Spilleliste frå Timba Night tirsdag 2. oktober

Adalberto Alvarez: Maquina Para Bailar& Para Bailar Casino
Angel Bonne: Erez La Paz
Cesar Pedroso: La italiana& La Machudera
Charanga Forever: La Menor
Charanga Habanera: Un Hombre Como Tu
Conexion Salsera: Juana la italiana
El Nene: Mi Son Retozon
Elio Reve: Fresquecito
Fito Reinoso: Tu Voz
Grupo Danson: Solo Para Ti
Havana City: No Te Detengas
Issac Delgado: De 2 A 3& Corazon Corazon
Klimax: Cuando Y Lo Quiera
Los Van Van: Chapeando
Maikel Blanco: La Masa& Anos& Recoge Y Vete& Esto Esta
Manolito Y Su Trabuco: Guiro, Calabaza Y Miel
Maravilla De Florida: Ser& A Recogerse
Michel Maza: Nube Pasajera
Pachito Alonso: Ya Llegamos& Una Chiquita Bum Bum
Paulito FG: El Punto& Jura
Pedro Calvo: Dormir Contigo
Pedro Pablo: Virtud O Defecto& Sera Posible
Sama Y el Expreso De Oriente: Tengo Una Situacion
Tirso Duarte: Me Quiere La Habana& Mi Vecina

Fiesta Cubana lørdag 29. september

140 stk kom på Fiesta Cubana på Biks i Bergen. Dj Mojito frå salsacubana miksa plater saman med Dj Charanga og Dj Fuerza frå Timba Night. Arrangementet var eit samarbeid mellom Timba Night og ilovesalsacubana.

Spilleliste:

Grupo Danson: Camina Y Prende el Fogon
Los Van Van: Deja La Ira& Chapeando
Pedro Calvo: Vino Anejo
Jose Miguel: Hechizo Mortal
Azucar Negra: La Palabra& Destino Millonario
Angel Bonne: Imagino
Fito Reinoso: Orisan Paguan
Manolito Y Su Trabuco: Esto es una bomba& Locos Por Mi Habana
Maravilla De Florida: El Compositor
Sama Y El Expreso De Oriente: Guarachando& Se Sigue Comentando
Tiempo Libre: Esto Esta Listo
Paulito FG: Enredadera de amor
Adalberto Alvarez: Mi Tumbao& Mi Linda Habanera
Issac Delgado: En Primera Plana& De 2 A 3
El Zorro: Zorro
Manolin: Pero me falta la Habana
Willie Chirino: Feliz Cumpleano
Son Candela: Llego, Pero No Te Pases
Eddie Santiago: Que loco Fui
Gloria Estefan: Caridad
Pupy y Los Que Son son: La Machucadera& La italiana
Estrellas De Envidia: Mi Gente
Arnaldo Y La Cosmopolita: Mia
Elio Reve Jr: Fresquecito
Tirso Duarte: El Riqui Ricon

Rapport fra kubansk helg i Oslo 17- 19. august

Håvard fra Timba Night skriver her en rapport fra Cubansk helg i Oslo 17-19 aug 2007.

"Fredag 17. august var jeg DJ på Dansegledes arrangement "Cubansk Helg" i Oslo. Jeg ble invitert til arrangementet av den meget hyggelige og dyktige salsainstruktøren Håkon Tverrli fra Danseglede i Oslo. I en travel småbarnsfar-hverdag fikk jeg puttet det inn i et trangt tidsskjema, så jeg takket ja. Jeg spilte på den første av to store fester, sammen med DJs Juan Carlos og Feliz (Håkon).

