Hailing from Quito, Ecuador, Cruzloma was originally a collective of various artists, formed in 2014 to explore the sound possibilities of fusing traditional music with contemporary electronic beats. After several years and changes of perspective, in 2018 Felipe Romo and Sergio Castro decided to consolidate the project as a duo.

Before their explorations with Cruzloma, Felipe and Sergio had been making music together for twelve years, playing in reggae and dub bands and their stoner rock band Fat Chancho, who released just the one eponymous record in 2020. But the call to fuse elements closer to their roots was stronger, and living in a city like Quito, loaded with so much syncretism and symbology, led them to form this duo to breathe life into a project which, in their own words, is “ceremonial electronic music that brings together the thoughts of legends and myths of creation.” This is aligned with the idea that, despite colonization, indigenous cultures have protected their beliefs through music, dance and by adapting Catholic symbology, generating this syncretism characteristic of Latin America where virgins and mountains are quasi synonyms. “Cruzloma wants to translate this syncretism from electronic music to a place that is technologically and culturally contemporary,” say the duo.

Cumbiateca, Los Angeles’ underground cumbia dance party, returns on Saturday, September 20, 2025 with an electrifying edition headlined by the internationally acclaimed Chancha Via Circuito. Presented by ZZK Records & misterpsychedelia, this special night will transform a secret DTLA location into a pulsating temple of global bass, folkloric rhythms, and late-night revelry.

Joining Chancha Via Circuito is a stacked lineup of sonic visionaries: Turbo Sonidero (Bay Area cumbia bass innovator), Cruzloma (Andean electronic fusion), El Canyonazo (From LA’s own Subsuelo), El G (ZZK Records co-founder & DJ), and Madrugada (Los Angeles’ own nocturnal beatsmith). Together, they’ll deliver a dancefloor odyssey from dusk till dawn, weaving ancestral sounds with futuristic production.