When Los Amigos Invisibles first released “The New Sound,” it was the ultimate party album. Time has passed, but the party has kept on—and this party music, full of non-stop funked out grooves, traveling through house, funk, acid jazz, and bossa nova, to name a few musical avenues, is a journey deep into the pants of rhythm. (We won’t even mention the old sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera).

Party music hasn’t sounded this chic since Chic. “The Gozadera, more than a musical style, is a concept allowing us to use whatever music we enjoy and mix it up,” says guitarist Jose Luis Pardo. “Like boogaloo, salsa, bossa nova, funk, disco, house, techno, jungle, merengue, New Wave, cha-cha-cha, mambo, and of course Acid Jazz.” And who better to pull this off than producer Andres Levin (Aterciopelados, Chaka Khan, La Portuaria, La Secta, El Gran Silencio, David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, and many more) along with engineer Fernando Aponte (Masters at Work, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Deee-Lite, Towa Tei)?

"The New Sound" is back out for its 25th anniversary in a 2LP color edition.