Etter å ha vært primusmotor for Timba Night og Fiesta Cubana sammen med Eirik Aronsen (DJ Charanga), har jeg etterhvert opparbeidet meg en solid samling cubansk salsamusikk, og jeg spiller utelukkende nyere cubansk salsamusikk. Som profesjonell musiker synes jeg den cubanske salsamusikken er klart mest interessant, og dessuten morsomst å danse til. Uansett, når jeg kun spiller moderne cubansk musikk er det veldig viktig for meg å ha så stor variasjon som mulig i løpet av en kveld. Heldigvis finnes det mange ulike retninger innen den moderne cubanske salsamusikken; vi har internasjonal, straight/mainstream preget salsa av artister som Yumuri, DenisSwing, Donaldo Flores m.m., vi har tydelig son-inspirert salsa av bl.a. Adalberto Alvarez og Felix Baloy, tradisjonell cubansk salsa med tyngre groove, f.eks. Elio Revé og Los Van Van, Manolito, Maikel Blanco og Samá Y Expreso Oriente, og vi har hardcore timba / funkinspirert salsa med band som Charanga Habanera, Manolin, Chispa, Calle Real, Klimax og mye av Azucar Negra og Bamboleo. Selvfølgelig er det en del grenseoverskridelser her, og noen artister, som Issac Delgado og El Zorro, er vanskelige å plassere. Men alt i alt har moderne cubansk salsa en helt utrolig mengde fantastisk og variert musikk som med letthet kan fylle dansekveld etter dansekveld, med nye låter hver gang.

Når jeg snurrer plater er jeg først og fremst opptatt av at låtene jeg spiller har så bra kvalitet som mulig. Etter mitt syn avhenger dansegleden av kvaliteten på musikken som spilles. Så jeg bruker mitt kritiske musikerøre og sørger for en streng kvalitetsdestillering. Jeg spiller som regel noen av de aller nyeste hits, men jeg spiller ikke nye låter for enhver pris - jeg spiller like gjerne låter som er noen år gamle dersom de er bra og de passer inn i sammenhengen. Som sagt ønsker jeg stor spennvidde i låtutvalget både i tempi og stil, men det er også viktig at det er en bra progresjon i spillelista. Jeg starter gjerne med litt rolig/straight salsa og bygger opp til timba med tyngre groove og raskere tempi. Jeg liker best å improvisere; rett og slett se an hvordan stemningen er og nivået på danserne etc. Nedenfor har jeg lagt ved spillelista jeg endte opp med i Oslo, sånn nogenlunde i rekkefølgen jeg spilte (album i parantes). Det var en skikkelig artig kveld, med mye folk og dyktige dansere, og jeg gleder meg til å spille igjen både i Oslo og Bergen. De neste gangene jeg spiller, blir på timba Night (Macumba) tirsdag 4. september, og Fiesta Cubana, nye Biks (Kong Oscars gate 15) lørdag 29. september. På sistnevnte arrangement vil jeg spille fra klokka 22.00, og jeg kan garantere en utrolig bra salsafest med, i mine øyne, Norges desidert beste DJ som gjest: DJ Mojito fra Oslo! Det vil bli introkurs i cubansk salsa med Monica Sæther kl 21.00-22.00, så her er det bare ta med det som kryper og går av venner og kjente! Forøvrig har jeg og Eirik/DJ Charanga vår egen blogg nå:
www.timbanight.blogspot.com


Spilleliste, DJ Fuerza, cubansk helg, Oslo, 17. august:

Maikel Blanco: Cimarron (Recoge Y Vete)
Issac Delgado: Paquito Va (En Primera Plana), O Estas Loca (Malecon)
Angel Bonne: Imagino (Bonne & Bonne)
Orlando Canto: Soy Un Van Van (Sigo Siendo Un Van Van)
Donaldo Flores: Lucha, Pero No Me Estrujes (Abran Paso Que Voy)
Conexion Salsera: La Habana Amanece (Salseros Por Sentimiento)
Mayito Rivera: Rumbero Enamerado (Llego La Hora)
Adalberto Alvarez: Un Pariente En El Campo (Mi Linda Habanera)
Danson: Mi Musica (Mi Musica)
Los Van Van: Yo Empezo La Fiesta (Ay Dios Amparame)
Maikel Blanco: Esto Esta (Recoge Y Vete)
Manolin: Ay Se Que Sabes De Mi (Jaque Mate)
Sama Y El Expreso De Oriente: Guarachando (El Repartero De La Habana)
Jose Miguel: Mi Nina (Fiesta Pal Bailador)
El Zorro: Somos Hermanos (Somos Hermanos)
Azucar Negra: Tan Solo Tu (Andar Andando)
Bamboleo: El Maiz (Mi Verdad)
Manolin: Ellas Son Las Que Son (El Puente)
Tiempo Libre: Esto Esta Listo (Lo Que Esparabas)

