Hailing from provincial Italy, world class DJ & producer Benny Benassi is a name needing little introduction but always deserving of wide admiration and acclaim.  Indulging in a career spanning fifteen plus years, Benassi is renown as a humble, authentic and charming character who has grown from club DJ to festival king to multi-million selling record producer taking success in his stride. Trademarking his unique infusion of house and electro with his global smash “Satisfaction” Benny has continued to create music which is a clear evolution of this signature sound but never deviating too far. 

There is no better place to start delving into the rich history of the Benassi career than with his international blockbuster, “Satisfaction” and its game-changing music video became his launch pad into stardom. Created with his cousin and producer, Alle Benassi, and inspired by the car horns outside an open street facing window, this single catapulted into the charts with a #1 in France, #2 in the UK and Germany. Followed by his debut album Hypnotica, which reached top 20 across nearly all parts of Europe within the first month of release. 

The next few years for Benny were a culmination of successes, whether it be the major festivals he went on the play (Coachella, EDC, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland to name a few) or his next artist album, Rock N Rave in 2008. The same year he won a Grammy Award for his ground breaking remix of Public Enemy “Bring The Noise” further catapulting the Benassi name into stardom. 

In 2011, Benny teamed up with a star-studded album cast for his album Electroman which featured T-Pain, Kelis, Jean-Baptsiste and Apl.de.ap amongst others and most famously Gary Go with his chart-topping single “Cinema”.  The Skrillex remix of “Cinema” not only went Gold in the US and platinum in Australia and Canada but won the Benassi’s another Grammy whilst holding firm in the iTunes top 10 dance chart for over 6 months. 

Still on this exceptional career high, Benny Benassi combined talents with Chris Brown to create one of the biggest cross-over dance records of its time with “Beautiful People”. The following years have been a measure of incredible world tours and releases, most notably his record “Dance The Pain Away” with John Legend, which premiered live on stage at Coachella with John himself. 

2016 saw Benny released his first album in five years Danceaholic, an unexpected, stunning cocktail of already released tracks, two unreleased reworks of older singles and brand new songs, led by the hit summer anthem “Paradise”, once again with Chris Brown. “Paradise” stayed in the Top 50 UK charts for 10 weeks and boasts more than 65 million video views and close to 47 million Spotify streams. 

In recent years, Benny's main releases include “Everybody Needs A Kiss” featured US duo Sofi Tukker racking up over 10 millions streams online and was featured as the sound of gay pride for Musica.ly, "Lonely Nights" featuring Lil Yachty, interspersed with two great house-oriented tracks, "Inside" with Chris Nasty, performing well in clubs and on streaming platforms and "Everybody Hates Monday Mornings" with his own production outfit, BB Team, and featuring the eccentric and charismatic YouTuber, Canguro English.

Beyond his own productions he brought his sound to a wider musical audience with a flurry of high-profile remixes with the likes of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Giorgio Moroder, Madonna, Sean Paul and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few; whilst maintaining a weekly radio show on the US heavy-weight iHeart Radio broadcasting to a staggering quarter of a billion listeners monthly.

Jesús Cutiño is a singer, songwriter and an accomplished performer of many guitar styles including Cuban, Latin jazz, Flamenco, Ska, Raggae etc. Today he is recognised as one of the best tres players in Europe (the tres is the Cuban guitar that is the mainstay of the Cuban 'son' sound). He is also recognised as one of the key members of the new generation of timberos in Cuba.

BACKGROUND

Born in Las Tunas, Cuba in 1974 Jesús grew up surrounded by music. His mum was a singer, his father and grand-father were both "trovadores" and played tres and guitar in the Oriente tradition. It was his father who first introduced him and his twin brother Amaury to the guitar. He was 5 at the time.

But soon, for Jesús, playing the guitar was not enough. At 16 he wrote his first song (and since then he hasn’t stop writing). He already knew then that music would be the love of his life. Jesús also wanted to study literature, learn and find inspiration from the great authors and poets. At the age of 18, while at university, he joined MARIACHI TUNAS as band leader, guitarist and vocalist. Jesús was finally a professional musician. Two years later he joined the 14 piece band SUPERBANDA SURIK (one of the leading bands in the province of Las Tunas and the first band to play Pura Salsa in Cuba) where he honed his skills as a vocalist and composer. Over his 8 months with SUPERBANDA SURIK the band played on stage many of his compositions including “Traigo El Sabor” which will later be recorded in the U.S. At 22 after gaining his degree in Spanish literature it was time to move to Havana where he joined and led the band SON DE MI TIERRA which, with their traditional repertoire, gave him the opportunity to learn to play the tres guitar and to record their first album.  

