http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36667&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fsidestepper%2Fplaylists.rssSometimes the best projects evolve out of romances, and in Sidestepper's case it was love at first sight. Englishman Richard Blair was working as a recording engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios when he heard the singer Toto La Momposina for the first time. Floored by her Afro-Colombian sound, he hotfooted it to Colombia as soon as the recording was done, and thus began his love affair with Colombian music. After finding work as a sound engineer, Blair formed a group with other Colombians, mingling <I>Costenos</i> (coastal Colombians) and Bogota natives, a mix that was unheard of at the time. Sidestepper were born. The group helped make Afro-Colombian music hip in Colombia -- and in clubs around the world -- by mixing it with hip-hop and electronica. In 2003, <I>3 AM (In Beats We Trust)</i> launched two great singles, "Deja" and "Mas Papaya," and made the group a club chill-room favorite. After a long hiatus, Sidestepper returned with <I>The Buena Vibra Sound System</i> in 2008. - Sarah BardeenDowntempoen720Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:31:05 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36667&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fsidestepper%2Fplaylists.rss Sometimes the best projects evolve out of romances, and in Sidestepper's case it was love at first sight. Englishman Richard Blair was working as a recording engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios when he heard the singer Toto La Momposina for the first time. Floored by her Afro-Colombian sound, he hotfooted it to Colombia as soon as the recording was done, and thus began his love affair with Colombian music. After finding work as a sound engineer, Blair formed a group with other Colombians, mingling <I>Costenos</i> (coastal Colombians) and Bogota natives, a mix that was unheard of at the time. Sidestepper were born. The group helped make Afro-Colombian music hip in Colombia -- and in clubs around the world -- by mixing it with hip-hop and electronica. In 2003, <I>3 AM (In Beats We Trust)</i> launched two great singles, "Deja" and "Mas Papaya," and made the group a club chill-room favorite. 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