Israel Cachao Lopez

Her er han med låta Ahora Si.

Israel Cachao Lopez vart feira med ein konsert i Ziff Ballet Opera House i Miami 22.9. Jimmy Bosch, Alfredo De La Fe, Issac Delgado og Willy Chirino var mellom dei som spillte saman med han den kvelden.

"Israel "Cachao" López (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as "Cachao" (pronounced kah-CHOW) is a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He is considered a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions).
López played the acoustic bass with his late brother, multi-instrumentalist Orestes López. The brothers composed literally thousands of songs together and were heavily influential on Cuban music from the 1930s to the 1950s. They introduced the ritmo nuevo ("new rhythm") in the late 1930s, which transformed the danzón by introducing African rhythms into Cuban music, which led to mambo.
Lopez has won several Grammy Awards for both his own work and his contributions on albums by Latin music stars, including Gloria Estefan. In 1995, he won a Grammy for Master Sessions Volume 1. In 2003, he won a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album together with Bebo and Patato Valdés for El Arte Del Sabor.
Lopez won a further Grammy in 2005, again for his own work, ¡Ahora Si!.
His nephew, Orlando "Cachaíto" López became one of the mainstays of the famed Buena Vista Social Club group.
Cachao has played with artists such as Tito Puente, and his music has been featured on movies such as The Birdcage, and on the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack. Actor Andy Garcia produced a documentary entitled Cachao ... Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos ("With A Rhythm Like No Other") in 1993 about his music."

Kjelde: Wikipedia

Maravilla De Florida på europaturne

October 22
Vienna, Austria
La Floridita

October 23
Munich, Germany
Circulo

October 24
Berlin, Germany
Havanna

October 25
Seville, Spain
Womex Showcase

October 27
Marseilles, France
Dock des Sud

"Maravilla de Florida has proved an extraordinary breeding ground for contemporary Cuban music. Alumni include Pupy's Pepito and Charanga Habanera's Leonid, but the most prolific is Manolito, who, when he left the band to form Trabuco, also took half of Maravilla with him, including conguero Lelo, bajista Mora, flautista David Bencomo, tecladista Osiris (now with Pupy), violinist Nicolas and cellist Orestes. The group must have had to rebuild itself from the ground up when Trabuco was formed. But rebuild they did: since then they have released only four albums - Vieja, pero se mantiene, Levantate y baile , 50 y más maravillas and this year's Luchando con fe released by Egrem. Well it's five if you count the early version of Luchando con fe recorded for Envidia in 2005 (on their web site - last updated in 05 - they refer to the Envidia album as Yo te doy la clave, after one of the album's more annoying songs, which happily doesn't make a reappearance on the new version). But this new version - rerecorded, with new songs and also some new musos, including a much less annoying singer - is a great improvement. In fact I've been thrashing it since I got back from Havana.
Manolito is listed as producer for this version; and other members of Trabuco (Bencomo, Miguelito) are listed as invitados. There are no indivdual credits however, so it's impossible to know whether it's Bencomo, or Maravilla's own Anais Casas Guerra who is responsible for the album's ripping flute solos.
The opening track features a rap in the intro, flagging the fact that this is no traditional charanga offering. Unfortunately it comes across as a bit try-hard - it's also completely unnecessary: the zestiness of the rest of the album - indeed the rest of the song - would have made that clear soon enough. Never mind. It's one flaw in an album that has very few indeed. And the song goes onto become one of the best in an album packed with great tunes.
La bola, which starts with a phat, squiggly synth riff, before the violins enter playing a percussive riff, is another.
As with a lot of timba, Maravilla take the energy level up and down and right back up again. It's infectious. A recogerse - played this year during the baseball broadcasts apparently - takes even more from timba with the traditional, almost lacklustre cuerpo, before opening up to fire on all cylinders with captivating coros and funky breakdowns.
I could have done without the ballad, Por estar contigo, but the rest of the album more than compensates."

