Jesse Cook | Bogota by Bus | ft. Juan Medrano & Juan De Sedas

The real question is: how to fuse rumba flamenco music with cumbia, without being in the same room together? A few weeks ago my friend Juan Medrano told me he wanted us to record “Bogota By Bus“ together, him being from Colombia, a Gaita champion, and a master of Colombian rhythms. Of course I said yes. But I couldn’t imagine doing it without Juan Desedas, the accordionist who played on the original album version. Juan De Sedas is also a ringer. He grew up in Panama playing accordion in his father, Lucho’s, famous band. Apart from performing, he has since gone on to build his own state of the art studio, where he mixes and masters artists from all over the world. Of our three studios, clearly his wins. So how did we record it? Part by part. Juan (Medrano) recorded the drums and sent them to me. I recorded the guitars and sent them back, he recorded new drums, and sent them back, I sent the music de Juan (De Sedas), he recorded accordion, and on and on, until we had a song. In the end it’s us all playing together, with a lot of help from the internet! Hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it! To find out more about Juan Medrano: For more about Juan De Sedas: For me: