Montréal dives into the darkness with Turbo Sonidero, Escobutt, Juanito, Shame, and Jaijiu.
On November 15, Montréal turns off the lights and descends into shadow. The Dark Edition of Kumbionik is not just another party — it’s a forbidden rite designed to pull the city into uncharted territory.
As darkness falls, downtown becomes a vortex. The space transforms into a sonic underworld where the rules of the day vanish and only bass, sweat, and collective trance remain.
At the center stands Turbo Sonidero — architect of Kumbia Obscura, founder of Kumbia Net, and one of the most visionary figures in the global sonidero movement. His sets are murky, hypnotic journeys, blending California’s underground, Mexico’s sonidero legacy, and raw digital experimentation. When he takes the booth, the room doesn’t just dance — it submits to the primal.
Alongside him, Toronto sends heavy warriors Escobutt and Juanito, carrying the grit of the barrios and the pressure of the under. From Montréal, Shame and Jaijiu rise as fearless explorers, fusing noise, rhythm, and heat into unpredictable waves. Together, this lineup is not entertainment — it’s an invocation.
Expect broken basslines, shadow rhythms, and fire from the streets. Expect a crowd pulled into darkness, where anonymity becomes liberation and movement becomes medicine. Expect to lose yourself and find yourself in the same night.
Because Dark Edition is not an event you simply attend. It’s a night you survive, absorb, and carry with you. A collective descent into sound, desire, and the unknown — proving once again that Kumbionik is not a scene, it’s a ritual movement.
Camalotz Dupeyron
Founder and producer of Kumbionik. A visionary of futuristic cumbia, creating rituals that fuse street energy, ancestral roots and bass culture across Montreal, Toronto and beyond. His mission: to ignite dancefloors as temples and communities as movements.
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