With Eblis Álvarez leading the charge, the polymath from Bogotá who writes, arranges, produces and plays everything on their recordings, the Meridian Brothers are an unclassifiable force to be reckoned with. At times, they employ the zany rock stylings of Frank Zappa, and at others they drift into psychedelic avant-garde freedom amongst Caribbean and South American rhythms, politicized chants and flavors of salsa.