CAREER

In 1998, at the age of 23, Jesús moved to London and quickly became a feature of the city’s vibrant salsa scene, appearing with numerous London based bands, he has perform or share the stage with many prestigious artists including: Wynton Marsalis, Oscar D'Leon, Ricky Martin, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nueves, Pedrito Martinez Group, Lusito Quintero, Cano Estremera, Lusito Carrion, Maelo Ruiz, Tito Gomez, Leodan, Enrique Iglecias etc. 

In 2004 he joined the renowned band SKA CUBANO (a Jamaican and Cuban musical collaboration) and has since performed with them at many prestigious venues and festivals around the world including the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (Canada), Fuji Rock (Japan), the various WOMAD Festivals (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Sevilla, Estremadura, Canary Islands), Glastonbury (UK), Roskilde (Denmark) and the Nobel Peace Price ceremony in 2005, to name a few. He has also recorded two of their albums.

Today, in Europe, Jesús is the musical director and bandleader of the very successful JESÚS CUTIÑO & SON DE CUBA band, which has established itself as the leading and most exciting Cuban band in the UK.

LATEST NEWS: NEW ABUM

He has just finished recording his new album in Cuba "En La Cima" which is expected to be released in January 2016. The album features some of the most influential Cuban artists including the multi grammy award winner Chucho Valdés, Alexander Abreu, Manolito Simonet Y Su Trabuco, Carlitos Calunga, El Indio, Tania Pantoja, Mandy Cantero, Lele, Vania Borges and some of the best musicians. Jesús is planning to tour with his Cuban band end of 2016.

HIS MUSIC

Over the past 10 years Jesús has developed a different musical concept based on traditional Cuban son but giving it a new sound through strong contemporary harmonies, catchy melodies and poetic lyrics. He describes his music as mostly timba-son with some compositions being more salsa romantica. 

As with other great soneros his music goes from a traditional son to a mambo or cha-cha-cha magnificently but he does not stop there. Cuban music has always been inspired by rhythms and sonorities from all over the world and Jesús’ music is no exception. He is open-minded to experimentation and likes to surprise the dancer or the listener by breaking the rhythm with, for instance, flamenco, samba, jazz, bollywood, bachata or reggaeton. 

For Jesus lyrics are just as important as melodies and rhythms. He loves to play with words, using puns, double meanings, rich rhymes or images to tell stories, to recreate moments from daily life, impressions and feelings. Whether romantic, funny or provocative his texts almost always include - often between the lines - personal messages or references to special moments, events or phrases that only close friends and family will recognise. This makes his music fresh, spontaneous and engaging. On stage his improvisational skills, his energy and his ability to entertain people make him a star on the London salsa scene.

Jesus’ most important sources of inspiration are his family, his home town, Las Tunas and his everyday life in England or Cuba. His style, as a composer or performer, is influenced by Oscar D’Leon, Juan Formell y Los Van Van, Paco De Lucia, Camaron De La Isla, Chucho Valdés, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Willie Chirino, Manolito Simonet and Carlos Calunga.

Hola, somos un grupo de peruanos difundiendo y defendiendo la música cubana, con lo mejor, lo inedito, y lo más reciente. Grupo formado hace mas de 10años en la capital de Peru.

Mistura Latina was set up in 2008 to promote Latin music styles through events, club nights and music production. Mistura Latinas number one passion is to bring every genre of Latin music to a world wide audience. From Zouk to Reggaeton, Samba to Salsa, Forro to Bachata, Kuduro to Lambada! You name it, if it’s Latin, you’ll hear about it. The web is a brilliant way for us to to this.

Mistura Latina is Portuguese for Latin Mixture, in other words a mixture or mix-match if you will of  Latin sounds, rhythms and music styles which sums up what Mistura Latina is all about.

Mistura Latina is home to some of the best Latin DJ’s from around the world, artist with flair and imagination and years of experience behind the DJ desks. Our DJ’s are 100% dedicated to the music and have their finger on the pulse for all the latest and best Latin sounds picking them up sometimes before they hit the shops. We are on a crusade to take the best Latin sounds across the globe.

Mistura Latina work with a selection of talented musicians and entertainers in the Latin music industry, producing unique Latin mixes for the dance floor as well as for performers and entertainers.

La Orquesta La Exclusiva pretende ser la alternativa distinta para el amante de la verdadera Salsa por eso proviene el nombre "La Exclusiva", por querer ser los que marquemos la diferencia en el ambiente musical "Salsero Peruano" ya que últimamente esta copado de orquestas mixtas y fusionadas con la Timba , Pachanga, Cubanada entre otros ritmos noveles, nosotros queremos mantener la verdadera esencia y el verdadero sonido de la Salsa, ejecutarlo tal cual se merece y conservar la verdadera intención musical Salsera, interpretando temas que son clásicos, del ayer y hoy, temas salseros inolvidables y otros que son iconos del genero y por supuesto la infaltable "Salsa Dura" ó "Gorda"... entonces para todos los amantes de la verdadera Salsa... Orquesta La Exclusiva 100% Tu Salsa!

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