Kjelde: yemayasverse.blogspot.com

Datoar for Pupy Y Los Que Son Son sin europaturne 11- 29. oktober

Her er bandet med Angel Bonne frå ein konsert i Havanna. Låta er Disco Azucar frå plata Pupy el Buenagente.

October 11
Madrid, Spain

October 12
Bilbao, Spain

October 14
Milan, Italy
Presented by La Jiribilla

October 16
Paris, France
Back-up

October 18
Rome, Italy

October 19
Senigallia, Italy

October 20
Naples, Italy

October 21
Lecce, Italy

October 23
Rome, Italy
Caruso

October 24
Latina, Italy

October 26
Zurich, Switzerland
Cubanito

October 28
Verona, Italy

Kva er timba?

For nokre dager sidan fekk eg følgande spørsmål: "Kva er timba?"

Vevleksikonet Wikipedia har ei analyse av timba som bidrar til å gje eit svar på spørsmålet.
Eg legg ved eit videoklipp av Charanga Forever og låta Dice Formell som eit døme på kva timba som musikkform handler om. Her er eit utdrag av Wikipedia sin artikkel:

Stylistic aspects

"Though quite similar to salsa on the surface of things, timba has certain qualities of its own which distinguish it from salsa, similar to the way American R&B is distinguished from soul. In general, timba is considered to be a highly aggressive type of music, with rhythm and "swing" taking precedence over melody and lyricism. Very little "traditional" salsa existed (or exists) in Cuba, the most influential foreign 'salsero' being Venezuelan Oscar d'León, who is one of the few salsa artists to have performed in Cuba. Timba musicians thus rightly claim a different musical heritage from salsa musicians.
At its most basic, timba is more flexible and innovative than salsa, and includes a more diverse range of styles, all of which could be defined as timba. The limits of what is timba and what is not are in fact quite fluid, as many consider timba to be any kind of popular Cuban dance music.
Timba incorporates many elements of Afro-Cuban culture and music. This includes rhythmic elements of Afro-Cuban music (on all instruments), expressions or parts of lyrics in ‘Lucumí’ (Cuban Yoruba, used almost exclusively in a religious context) and references to Afro-Cuban religion, the imperative for improvisation and interaction with audiences during concerts, story-telling in the lyrics, the quoting of melodies, rhythms and/or lyrics from other sources (similar to electronic or digital sampling in modern music), the frequent inclusion of "rap", and sustained sections of coro-pregon (call and response) interaction in songs. Contrary to (early) salsa, timba makes no claim to social or political messages, partly because of the political circumstances in Cuba.
More specifically, timba differs from salsa in orchestration and arrangement. Many timba artists readily concede that they have been more influenced by funk or soul than by salsa. Thus, bands like La Charanga Habanera or Bamboleo often have horns or other instruments playing short parts of tunes by Earth, Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang or other US funk bands. In terms of instrumentation, the most important innovation has been the permanent incorporation of a kick drum and a synthesiser. Many timba bands have otherwise kept the traditional charanga ensemble of the 1940s, which includes double bass, conga, cowbell, clave, piano, violins, flute and in timba an expanded horn section that (in addition to the traditional trumpets and trombones) may include saxophones. However, many innovations were made in the style of playing and the arrangements, especially on the bass (with elements of funk and R&B), the piano (with elements of baroque music such as Bach), the horns (complex arrangements known as "champolas"), and the use of the clave (where 3-2 son clave is the standard in salsa music, timba often leans more towards 2-3 rumba clave). Also different from salsa is the frequent shift from major to minor keys (and vice versa), the highly complex rhythmic arrangements (often based on santería or abakuá rhythms), the shifts in speed and the large number of orchestrated breaks, or "bloques."

