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The band was invited by Vice’s “Weediquette” to create a Systema Solar version of the show’s theme song that aired this week.

The Afro-Caribbean Colombian collective’s second album with Nacional Records, Rumbo a Tierra, was released earlier this year. The album is brimmed with Systema Solar’s signature blend of world sounds. Rumbo a Tierra is an ode to good times.

“Mi Caribe” takes us on a journey through the culture of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Billboard calls the video “a timely reminder of what solidarity in the face of political corruption and xenophobia can look like”.

Systema Solar’s Jhon Pri says, “The song speaks to how happy our people are, of what we like the most – there are things we don’t like but we try to be happy. It speaks to how we are people that look for happiness in everything despite all of the hardships.”

“Their records are an amalgamate of Afro-Caribbean and Colombian folk, stirred in with hip-hop and electronic beats…I cannot wait to get lost in their funky, Caribbean revelry.” – KCRW

As 2017 comes to a close, Systema Solar has come full circle with the release of “Rumbo a Tierra” at the beginning of 2017, being named a Pandora Latin Artist to Watch, being included on the soundtrack for EA Games’ FIFA 17 and dropping this video right before the holiday season kicks into full gear.

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