Name: PA LA CASA! -(Salsa Descarga) by El Gato Celis
Duration: 6 min 8 s
Description: Mit einem frischen Feeling für das Genre steht die Band für dynamisch-expressive, charaktervolle Interpretationen eines Vintage und Old School Salsa Repertoires.

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THE ROUGH GUIDE TO LATIN DANCE

Latin American is a region defined by years of change and social upheaval. Today, as ever, dance is a potent identifier and method of cultural expression. This Rough Guide invites you to take to your tango, roll out your rumba and set your salsa sizzling with the hottest sounds from the likes of Argentinean duo Mas Alla, Martinican melody-maker Dede Saint-Prix and Brazilian sambista Ruivao.

Kicking off the album with a swinging salsa, Virginia-based experimenters Bio Ritmo lay down a winding keys riff layered atop with the blasts of a hearty horn section and sweetly delivered male vocals. A few tracks in we are treated to ‘Oran Oran’ by Maurice El Medioni and Roberto Rodriguez. El Medioni hails from Algeria and recycles his varying influences (from American boogie-woogie to rai) delicately and dextrously on the piano. Here El Medioni is accompanied by Cuban percussionist Rodriguez and together the pair create a distinct Afro-Latin groove.

Colombiafrica reverberate their champeta straight from the streets of Colombia. A powder-keg of Colombian rhythms brewed together with Congolese soukous, Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian Afro-beat – this band offer a riotous take on contemporary street dance. Staying in Colombia but striking back through the decades, the vintage track ‘Ocho Dias’ by Los Corraleros De Majagual is a slinky throw-back to cumbia done big-band style. Harmonized horns call and respond to a caramel-smooth choir and lead male voice.

‘A Zero Por Hora’ is contributed by Brazilian singer Vitor Ramil. Teaming up with Rio-born Marcos Suzano, the pair present their hope for the future of samba; acoustic instruments riffing on traditional dance figures nestle alongside textural ambient electronics.

Watching Latin dance is like watching a living history lesson played out, every stamp and flounce encapsulating centuries of change in the region. From the circle dances of the Taino Indians, to European set-dances introduced by Columbus and his compadres, via complicated African cross-rhythms introduced during the dreaded slave trade, not forgetting jubilant Creole carnivals and contemporary urban street styles – dance is Latin Americas living history. Celebrate the legacy with this unique Rough Guide to Latin Dance.

Sierra Maestra: Santa Isabel De Las Lajas (taken from The Rough Guide To Latin Dance)

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Mit einem frischen Feeling für das Genre steht die Band für dynamisch-expressive, charaktervolle Interpretationen eines Vintage und Old School Salsa Repertoires.

PA LA CASA! -(Salsa Descarga)

ORQUESTA NOVEL Que viva el son montuno - Vamonos Pa'l Monte

Juventud flaca y loca - Lisandro Meza y su Combo Gigante

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Keyboard and Artistic conducting: Brice Lebert
Lead: Christhiam Leyton
Bass: Jean-Luc Cervoni
Drums: Rafael Genisio
Congas: Nestor Alberto Sanz Diaz
Bongos: Miguel Chambel
Trumpets: Mathieu Esterni, Philippe Chaloin
Sax: Arnaud Farcy
Trombone: Romain Morello
Mix: Jean-Luc Cervoni
Mastered by François Fanelli at Sonics Mastering

PA LA CASA! -(Salsa Descarga)

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