Oyonnajaa, Get El Feeling with “Tumba Catimba”

Ohhh

Oooh Oyonnajaa

All night long

Make your body move

Go with the flow. Don’t control it

-Tumba Catimba-

By Harold Sánchez 

OYONNAJAA ALL NIGHT LONG (dance in wayuu language) in the best Latino style with Tumba Catimba, a song by El Feeling, a band that, combining ancestral, afro-descendant rhythms with urban genres, and the sweet voice of vocalist Caro Cobo, is bringing us a subtle mix that delights the finest musical palates. Put on your headsets, turn up all the volume on your music player, unplug from the world, and get into this enigmatic but magical universe known as tumba Catimba.

Caro Cobo, Carlos Hernan (Seache) y Sergio Aldana, three young Colombian artists living in Los Angeles, California, but proud of their Latin roots, are fond putting flavor, cheerfulness, and color to their work, and this new single is no exception. Though the video that comes along with depicts (just as Sergio said) “The dark side”, it still contains diverse colors that can be seen from beginning to end, which fulfills the plotted topic, while it keeps the group´s trademark.

The video shows two men arriving at a house in the middle of the country and, upon entering in it, became enchanted by drinking a bewitched glass of milk. Next, we see them join a party taking place in the same location. There we see all kinds of disguises and colors picturing an alternate world, that world El Feeling invites you to enter in this song. The theme follows the tendency already established in one of their previous music videos (Parrapa) and said tendency is to infuse their rhythm into every person they come across with, every race, nation among others.     

This rhythm infusion into every listener is already being accomplished. In an interview with them, I became acquainted of their interaction with American citizens who, in spite of not being Spanish speakers, enjoy the melodies and even hum them in their broken Spanish. There was this occasion when they were asked to sing the same song several times in a row. Another anecdote is when they performed at a rock jam on Sunset Boulevard. “We were the last ones on the stage and thought that people would be leaving, but it was when the party really started.”

Speaking of humming, this is the inspiration for the Tumba Catimba title –as it is for other songs. In their own words: “It does not mean anything”, it´s just droning “Like a person who does not know the lyrics but is in love with the music would do. Who can tell if maybe someday this expression will be added to a dictionary giving credit to the band? It looks exaggerated, but it´s happened to other artists, and looking at the way El Feeling is managing things, there´s no doubt they will make an impact on pop culture.    

 

For the Tumba Catimba video they took on a ghostly story -given the Halloween arrival. This play proves to be very good because it suits a tendency without putting aside their essence of making music get into the listener, make them move, hum the melody and ask for more. 

El Feeling, without a doubt, embraces an artistic propensity that honors impeccably their name. Their overall work (rhythm, lyrics, videos) constantly inclines to producing that feeling that gets to the audience and helps them forget their everyday stress for a moment and strut their stuff worry-free.  

Post data: Some of the other songs in their repertoire are “Mi Mochila”, a motivational piece for adventurers, “Café en la Mañana”, a song that urges to look inside of us and reflect, “Canción a Ella”, where “ella” (she) represents different ideas, including Mother Earth, “Parrapa”, whose video shows how the rhythm gets into a policeman who is about to fine them, and “Que te Vaya Cabrón”, an ode to spite. 

Watch the video here

By Harold Sánchez