{"id":16282,"date":"2014-09-23T11:38:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T16:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=16282"},"modified":"2016-03-19T06:27:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T11:27:30","slug":"colombia-clubs-latino-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2014\/09\/colombia-clubs-latino-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia Clubs: Latino Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Colombia is not just a country of <strong>pristine beaches, whitewashed Andean towns, deep jungles and soaring mountains<\/strong>&#8230;I mean, it is all of those things, but there is so much more to the country than just it&#8217;s natural spectacles. Probably <strong>my favorite element of living in Colombia is the music<\/strong> that seems to ooze (finally, I get to use that word in a blog post!) from every pore of day-to-day life over here. Salsa, cumbia, champeta, bullerengue&#8230;the list of styles and genres seems endless. And there are <strong>numerous clubs around the country that allow you to enjoy these sounds&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16285\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2014\/09\/colombia-clubs-latino-power\/1960103_776169892395568_1689250725_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16285\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16285\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1960103_776169892395568_1689250725_n.jpg\" alt=\"Latino Power Chapinero\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1960103_776169892395568_1689250725_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1960103_776169892395568_1689250725_n-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Latino Power Chapinero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>personal favorite of mine is &#8216;Latino Power&#8217; in Chapinero (Cll. 58 #13-88)<\/strong>. Tucked away on a fairly nondescript road down by Avenida Caracas, the club is not immediately obvious from the outside. Once you get inside, however, that changes entirely: <strong>a long, industrial looking room, decorated with a variety of excellent murals, and topped off with a giant psychedelic jaguar<\/strong> looming over the stage at the far end of the room (a mural of a jaguar, I should point out&#8230;). There&#8217;s a long bar (generally serving 2-for-1 beers until 11pm), a coat-check room, and <strong>usually a little merchandise table selling records, CDs and cassettes<\/strong> (yep, they still sell those) from whatever artist is playing that night.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s the main reason for visiting Latino Power: <strong>the live music and DJs.<\/strong> There are live shows in the club at least 2 or 3 times a week, and usually from a diverse range of (mostly) Colombian artists. The majority seem to <strong>experiment with Colombian folkloric traditions, in the vein of Los Piranas or Frente Cumbiero.<\/strong> However, they host some excellent hip-hop, traditional and electronic artists as well. Going to Latino Power every night for a few weeks would be like<strong> the human equivalent of the i-tunes shuffle feature.<\/strong> It&#8217;s the perfect place to discover new musical styles and fashions, and I have never left disappointed in the music I was treated to after a visit to Latino Power.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16284\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2014\/09\/colombia-clubs-latino-power\/14959_865562550122968_8700826217288353474_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16284\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16284\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14959_865562550122968_8700826217288353474_n.jpg\" alt=\"Latino Power Chapinero\" width=\"800\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14959_865562550122968_8700826217288353474_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14959_865562550122968_8700826217288353474_n-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical week of shows at Latino Power &#8211; diverse much?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The club <strong>isn&#8217;t a touristy place by any means<\/strong>; you&#8217;ll find a majority crowd of young, hip Colombians, with a smattering of\u00a0<em>extranjeros<\/em>. However, if you\u00a0<em>are\u00a0<\/em>traveling in Colombia and w<strong>ant to have an amazing Saturday night out<\/strong>, and come back home with some <strong>&#8216;so-cutting-edge-it-hurts&#8217; musical recommendations from Colombia<\/strong> for your friends, then Latino Power is definitely the place to visit.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/latino.power.bogota?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page<\/a> for upcoming events. <strong>See you there!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Colombia is not just a country of pristine beaches, whitewashed Andean towns, deep jungles and soaring mountains&#8230;I mean, it is all of those things, but there is so much more to the country than just it&#8217;s natural spectacles. 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