Let it be known, Royal Highness are heirs to the Texan electro cumbia sound. King Louie (Luis Espada), a 29-year-old veteran with over a decade in the DJ scene, comes from one of the most indisputably renowned Latin DJ collectives out there, Austin’s Peligrosa. Príncipe Cu (AKA S’vani Quintanilla), a 21-year-old up-and-comer, is the offspring of Texas’ King of Cumbia himself, A.B. Quintanilla – he’s also the nephew of the late Queen of Tejano, Selena. Put them together and you would expect an unstoppable cumbiero juggernaut. That’s exactly what we’re getting with the aptly titled duo.

The DJ/producer two-piece have created a uniquely Texan mashup: Houston’s ’90s chopped and screwed hip-hop beats with cumbia. They’ve dubbed the hybrid beast “screwmbia,” which is also the title of their debut EP, released last year. As groundbreaking as it sounds, King Louie and Príncipe Cu are more like modern music anthropologists who dig up classic renditions of cumbia songs and skillfully mix them with trap, world bass, and even kuduro to a slow, heavy and syrupy feel. It’s a sound as big as the Lone Star State and we’re definitely hooked. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.