Gilles Peterson Presents The Havana Cultura Band Live + Special guest DJ Louie Vega

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Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band (Live)
Feat. Roberto Carcassés, Danay Suarez and Edrey from Ogguere

Louie Vega (DJ Set)
Gilles Peterson (DJ set)
Simbad (DJ set)

Gilles Peterson brings the heartbeat of Havana's music underground to Brixton for one special night only. Celebrating the latest instalment in his Havana Cultura album series, Gilles imports an all-star Cuban live band to inject some authentic Latin flavour and raw Cuban rhythms and recruits none other than Masters At Work legend Louie Vega to headline the DJ bill, playing a special Nuyorican Soul set not heard in the UK for many years! Check his Nuyorican Soul x Havana Cultura DJ mix for a flavour of what to expect on Saturday night.

Continuing his longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical melting pot, globetrotting DJ/broadcaster Gilles Peterson is back with a new chapter in his Havana Cultura album series - producing an original studio album and lovingly curating a compilation of new Cuban talent.

Having spent the last three years travelling regularly to Havana I've understandably become more attached to this fascinating, almost otherworldly city. I'm also slowly getting to grips with the relationship music has here with the spirits and its people... the drum goes deep. To have Louie Vega joining me on this special night brings it full circle for me, linking the Nu Yorican Soul days to the very latest sounds out of Cuba.
Gilles Peterson

Welcoming a string of guest musicians, vocalists and rappers to Abdala Studios, Havana, Gilles orchestrated the glorious sound clashes that populate the latest chapter in this landmark series, highlighting a clutch of artists innovating in the spaces between jazz, soul, traditional Cuban rhythms, reggaeton and hip-hop. The so-called "Havana Cultura Band" will bring the essence of those exciting, anything-goes recording sessions to London's newly refurbished Electric Brixton... the full rainbow spectrum from freeform rumba styles to frenetic, danceable piano workouts via hip-hop's golden age and classic soul. The internationally acclaimed pianist Roberto Carcassés heads up an all-star cast featuring soul diva Danay Suarez and Edrey from hype rap outfit Ogguere, plus Alexey (El Tipo Este)from Obsesion and Cuban diva Osdalgia... Gilles P, as creative head of the project, will of course be jumping up on!
the turntables for a DJ set too, ably supported by co-producer and close confidante - the very talented Simbad.