“Échale Leña al Fuego” ties Curayaku closely to San Bartolo, the coastal Peruvian town they identify as the source of their “essence and mystery”. The song carries that shoreline into an Afro-Peruvian setting where local history, ritual language and dance music meet.

Released on 6 November as a standalone single through Lima-based Elisa Records, the song follows the 2024 album Abriendo Camino featuring tracks including “Rumba Lobiteña”, “Valle Sagrado” and “Baile con Buhos”. Across all these releases, San Bartolo remains the unifying fixed point, tethering Curayaku’s recorded work to that specific stretch of Peru’s coast, a throughline that dovetails with the band’s self-identity as a tribú weaving together Afro-Peruvian, Andean, and cumbia-based rhythmic patterns.

The title of the single translates as “throw wood on the fire”, and the track builds on that idea through dense percussion, cajón, guitars and bass shaped by what they call Afro-Peruano, Tribal-Latino and pulso raíz, linking coastal Black Peruvian traditions, Andean references and cumbia as a central line.

Across Curayaku’s releases, guitarist and songwriter Fabrizio Anavitarte works closely with producer Diego Telge. Their partnership gives “Échale Leña al Fuego” continuity with earlier material and keeps a clear Peruvian core in view between San Bartolo, Lima and the wider world-music circuit.

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