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<\/a>The band\u2019s union came about by a leap of faith taken by Orozco, the band\u2019s lead vocalist and guitarist. Music found him at an early age when he picked up a guitar in his native home of Colombia. He would play for fun. He would play to see the happiness brought to his listeners.<\/p>\n
Because of the joy others found in his music, Orozco decided to dedicate his life to the cause. Guided by a song he heard titled, \u201cI wanna go to San Diego,\u201d the Columbian arrived four years ago in San Diego and started playing at street fairs and farmers\u2019 markets. In this fashion, he gradually met and came to know the group\u2019s other four members. This is how, little by little, Orozco formed what is today known as \u201cTodo Mundo.\u201d<\/p>\n Conexion<\/i> is the band\u2019s first official LP, but not their first hit as Todo Mundo\u2014they took home the 2011 San Diego Music Award for best world music album. Orozco humbly admits that the first compilation was \u201csomething a little more organic with only three musicians \u2026 more like a demo.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWorld Music\u201d is the perfect label for their new album. Its fourteen tracks encompass a beat that can\u2019t be claimed by any single country or region.<\/p>\n The songs \u201cFlying Through the Air\u201d and \u201cFreedom\u201d both have a distinct reggae sound that transport you to Bahamian beaches, toes in the sand under the Caribbean sun, calypso sounds beating. If it\u2019s a little salsa beat you seek, fast-forward to their twelfth track titled \u201cTodo Mundo.\u201d However, if you\u2019re setting the mood for a sultry, candle-lit evening with your significant other, \u201cEscucha Now\u201d will be sure to please.<\/p>\n Despite its diversity, Orozco doesn\u2019t like to view the album as a catalog of songs from around the world.<\/p>\n \u201c[The Music] has the power to unite people,\u201d said Santiago.<\/p>\n With this in mind, Todo Mundo encompassed the sounds of South America, Spain and the Caribbean into a masterful blend to the point that, listening to the album, you can\u2019t help but to sway in your chair, and it\u2019s difficult to stay in the chair for long.<\/p>\n The smooth beat of the drums, bass and guitar in songs like \u201cCuba,\u201d \u201cEscucha Que\u201d and \u201cYemaya\u201d put you in a trance-like state, eyes closed, arms up in the air, the music moving you.<\/p>\n The message in Todo Mundo\u2019s music, Santiago explained, is that \u201cmusic puts everyone in the same place, under the philosophy that we are all the same through music.\u201d<\/p>\n Todo Mundo is dedicated exclusively to creating music and, in four short years together, has been able to develop a unique sound. They call this new genre \u201cworld fusion\u201d with\u00a0 Conexion<\/i> being its prodigy child. It is a sound that no matter your religion, country or background, brings people together.<\/p>\n<\/a>