Rumillajta

Rumillajta
Background information
Origin	Bolivia
Genres	Andean music
Years active	1979–2001
Labels	Discolandia Dueri y Cía Tumi Rumillajta Recordings
Past members	Juan Jorge Laura Víctor Ferrel Edwin Rowert Édgar Villarroel Adrián Villanueva Néstor Tintaya Juan Carlos Cordero Édgar Mtes. de Oca Miguel A. Puña Max Carlos Ponce Miguel A. Villanueva Alejandro Alarcón Gustavo Tarqui Efrain Loza Mauricio Flores Cristian Flores Christian Espinosa René Matías

Rumillajta (Quechua: rumi stone, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), pronounced ɾʊmɪ'ʎaqta) is a Bolivian musical quintet that formed in 1980 and became one of the most important progenitors of Andean music. They were the subjects of a short documentary from the BBC and played at festivals on three continents. Their music concerns folk themes and nature as well as more political themes like coca, foreign exploitation and indigenous rights. Rumillajta apparently ceased to exist in 2001 after the release of their last CD, Pachakuti.

Discography

Albums

• City of Stone (1984)
• Hoja De Coca (1984)
• Pachamama (1986)
• Wiracocha (1987)
• Tierra Mestiza (1989)
• Urupampa (1991)
• Atahuallpa (1994)
• Takiririllasu (1995)
• Pachakuti (2001)

Contributing artist

• The Rough Guide to the Music of the Andes (1996, World Music Network)
• Unwired: Latin America (2001, World Music Network)

External links

• All Music
• Rumillajta discography at Discogs
• American Public Media article