Dei som er interessert i å vite meir om emnet kan laste ned Jacob Speake sin hovudfagsoppåve: "Timba- 1990ernes nye dansemusik på Cuba." Denne finn ein på High Fidelity Salsa under artikler på lenkene.
Kevin Moore held på med ei elektronisk bok om kubansk musikk, sjå Timba på lenkene våre.
Vincenzo Perna som er amerikansk musikkvitar har skrive boka "Timba- the sound of the cuban crisis." Denne kan ein kjøpe på Amazon.

Rapport frå ruedakongress i Brighton

"BRIGHTON’S FIRST RUEDA CONGRESS, hosted by Cubashe Dance Promotions and SalsaNor had all us wheel geeks crying out for more Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th September 2007).
This was a no-brainer; right on the sea front, easily get at-able from London and the South East, days of intensive workshops and partying over what turned out to be one of the sunniest weekends this year.
The recipe was hot enough to pull in 200+ aficionados of the Cuban Wheel. Rueda-eros travelled from across the UK, Eire and as far afield as Scotland while the Congress also netted a 70-strong party of Norwegians.
As joint Congress hosts with Brighton's Cubashe Dance Promotions, Norwegian Salsa group SalsaNor landed in force, in party mood and with a good catch of their own Cuban, Latin and homegrown instructors.
To hook dancers, there were some juicy baits on offer, including a line up featuring some of the world’s best Cuban instructors; Rueda World Champion Osbanis Tejeda; Salsa Champion Rafael del Busto, UK Salsa Champion and Afro-Cuban dance expert Damarys Farres, Ariel Rios Roberts, Enrique Perez and Cubashe's own Leo Henriquez.

Making her UK debut at the Brighton Congress was Geldys Moralez. Originally from Havana Cuba, Geldys is one of Norway’s best-kept secrets, a quite exceptional talent and one salsa lovers need to see more of at international congresses.

La Rueda – or the Cuban Wheel – is Cuban-style circle dancing and started to roll in Havana in the 1950’s, growing out of traditional Cuban salsa. Usually, Rueda is carried out at break-neck speed by pairs of dancers in a circle, switching partners in response to moves called by a leader (cantante).
Mostly, calls are given in Spanish – for example, Dil que no, Enchufla, Sombrero - although some are in Spanglish - Un fly - others are international – Coca cola. Moves are carried out with the current dance partner and often, trigger a switch to the next partner in the circle.
One of big pluses of La Rueda is the blindingly obvious – people dance in a group.
“Because everybody dances together, Rueda is very sociable and friendly. A lot of the moves are quirky and cheeky and pure fun – this is the essence of Salsa. People can take LA style too seriously, whereas Rueda is down to earth and good fun,” Cubashe’s Claudine Baker explains.
Once you're hooked, there’s no turning back. There’s never enough time in weekly classes to get the hang of all the moves you want to know. It’s a bit like collecting cigarette cards, first you pick up the easy ones, getting loads of these time and time again and then you spend most of your time trying to get hold of the more difficult ones.
Over the weekend, I got into clandestine conversations with fellow dancers, promising to “trade” moves and there was definitely a cigarette card collector’s delight when one of the dancer’s got a move everybody else was finding difficult!
La Rueda seems to have sprung from nowhere on the UK Salsa scene. “A few years ago, there were hardly any Rueda classes on offer in clubs, now they’re everywhere,” says Claudine Baker.
There are good reasons for La Rueda’s growing popularity in the UK - and internationally. The Rueda crowd has got to be one of the friendliest on the dance circuit; it’s fun, there are dozens of moves to learn most of which are just as usable when dancing Cuban-style Salsa in couples and so plenty to interest all levels of ability.
By contrast, Salsa only arrived in Norway a decade ago but La Rueda caught on immediately. In 2002, the Norwegians held their first Rueda Congress. Currently, the Norwegians are developing their own Rueda standard, creating a
unified Norwegian-style Rueda, taught in all Norwegian Salsa clubs.
This contrasts sharply with UK practice where a range of Rueda styles are taught, including for instance, Street or Miami).
This means the same move could have different names or variations across different systems in the UK.
The Norwegian system has the clear advantage of eliminating a lot of confusion, especially for less experienced dancers.
To assist with instruction and learning, SalsaNor has created a very useful Rueda DVD, introducing the Norwegian Rueda standard - we’ll review this shortly.
Brighton Rueda Congress Hosts Cubashe's Leo Henriquez and Claudine Baker and SalsaNor's team led by Glen Lillehammer, Bjarte Langeland and Reidun Svabo pulled the event together in characteristically Norwegian and Cuban style.
The Norwegians were dead organised – Father Christmas even turned up at one of the evening parties – while the Cubans let it all hang out, leaving plenty of room for sabor and creative chaos, with the result that everybody enjoyed themselves.
The Brighton Rueda Congress ticks a lot of boxes and has real pulling power for us wheel geeks. Next year, I predict this event is going to be bigger and better. So many moves, so little time.... Ed."

