La Republica se tomo el DC

Llego Republica Calicuta a Bogota el sound sistem pionero en el genero Afro urbano en el pais, con la mejor seleccion de pepitas sonoras desde Luanda, Bamako, Paris, Abidjan, Lagos, Francfort, NY, etc. Esa vez Polo Baterimba estaba acompañado por Julian Velasco en el baby bass, y se presento el documental La Voz, en el marco de la 10ma muestra internacional de documentales.

Con BAterimba, ganador del ultimo Petronio, los rolos se pegaron un calicutazo que los dejo con los ojos abiertos en grande " Comuasi este man como toca tantas cosas y canta? Que sabrosura!" Fueron los comentarios mas frecuentes por ahi. Gracias al equipo del Anonimo por habernos acogido en esta etapa bogotana !

Republica Calicuta, que es esto?

En homenaje al nigeriano Fela Kuti, rey del Afro Beat quien vivia en un recinto llamado Kalakuta Republic, y a la idiosincrasia Afro Caleña de mitos y monumentos como Jimmy Boogaloo, la Mechita, Andres Caicedo, Gualajo y Piper Pimienta, nacio el concepto Republica Calicuta, el sound system nomada del periodista y DJ frances Etienne. Djs como Quantic (uk), Geoff (uk), Margarita (Brookali) reparten la musica mas eclectica y novedosa que se pueda escuchar en Colombia: Coupé Décalé, Gnawa, Balkan beat, funk yugoslavo, high life, afro beat, electro angolés, Dance hall etc. con grupos como La Revuelta (col) , Africali (fr. - col), Polo Baterimba (col), Pata-Pata (Din. Col.) presentandose en vivo. 

Basta de palabras ! Un regalito para bajar

http://rapidshare.com/files/117527664/Geraldo_Pino___The_Heartbeats_-_Heavy_Heavy_Heavy.rar.html

Geraldo Pino es considerado el otro padre del Afro Beat, ya que le metio el Soul norteamericano al High Life Ghanes. Nota: los archivos rar se abren en mac con el programa rar expander...con pc, ni idea, preguntale a la abuela !

RC # 4 De Essaouira, directo a San Antonio

It's been a hectic month since I came back from Morocco and Europe...The Petronio Alvarez festival was gonna start and, as I was in Bordeaux, I could not get over with the idea that I was just gonna be a spectator, and not an actor, of this fantastic event.
So I made a few phone calls, and Juan Esteban and the guys at Chonta agreed to help me organize an after-party for the festival. I had met the Juan David of La Revuelta last year, as they had soundchecked right before the band I was playing in. This is one of the very good bands here in Colombia. Urban style Aguabajos and Currulaos, mixed with funk and hip hop, honour the culture of the Pacific coast with great songs like "A coger cangrejo" or traditional melodies such as "San Gabriel" (of which Grupo Buscaja from Buenaventura had already made a great, almost reggae-like, version)... Unfortunately, La Revuelta didn't win the Petronio this year, but this is the kind of band that doesn't need it. The party just proved it !
Tune in on their myspace page or wait for some mp3 material here !
myspace.com/revueltademarimba
  
I was very happy to have them at this new RC, quite a success. Lucas Silva, Cedric, William came by to get a bite of their groove, and I saw them dance like apes as I was playing this 1970s afrofunk bomb tune by André et les Volcans...
The funniest thing happenend when Llevano and Juana showed up. I had spent the first week of january 2006 with them and a bunch of other crazy ass students from Bogota, on the caribean coast, somewhere near the Guajira, sleeping on the beach between a cristal clear river and the waves of the caribean, eating fish and not taking showers for days, with a scenic vew on the Sierra Santa Martha icy peaks, 6kms that seem a stone's throw. What a surprise to seem them more than 2 years later...

A Bientôt!