Wednesday 30 September 2009

'Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound'


Brownswood Recordings proudly announce a new project bringing the best of a new generation of Cuban Musicians together to create an incredible album of modern Cuban Urban music.

World renowned globetrotting DJ, broadcaster and tastemaker, Gilles Peterson teamed up with the award winning Cuban jazz pianist, Roberto Fonseca, to find the very best up and coming musical talent in Havana. 12 Months in the making it represents the biggest collection of contemporary Cuban musicians in a single musical initiative since the highly acclaimed launch of Buena Vista Social Club in 1990.

Featuring the work of over 20 musicians and artists recorded across 28 tracks, the double CD album is a celebration of Cuba’s freshest musical talent from latin, afro jazz and fusion to hip hop, funk, reggaeton and R&B. The album includes a collection of new material written and recorded in Havana by undiscovered local street and urban musicians such as vocalist D’nay (described by Gilles Peterson as “Cuba’s Jill Scott”) and Doble Filo as well as international award winning artists such as rapper Kumar and pianist Roberto Fonseca. Fans of Cuban music will also recognise a number of traditional Cuban classics such as Chekere Son, which have been carefully re-recorded by Gilles Peterson.

The album was recorded in the world famous Egrem studios in Havana, where all the major figures of the Cuban music scene have recorded including Beny More’, Arsenio Rodriguez and the Buena Vista Social Club. It is the latest in a series of cultural projects from Havana-Cultura, which has been designed to give artists in Havana a global voice.

The album will be available worldwide on Brownswood Recordings. It is a double album consisting of one CD of brand new recordings produced by Gilles Peterson jointly with Roberto Fonseca and Vince Vella and the second CD a compilation of Gilles’s favourite current and recent Cuban music

www.havana-cultura.com

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