PETERBLUE And Noise Mafia Reimagine Latin Club Music On ‘Tabaco Camel’
Colombian producers PETERBLUE and Noise Mafia have joined forces on ‘Tabaco Camel’, a high-energy club collaboration that offers the first glimpse of their forthcoming album ‘Vulgar’, due in November via Warner Music.
Released on 16th October, the single brings together two distinct approaches to electronic music. PETERBLUE draws on the broken rhythms, funky textures and rapid-fire percussion associated with contemporary Latin club sounds, while Noise Mafia introduces the weight, structure and rave intensity of his hard dance background.
The result is a restless, rhythm-driven production that refuses to settle into a conventional club framework. Phonk textures, busy percussion and subtle acid elements collide with deep, droning sounds, giving ‘Tabaco Camel’ a playful, almost carnival-like character without sacrificing its harder dancefloor edge.
At the centre of the collaboration is a shared perspective on Latin music, not as a single genre but as an expansive collection of sounds, traditions and cultural influences.
“We don't make Latin music so it can fit into the club. We make club music from the music we grew up on and we’re surrounded by every day,” the pair explain.
That philosophy extends across their forthcoming album ‘Vulgar’, which draws on rhythms associated with merengue, reggaeton, champeta, guaracha and dembow, combining them with contemporary rave and club production.
The project also challenges the way certain styles have historically been dismissed as unsophisticated or in poor taste. Rather than smoothing out their rougher edges for international dancefloors, PETERBLUE and Noise Mafia place those influences at the centre of their sound.
‘Tabaco Camel’ establishes that direction with a combination of rhythmic unpredictability, Latin identity and uncompromising club energy. It is a record that treats cultural influence as the starting point for experimentation rather than something to be adapted to an existing formula.
