jones is an artist we can bond over. He's been awing us since we started the show. We have yet to meet a song of his that doesn't make us want to bust a move. Half Puerto Rican and half Colombian, Geko is a musical anthropologist of sorts, frequently traveling back to Colombia to find old artists and songs he then mixes with heavy, contagious beats. I like to think of him as playing your grandma's music, but at a volume and with a bass that would have your grandma yelling at you to turn that ruckus off.

Geko recently stopped by for a visit, spoke to us about how he came up with such a unique sound, and spun some records for us.

Warning: This is not your usual Alt.Latino. We always like to listen to dance tracks, but this week we are getting down. Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for some backbreaking, neck-snapping, sweat-inducing music.

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Esta Semana En Alt.Latino: DJ Invitado Geko Jones

Si escuchan el programa de Alt.Latino regularmente, a estas alturas ya saben que mi compañero locutor Felix Contreras y yo tenemos gustos musicales sumamente distintos. A el le encantan sus canciones psicodélicas con solos de guitarra que duran como 15 minutos; a mi me gusta mi punk desorganizado. A el le fascinan las rancheras, el Tex-Mex y banda; yo prefiero la salsa y el merengue. El se mueve con el ska. Yo busco indie-pop. El resultado es un show interesante, lleno de variedad y de vez en cuando, como diría mi abuela "una vez cada muerte de obispo" nos ponemos de acuerdo.

DJ Geko Jones es uno de esos artistas sobre los cuales Felix y yo estamos de acuerdo: su música nos ha estado dejando boquiabiertos desde que empezamos a hacer el show. Hasta el día de hoy, no hemos oído una sola canción producida por el que no nos fascine. Neoyorquino de origen Puertorriqueño y Colombiano, Geko es una suerte de antropólogo musical que frecuentemente viaja a Colombia para buscar artistas clásicos y canciones tradicionales, y luego las mezcla con ritmos densos y contagiosos. Me gusta describir su música como "las canciones que escuchaba tu abuela, pero a un volumen y con un bajo tan intenso que pondría a tu abuela a gritarte que apagues ese ruido."

Hace poco Geko nos visitó, nos habló acerca de cómo creo su estilo musical, y compartió algunas de sus creaciones con nosotros.

Precaución: Antes de ingerir este potente programa, sepan que este no es un típico episodio de Alt.Latino. Siempre nos gusta escuchar canciones bailables, pero esta semana, estamos hechos unos dementes. Así que pónganse sus zapatos de baile y prepárenle para menear, brincar, perrear...lo que se les antoje.

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Jasmine Garsd
Jasmine Garsd is an Argentine-American journalist living in New York. She is currently NPR's Criminal Justice correspondent and the host of The Last Cup. She started her career as the co-host of Alt.Latino, an NPR show about Latin music. Throughout her reporting career she's focused extensively on women's issues and immigrant communities in America. She's currently writing a book of stories about women she's met throughout her travels.

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