Kjelde: londonsalsascene.info/html/rueda_07.html

Pupy Y Los Que Son Son på europaturne 10- 29. oktober

Cesar Pedroso har i tredve år vore ein av dei leiande musikarane på Kuba. Han byrja si karriere i Orquesta Reve. Saman med Juan Formell stifta han seinare gruppa Los Van Van. I 2001 starta han si eiga gruppe Pupy Y Los Que Son Son. Dette er ei av mine favorittgrupper og me har spelt mange av låtane deira på Timba Night.
Videoen er frå ein konsert i Havanna og låta er De la Timba a Pogoloti frå plata Mi Timba Cerra.
Me vil legge ut informasjon om turneen så snart me veit meir om stad og dato.

Her er Descargas Peter Watrous si anmelding av plata El Buenagente frå 2004:

"There isn't anything like this in Afro-Latin music; it's totally distinct. It's as if Pupy, longtime pianist and composer with Los Van Van, took a chunk of that group and decided to make it something bigger. So the rhythm arrangements swing in an incredibly complicated way; he's arranging the rhythm of each tune, making his music instantly identifiable by its time and feel instead of its melody or harmony. And Pupy goes directly to the modal heart of the matter, the band charging into a big, big sound that, weirdly, reminds me of John Coltrane and his classic quartet.
The music is like some sort of parallel popular music world in Cuba; it isn't timba, or salsa, just something hard and intelligent. Like a movie director who uses the same actors in every picture, or the same ideas, giving form to his total work, Pupy uses his group to mine the same sort of melodies and rhythms-and his tumbaos don't sound like anybody else's, either. Listen to the descarga of "El Buenagente," or the opening to "Disco Azucar" to hear things that are only in Pupy's arsenal. And with the violins waving in the distance, there's a whiff of Van Van. With a drum kit, the music, in it's power, sounds completely modern.
So here's the most advanced art available from the world of Cuban popular music, wildly imaginative, and inventive. And let's not forget that it's popular, which gives all the intelligence and invention and push that make it vital.
Highly recommended."

Manolito Simonet Y Su Trabuco

Eg var på konsert med Manolito Y Su Trabuco i Frankrike på Festival Cubain Bayamo i Seyne-Sur-Mer sommaren 2007.
Det var ei stor konsertoppleving. Dei skal turnere i Europa sommaren 2008, og me kjem til å legge ut informasjon om det når me veit konsertdatoane.

Her er eit klipp frå gruppa sin konsertdvd Knockout frå Teatro Karl Marx i Havanna.
Låta er Llego La Musica Cubana.

