Global InformationInkuyo information
Inkuyo | |
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| Origin | California |
| Genres | Andean music, world music |
| Labels | Fortuna Records, Celestial Harmonies |
| Members | Gonzalo Vargas, Enrique Coria, José Luis Reynolds[1] |
| Past members | Pamela Darington, Omar Sepulveda, Jorge Tapia |
| Website | blacksun |
Inkuyo is a multicultural musical ensemble that performs Andean music arranged by Gonzalo Vargas. Vargas is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and record producer. He founded Inkuyo with Pamela Darington, Jorge Tapia, and Omar Sepulveda in the late 1980s.[1] They published their debut album, Land of the Incas, in 1990. Inkuyo's most recent album is Pachakuti: The Overturning Of Space-Time, released in 2007.
"Wipala", the first track on their debut album, serves as a backdrop to the "Brazil Favela" segment of Ron Fricke's 1992 film Baraka.
Inkuyo's namesake is a particular village in the Andes.[1]
- ^ a b c "Gonzalo Vargas / Inkuyo". Artist Biographies. [Celestial Harmonies]. Retrieved 6 February 2012.