Cuban Hip-hop tour hits Bristol for LAF Afterparty

bristol | miscellaneous | announcement Monday February 26, 2007 20:33 by Natty N8 - Pachanga Sudaka Sounds

Movimientos and Pachanga Sudaka present a night of live latin hip-hop direct from Cuba, live salsa-creol-mashup brom Bristol's Orquesta Montpelier and DJs playing the best of Latin music from salsa, boogaloo, cumbia, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, samba and carioca to future latin beats. This is a party not to be missed.

Cuban Rappers Obsesion

As part of their UK tour two of Cuba's most influential hip-hop groups 'Obsesion' and 'Los Paisanos' are coming to Bristol to talk at the Latin American Forum and play later at the afterparty at the Full Moon.

Obsesion formed in 1996, are among the founding figures of Cuban rap and remain at the centre of the scene having organized the Cuban hip hop symposium in Havana for the last two years. They have released two CDs and their work has appeared on many internationally released compilations such as 'The Cuban Hip Hop All Stars.' Their tour of the USA in 2003, which culminated in a performance at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem alongside hip hop legends The Roots and Common, was the subject of the documentary 'La Fabri-k.' Obsesión have put social projects – including work with prisoners and children – at the centre of their mission and were invited to the World Social Forum in Venezuela in 2006 as panellists and performers.

Los Paisanos formed in 1999 and have been a fixture of the Havana hip hop festival and the city's underground rap scene since 2000. Songs from their CD 'Paisanología' have become favourites among the capital's rap fans, and Randy Acosta has emerged as one of the most exciting producers at the uncompromising edge of Cuban hip hop. Los Paisanos were invited guests at the Revolution '06 hip hop festival in Toronto, Canada, alongside Dead Prez and K'Naan.

The cubans will be followed by Bristol's own 'Orquesta Montpelier' by way of the grand finale - A 16 piece Fat Live UK Salsa Creole band playing contemporary arrangements of Salsa classics, Descarga Mambo, Boogaloo, Merengue with mindful Hip Hop; creatively combined with traditional Afro Cuban folkloric beats, to bring you one of the UK's most exciting orchestras of experimental Salsa.

This will be an afterparty not to missed!!

TIME: 9pm-2am SAT 10th March
PLACE: The Full Moon Stokes Croft Bristol
COST: £5 to LAF Goers, £6 others - Proceeds to LAF Forum Costs

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