Casino.com i aksjon

I fleire år har kubansk tv hatt eit program som heiter Para Bailar Casino der dei har hatt dansekonkurranser både for par og ruedagrupper.
Ruedagruppa Casino.com som Yanek Revilla leiar vann Para Bailar Casino konkurransen i 2006.
Låta heter Ella Es Una Abusadora av Adalberto Alvarez.
Yanek skal holde kurs på Cubamemucho sin kubanske salsakongress i Munchen 7-9. mars 2008. Du finn lenke til det på sida vår.

spilleliste Timbanight 4. september, DJ Fuerza


Angel Bonne: Imagino, Havana City
Los Van Van: Por Que No Te Enamoras
Maravilla de Florida: A Recogerse
Pupy Pedroso: Si La Ves
Samá: Guarachando
El Zorro: Somos Hermanos
Nelson Manuel: No Me Llames
Manolin: La Vida No Es Tan Tan
Havana Power Band: No Le Eches La Culpa
Charanga Habanera: Mi Estrella
Klimax: La Mujer De Mi Vida
Paulito: Enredadera De Amor
Tiempo Libre: Esto Esta Listo

Maikel Blanco Y Su Salsamayor

Maikel Blanco Y Su Salsamayor er ein av dei nye stjernene innan kubansk salsa og timba. Dei har gitt ut tre album og var nyleg på turne i Europa der dei samla fulle hus og fekk gode kritikker. På Youtube ligg det fleire klipp frå desse konsertane. I år gav dei ut eit nytt album Live desde la Casa de la Musica.

" Smoldering live timba performance by Maikel Blanco y Su Salsa Mayor. Blanco, who composed all of the tunes here, is quickly becoming the major timba star in Cuba. I can´t think of many live timba performances on cd, so this is something of a rarity. 73 minutes of jam-packed timba fire. With " La Masa", " Cambia Tu Faceta", " Lo Bello Por Dentro" a whopping near 14 minutes worth, " Recoge Y Vete" and others. Highly recommended."

Kjelde: Descarga

Pedro Pablo& La Rebambaramba

Eks-bassisten i Charanga Habanera og Charanga Forever fekk strålande kritikker for si første plate !Yo Tengo El Don..! i 2005 med sitt eiga band La Rebambaramba. No er han ute med si andre plate Yo Soy La Noticia. Dette er er plater me skal spille låter frå både på Timba Night og Fiesta Cubana i tida som kjem.

Her følger Peter Watrous i descarga si anmelding av plata:

" Ah, the sounds of timba, fresh and smart and urgent. Pedro Pablo, a bassist from Havana, has on his second album done what he did on his first, which is make either the best or one of the best timba albums of the year. And what Yo Soy La Noticia brings is the miracle of rhythm arrangements, arrangements worked out in front of dancers, and, though the title track fades too quickly, you can hear what the band does for dancers- roughing out stuttering rhythms and feints, and food for the dancers magination. Pablo´s put the piano upfront too, and the montunos lift the music up and give it a bright new sound; check out how the piano rocks the sound of of the tune "Christina". It´s amazing music, workaday dance music from the streets of havana, but in a 100 years, when the talent to play such profoundly complicated music has been lost, it´s true value will show up. Highly recommended."

El Rey De Los Charangueros

Charanga Habanera er eit band som i femten år har produsert ein rad av gode plater under leiing av det musikalske geniet David Calzado. Dei var og er eit av dei ledande banda på Kuba. Med plata Me sube La Fiebre skreiv dei seg inn i kubansk musikkhistorie og var med på å peike ut ein ny kurs for kubansk salsamusikk, nemleg det ein kaller timba. For dei som er interessert i å lese meir om dette har Wikipedia ein svært god artikkel og analyse av timba som musikalsk fenomen.
Eminente folk som Tirso Duarte, Michel Maza, Danny Lozada, Pedro Pablo og ein rad andre musikarar har vore med i bandet. Dei turnerer rundt i heile verda og leverer full pakke på konserter. Makan til energiutladning skal du leite lenge etter på scena. Med cden El Rey De Los Charangueros har Charanga Habanera nok ein gong levert varene.

