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Los de Abajo (meaning ' of the underground') have been compared to a Mexican Les Negresses Vertes. Their latest album Cybertropic Chilango Power won a BBC Radio 3 Award nomination and hit the number one spot in the European World Music Charts. The eight-piece band are renowned for their fast and furious live performances and their uncompromising political stance. Mexico City’s exhilarating eight-piece collective, proclaiming revolution to their unique pulse of mestizo rock, reggae, ska, mambo and merengue rhythms. With a blistering live show reminiscent of Manu Chao, LDA are one of modern South America’s most exciting groups. "euphoria of a night which took many back to the celebratory but politically charged era of the Clash and the Specials. They really are that good." Independent on Sunday