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  • Havana Club Rumba Sessions // Complete Four-piece Vinyl Set
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The complete Havana Club Rumba Sessions on four pieces of vinyl:

    Havana Club Rumba Sessions Part One:
    A: La Rumba Experimental (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)
    B: Weird Melody (Max Graef & Glenn Astro Remix)

    Havana Club Rumba Sessions Part Two:
    C: Havana Sessions (Pablo Fierro Remix)
    D: Emergency Rumba (Pépé Bradock Remix)

    Havana Club Rumba Sessions Part Three:
    E1: Okay Cuba (débruit Remix)
    E2: Yambu (Daisuke Tanabe and Yosi Horikawa AtaMix Remix)
    F1: La Plaza (Poirier Remix)
    F2: Mi Yimboro (Djoyvan Remix)

    Havana Club Rumba Sessions Part Four:
    G1: Havana Cool Out (Reginald Omas Mamode IV Remix)
    G2: Rumba Tierna (Tenderlonious Remix)
    H1: Rumba Version (Al Dobson Jr Remix)
    H2: Yuka Music (Mo Kolours Remix)

    The latest chapter in the long standing relationship between Gilles Peterson and the music of Cuba sees him explore the roots of rumba through a project comprising three parts: a feature length documentary, a collection of remixes and a free sample pack. Produced in collaboration with rum maker Havana Club – creator of the Havana Cultura platform to promote contemporary Cuban culture – this is another episode in a six-year relationship that's already given vital exposure to different aspects of Cuba's thriving music culture through the Havana Cultura album series.

    Peterson worked with the island's esteemed rumberos to record authoritative versions of the three rhythms as well as discuss what differing meanings and origins are attached to each. The recordings of rumba's three key styles were handed to a crop of producers working in the orbit of the most interesting corners of club music, allowing for an exciting, global re-interpretation of rumba's roots.

    The result is Havana Club Rumba Sessions: a collection of remixes that's as varied as you'd expect from a roster of producers spread across locales as wide as South London to Japan and beyond.
    Berlin-based Max Graef & Glenn Astro deliver a kickdrum-sprung workout that pays testament to the free and easy hip hop beatmaking in a style that's long been their m.o.; Motor City Drum Ensemble's four-to-the-floor arrangement loops things up into a hypnotic slow burn; Japan's Daisuke Tanabe & Yosi Horikawa tease out the rhythm to a careful balance between percussion and undercurrents of bass; France's débruit ratchets up the tempo in a beautifully polished rework that slots the click of the percussion into a steady bounce; Pablo Fierro takes things in similarly intense fashion in a pared down mix geared for the dancefloor at peaktime; Canada-based Poirier keeps things steady with delicate melodies adding an emotive edge.

    The final mixes are by four of the producers involved in the 22a beatmaker collective, the first of which is by Reginald Omas Mamode IV who folds the Cuban rhythm into atypically disjointed construction; Tenderlonious spaces out gentle chords and a vocal from Daymé Arocena to keep things sparse.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Havana Club Rumba Sessions // Complete Four-piece Vinyl Set via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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