Her er Peter Watrous i Descarga si anmelding:

" The album, recorded for an Italian label, starts out with the tough " El Rey", rattles with all the energy of the great Cuban
band´s highly specific sound, its timba brand. Part of group´s individuality comes from the boy band aspect of its sound, with a bunch of young voices taking the lead vocals. As usual, the miracle of their arrangements, the stuttering rhythm section dropping accents in the least predictable places, is completely in order. And on El Rey De Los Charangueros, the recording captures some of the bands wall-of-sound, the baseball bat to the forehead qality of the band. The unity of the sound( with the exeption of the voices, wich are way up in the mix) relegates all the instruments to the same importance; at times it´ll almost seem as if there are two bands and two ideas competing on each track, one, the band itself, hard, unstoppable, and two, the singers. Anyway, another slice of genius, hard, hard timba dance music from Havana, this might actually be the bands best recording. Nothing like it; its historical. Highly recommended."

Vive La France!

Per i dag er Frankrike det mest spennande landet i Europa om ein er interessert i kubansk salsa og timba og gode latinmusikkfestivaler. Alle dei store banda frå Kuba legg turneane sine innom musikkfestivaler og konsertscener i Frankrike.
I tillegg har Dj Jack Calvo saman med ein gjeng entusiaster gjort mykje for å promotere kubansk salsa og timba.
Du kan oppleve Jack Calvo på WAGG i Paris der han mikser kubansk salsa og timba kvar veke.

Varme sommernetter, god mat, spennande kultur og språk, ledande djer og band innan kubansk timba og salsa er berre nokre grunner til å velje Frankrike som reisemål for sommerferien i 2008.
I lenkelista vår har me lagt ut lenker til ulike musikkfestivaler og salsasider i Frankrike.

Dj Charanga si spilleliste Timba Night 4. september

Tirsdag 4. september var det eittårs jubileum for Timba Night og her er eit utdrag frå spillelista mi den kvelden.


Adalberto Alvarez: Mi Linda Habanera
Azucar Negra: Hoy Me Inclino
Angel Bonne: Erez La Paz
Arnaldo Y La Cosmopolita: Mia
Conexion Salsera: Juana La Italiana
Elio Reve Jr: Se Sigue Comentando
Estrellas De Envidia: Mi Gente
Fito Reinoso: Meneito
Gilito Y Su Clave: Timbeando Con Gilito
Grupo Danson: Solo Para Ti
Issac Delgado: Sin Tu Amor No Hay Amor
Maikel Blanco: Anos
Manolito Y Su Trabuco: Sacuda La Mata
Michel Maza: La Superturistica
Pedro Calvo: El Cochino
Pupy Y Los Que Son Son: Al Final
Sama Y El Expreso De Oriente: Si Te Caigo Mal
Tirso Duarte: Charanguero Mayor

Dj Charanga topp 10 sanger& 5 album august -07

Top 10 sanger

1. Sama Y El Expreso: Tengo Una Situacion
2. Maikel Blanco: La Masa
3. Issac Delgado: La Mujer Que Mas Te Duele
4. Pedro Pablo: Virtud O Defecto
5. Charanga Habanera: Un Hombre Como Tu
6. Jose Miguel: Fiesta Pa`l Bailador
7. Maravilla De Florida: A Recogerse
8. Elio Reve Jr: Fresquecito
9. Charanga Forever: Se Van Volando
10.Los Ases De La Timba: La Vecina

Top 5 album

1. Issac Delgado: En Primera Plana
2. Charanga Habanera: El Rey De Los Charangueros
3. Maikel Blanco: Live
4. Sama Y El Expreso: El Repartero De la Habana
5. Pedro Pablo: Yo Soy La Noticia