Sonora De Llegar
The popularity of The Floripondio had to bear fruit in their land. Near Villa Alemana, in the town of Quilpué (V region), a new ska band was formed in 2000 called Sonora de Llegar. Making a group of demos, which they called Demole, was their first release the following year. They subsequently gigged a lot in Valparaíso and the surrounding area, and their sound became solid. In 2005 they composed the song “Manifiesta” that won Escuelas the Rock, a Chilean rock band contest.

They were then signed to the record label Sello Azul and were invited to Vive Latino, an international festival that took place in Santiago, in 2007. Their debut album Sonora de Llegar was produced by Macha (Aldo Asenjo from La Floripondio and Chico Trujillo) in Berlin.

Sonora de Llegar was part of a party scene dominated by cumbia rhythm, so their next CD was a mix of styles. On Fiesta Primate they pass from ska to cumbia; from rock to surf, and there’s even a tribute track included with “Visión de Otoño”, a song from the most popular band from Valparaíso during the sixties, Los Blue Splendor.

In their last record, Sesión jamaikismo (2012), Sonora de Llegar took classic ska songs and did versions of them in Spanish.