Cumbia Moderna was born during lockdown, one calm, sunny afternoon of 2020. The ideas for the piece arose from having been listening to a weekly stream of a local DJ in Mexico, Sonido Confirmación, who would play cumbias on Instagram live, and my interest in orchestral music that can pull you in and make you lose track of time. During that afternoon I was feeling zen and got to work on my computer. I jammed with several cumbia riffs on my computer and derived a handful of loops I liked. The piec...