Name: Rough Guide To Cuban Rare Groove
Brand: Various

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rgnet1348cd

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-08-26

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Various

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Latin / South American 

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Rough Guide

A rough guide to Cuban-flavored rarities made outside of the island in the post-Castro diaspora, by a mix of Cuban and non-Cuban musicians from yesteryear and today. There is a special emphasis on talented Cuban expatriates like vocalist / percussionist Willy Chirino, composer / arranger, bandleader and pianist Julio Gutierrez, and percussionist / vocalist Manteca (Lazaro Pla). The set is rounded out with contemporary artists based in France, New York, and Miami. In keeping with the rare groove label, most have not appeared before on other Cuban-themed compilations. For a bit of continuity with the dance floor rare groove aesthetic, from today we have the as yet unreleased Cuban funk track Cosquillita (Little Tickle) from the Spam Allstars, featuring various Cuban expats such as Tomas Díaz (originally in Irakere) and Mercedes Abal (who was with Albita before emigrating to the U.S.), and Carlos Díaz (formerly of Vocal Sampling) who joins Spam Allstars' leader, Andrew Yeomanson in an unreleased project, Los Gatos Lecheros. Cuban music has always been big in France, and Setenta come at the Latin soul genre with a distinctly sabor cubano in their interpretation of the Santería-flavored Cuban classic Chango Ta' Veni.

Rough Guide To Cuban Rare Groove

Music GB