Chocolate og Vaini

La Rueda De Guanabacoa

Afrokubansk rumba

Klimax

Klimax med låta Adios Amor frå siste plata deira Solo Tu Y Yo.

"Piloto and his band have always been apart from the average timba band, in part because what he produces isn’t straight up timba, often mixing rhythms from around the Caribbean, and because his recording and production technique often sounds more modern and professional than the average Cuban recording. It sounds like he spends time outside of Cuba, which he does, and on Solo Tu Y Yo, he’s doing his traditional mixing of stuff. In case non-Cuban speaking people buy the album (something that’s been on his mind from early on), it comes with a Cuban-Spanish dictionary; the music’s the same, a salsa/timba/other stuff mix, all played perfectly. There’s some Latin pop schmaltz, per usual, but when this band starts moving down the road, get out of the way. Not only is Piloto a great writer, but his drumming is as good as it gets in the idiom, which is saying something. There’s the sense of musical heaviness you hear in great bands, whether it be the Coltrane Quartet or the Rolling Stones. Piloto’s invited a bunch of people to perform, from Omara Portuondo, Pablo Milanes, Tania Pantojo, Chucho Valdez and the goddess Haydee Milanes who’s pretty much brilliant on her track, offering a new set of melodies for improvisation. Dance music doesn’t get better than this, intelligent, driving, of a place, heroic.
Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: descarga.com: Peter Watrous

Havana De Primera

Havana De Primera med låta Confiésale.

Telmary Diaz

"Que equivoca'o" frå plata A diario.

"A Diario, the powerhouse debut release by Cuban singer-songwriter Telmary, is part of the new wave of Cuban pop music that defies categorization. Produced by Roberto Carcasses — who seems to be the eye of the storm of this Cuban musical revolution — and Yusa, A Diario often utilizes hip hop as a springboard to launch a barrage of fist-in-the-air vocal poetry and densely layered sounds that borrow from technology, nature and pop music. This is hip hop rock on such a totally fresh new level that it demands a new name — no hop, post hop, whatever. There are moments when timba tries to take control, as on "Que Equivoca'o." But Telmary is too strong to relinquish control. Her voice never raises, but maintains such authority that you just have to get out of her way.
This is one of the more interesting releases to come out of Cuba in years. Check out "Mr. God," sung in english, as the singer appeals "...But it's not fair, we are not a zero; we are walking in the same trip; Mister God, Mister Mad, Mister Rambo; Go go easy, not so fast... come to my, come to my flow." Damn, this is good stuff. There's too much to talk about here; listen to what she does with "Marilu," Van Van's early rock and roll hit. A Diaro features guests Descemer, Athanai, Kumar, Yusa and others. Whatever you think about Telmary, one thing is for sure. She's a contender — an artist whose time is now.
Very Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: descarga.com

Timba Night topp 10 juli

Sang: Artist: Plate

1. La Habana Me Llama: Manolito Y Su Trabuco: Control
2. Babalocha y Yalocha: Soneros All Stars: La Timba Soy Yo
3. Gozando En La Habana: Adalberto Alvarez: Gozando En La Habana
4. Buscando Tu Amor: Michel Maza: Como Gato De Angora
5. Yo Soy Tu Papi: Tirso Duarte: Fin Del Juego
6. La Habana Se Esta Mudando: Los Angeles De La Habana: 24 Kilates
7. Son A Santiago: Will Campa: Promo
8. El Fenomeno: El Zorro: Ay, Como Me Sube
9. Adios amor: Klimax: Promo
10. Me Mantengo: Los Van Van: Promo

Pupy Y Los Que Son Son i Noreg

Pupy Y Los Que Son Son på Union Scene i Drammen fredag 20. juni.
Vevlenke: www.unionscene.no

Pupy Y Los Que Son Son

Her er dei med Pedro Calvo som gjestevokalist og Låta El Buenagente frå plata El Buenagente.

Cesar Pedroso "Pupy": Pupy El Buenagente

"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."

