Bamboleo, Saturday 18 July 2009
Top Cuban Band Bamboleo’s Uk Debut July 18th @ The HMV Forum, Kentish Town, London
¡Como No! presents Bamboleo at the HMV Forum Kentish Town, 9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY.
Since their glorious inception in 1995, Bamboleo have remained the cutting edge popular dance band at the top of the musical tree in their native Cuba. Tirelessly innovative and inspirational, their highly combustible funky dance grooves have been thrilling the world since 1996 when they began touring outside their native island.
In the main vanguard of the spectacular Timba explosion of the nineties, Bamboleo were and still are an extraordinary cultural phenomenon whose influence has seeped through into a whole generation of Cubans, introducing fresh styles of dance, fashion and language.
Under the musical direction of the stunningly gifted Lazaro Valdes, pianist, arranger and composer, the band’s ceaseless string of extraordinary hits continues unbroken to this very day. Take a trip to any Cuban nights in our capital and you’ll find yourself being driven uncontrollably to the dance floor by recent classics La Que Manda and La Dormadura/ El Animal medley. And that’s how it’s been for the last 13 years – dip into the vibrant musical jamboree bag that is Cuba and you’ll find Bamboleo’s exceptionally distinct flavour everywhere.
And now, finally, thanks to the tireless work of ¡Como No!, London’s leading promoter of Latin events who brought Los Van Van to The Roundhouse in March, they are making their UK debut in old London Town. Supported by a trio of our fair city’s top Cuban DJs, Dr Jim, Javier De La Rosa and La Clave Cubana’s Richard Fallon. People, this will be a night of Cuban musical bliss that’ll shake your hips and energise your musical soul and must absolutely not, on any account,
be missed!
Venue
HMV Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY
Tel: 0844 847 2405
Transport
Tube & Rail: Kentish town
Buses: 134, 214, 393, C2 & N20
Tickets
£20
Times
7pm - 2am
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