How Do You Like Your Ladies? is an anthemic-party-starter embodying female rage. Channeling their frustration at patriarchy and gender-based violence, Colectiva deliver a 3-minute instrumental, rich in Afro-Latin rhythm, fiery horn motifs, salsa influences, and jazz-inflected breaks.
 
The song emerged through musical improvisation, following a conversation between the collective about the objectification of women, sexual violence, and the outdated trope of femininity as being a subdued, submissive character.

Working with a female-led visuals team, Colectiva created a music video with the aim of dissecting and challenging perceptions of ‘femininity’. Shot on location on a Kentish beach, the video makes reference to traditional tropes and societal expectations placed on women of elegance, grace and passivity, rooted in patriarchal history, and still present today, and gradually subverts them.

Colectiva is:
Viva Msimang - Trombone
Alley Lloyd - Bass
Lya Reis Guerrero - Drums
Lilli Avehnainem - Percussion
Allexa Nava - Sax
Luisa Santiago - Keys 
Sarah Wackett - Flute
Poppy Daniels - Trumpet

Director - Balbina Bochuzynska
Producer - Reuben Samra
Production Designer - Matilda Vidal
1st AD - Alessia Galatini
Camera Assistant - Anna Francesca Jennings
Colourist - Lois Chapman
Production Assistant - Camilo Gamboa Merlo

Recording Engineer: Giles Barrett at Soap Studios and Big Jelly Studios
Mixing Engineer: Erik Aldrey
Master Engineer: Oli Morgan at Abbey Road Studios

How Do You Like Your Ladies?

UNDER THE by Colectiva and Maria Grapsa.
Recorded and Mixed at Soup Studios (London, UK) by Giles Barrett
Mastered by Juan Carlos Arévalo @ Supermastering

UNDER THE

COLECTIVA explores the spaces between Afro-Latin music and Jazz while reflecting on themes of sisterhood and female empowerment. 
 
Blending wild horn lines with Afro-Latin groove and experimental textures, COLECTIVA’s thoughtful arrangements are rooted in the sounds of Africa, Latin America and the diaspora, creating a genre the group have affectionately dubbed jazz tropicaliente (hot-tropical-jazz).
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