Kjelde: descarga.com, Peter Watrous.

Timba Night

DJ Charanga og DJ Fuerza mikser kubansk salsa, son og timba
tirsdag 3. juni frå kl 20.

Fiesta Cubana fredag 30. mai

DJ Paver, DJ Fuerza og DJ Charanga mikser kubansk musikk.

Macumba Social Club frå kl 22-0300.

Clave Negra

Dansegruppa til Albertico Calderon i aksjon.

Salsa casino

Edyta og Daniel frå Salsa Bielsko i Polen i ei framsyning.

Soneros All Stars

Salsa show: Chocolate vs Mamy

Dei danser til låta Raspadoza av Manolito Simonet.

Casino.com

Dansekompaniet Casino.com under leiing av Yanek Revilla øver koreografi til låta Agua av Los Van Van.

Tumbao Habana

Tumbao Habana med låta Amanezco.

In December 2007 Tumbao Habana celebrated their 10th anniversary. The group was founded in 1997 by director and keyboardist Pascualito Cabrejas. During that time they have earned themselves a place in the Havana timba scene with weekly concerts at the EGREM venues.

Pascualito has a facility for finding new talent, and Tumbao Habana has given many young musicians and singers their first taste of the Casa de la Música circuit as well as foreign tours, such as their regular trips to Peru. The band consists of piano, keyboard, bass, timbal with kick drum, congas, güiro and a very diverse horn section featuring two trumpets, trombone and sax. The front line has three singers, although in concert Pascualito occasionally leaves the keyboard to join on coro.

Tumbao Habana has released two studio CDs, Tumbao Habana (2000) and Ese Huevo Quiere Sal (2002), and they plan to record another in 2008. Their studio CDs are a mix of styles including timba, salsa, reggae-salsa, orchestrated rumba,
mambo-rap and covers of traditional Cuban songs.

Kjelde: timba.com

Jorge Camaguey y Paulina - Son

Jorge Camaguey med partner danser son til Jovenes Clasicos Del Son og låta Brujeria de que.

Azucar Negra- A mal tiempo, buena cara

Azucar Negra med låta A mal tiempo, buena cara frå plata Toque Natural.

Azucar Negra: Toque Natural

"Out comes the new Azucar Negra, led by the great Cuban composer and bandleader, Leonel Limonta, featuring a killing new woman singer Aylin Dalleras. The band hasn’t released an album in a couple of years, and here’s the real deal, hard timba dance music formed by all night dance shows, with the recording a studio version, shortened a bit, of what happens live. Just check out the first tune, "Toque Natural," which spends nearly 5 minutes — and ends 10 minutes to early — working through a maze of structural changes, rhythms that move around, riffs, breakdowns, coros, with Dalleras’s voice blowing like a trumpet over it all. Then the next tune, "El Picaron," with another great singer Lester Ciarreta, stepping through the thick coros, ventures into rap towards the end, with a wicked rhythm section churning up a storm. And if anybody wondered about Limonta’s songwriting skill, check out the third track, "La Palabra," featuring Dalleras, which opens with a long discussion about a word that’s only identified, finally, in the coro, dragging a listener/dancer into the music. The fantastic piano breaks, help, too, and her almost desperate improvisations — listen to her sing “Mi vida…” — for some beauty. Anyway, here it is, modern Cuban music, in all its precise glory.
Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: descarga.com, Peter Watrous

Timba Night Topp 10

1. Roberton: Manana :Promo
2. Tumbao Habana: Compartiendo Alegria :Promo
3. Wil Campa: Son a Santiago :Promo
4. Manolin: Ready to go premix :Promo
5. Paulito FG: Ella No Sabe :Promo
6. Cesar Pedroso: Un Poquito al Reves :Promo
7. Klimax: Adios Amor :Promo
8. Ciclon Cubano: De que llego llego :Promo
9. Tirso Duarte: La Cosa Mas Bella: Fin Del Juego
10. Juan Kemell: Bajame La Musica : Havananza