Arriba la Cumbia! Wil Sifontes & His Latin sound - Free entry!

Arriba la Cumbia! welcome 2017 with one of the most popular parties and UK's pioneers of this genre back in Camden town on Saturday 7 January for an special New year fiesta to infect you with this global renaissance, morphing into a new mashed-up, vibrant sound embraced by the people all over the world. Probably the UK’s only dedicated cumbia party with Live music & Dj's ready to have a cracking night featuring latin music as Cumbia, Amazonic & Tropical vibes with a global twist. Live entertainment will be presented by top London-Venezuelan multipercussionist WIL SIFONTES & HIS LATIN SOUND bringing the best Salsa, Cumbia and tropical sounds from Latin America to London, so be ready to start fresh your 2017 with the best rhythms in town. On the decks our own Arriba la Cumbia! Dj's Russ Jones & Carlitos Nino will bring the best of the tropical rhythms, Cumbia, Baile funk, Ragga and Moombahton to bring the house down! SAT. 7 JANUARY Arriba la Cumbia! Wil Sifontes and his latin sound + Dj's - Free Entry #CamdenTown * Dj's by 7pm + Live show from 9.30pm ish until close. (Latin menu & drinks available). Address: The Forge, Camden 3-7 Delancey Street, London NW1 7NL, London - RSVP +44 20 7383 7808 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1698900753753819/ Live show via www.livamp.com/latinosinlondon ------------------ LINE UP ------------------ WIL SIFONTES & HIS LATIN SOUND Wimer Sifontes From Caracas Venezuela, is one of London’s most accomplished, outstanding and prolific percussionists. He studied at The Roberto Marcano School (part of the Association of musicians institute), and Fundacion Bigott, an institute dedicated to the study of Traditional Venezuelan Folkloric music. He also studied with Venezuelan percussionists such as Orlando Poleo, Alberto Borregales and Andres Briceño. In Venezuela he worked with The Erik Franceski y Su Orquesta salsa band, as well as touring extensively throughout South America and Europe, with Afro-Venezuelan groups Autoctono and Entreverao, playing in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and Spain, finally settling in the UK in 1996. He has played in some of the most prestigious international festivals around the world, such as Womad Festival, Glastonbury Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Beijing International Festival (China), Bath International Festival (UK), Sea Side Jazz Festival (Croatia) and the Kijanii Festival in Nairobi (Kenya). Wilmer is both an excellent musician and teacher, and has featured as guest percussion workshop leader in Southampton University, Sussex University, Ulster University in Ireland and Kenyatta University in Nairobi Kenya, also at The CALARTS Intstitute in Los Angeles, The Bath International Festival, The Barbican Centre, The Royal Festival Hall, and places such as Devon and Exeter where he has guided the recently formed Salsa bands. He has established himself as one of the UK’s leading Latin percussionists, and has worked with some of the UK’s leading bands and World music artists, such as Salsa Celtica, including 2 world and USA tours, celebrated Sitar and Tabla player Baluji Shrivastav, Iranian percussionist Hussain Zahawy, The Elliptics, British-Colombian drum and bass project Side Stepper, and Colombian Latin Grammy award winners Aterciopelados. Most recently he directed and produced the music for ‘Amazonas Spectacular Contemporary Carnival’, as well recording with 'Clasico Latino' who featured Andres Cepeda as one of their special guests in the album, and directed and produced the new album for Conjunto Sabroso 'Ya Tengo Lo Que Queria'. ------------------ ARRIBA LA CUMBIA! DJ's DJ RUSS JONES Dj Russ Jones aka hackney globe trotter one of the top Dj's in town with an eclectic material from travelling extensively and appearing at world beat clubs in every remote corner of the world, in Beijing, Moscow, Sao Salvador, Oslo, Istanbul, Tokyo and Sao Paulo – then taking it to the big metropolises of New York, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam and London. Festivals are always a favourite and Russ has hosted and programmed stages and played at Glastonbury, Bestival, Montreaux, Womad, Big Chill, Womadelaide, Paradise Gardens, Love Box, V, Chicago World Music Festival, Isle of Wight, Stokefest and in 2010 he hosted his own five week African music festival Afro Cup for the football World Cup at The Rich Mix in east London. If this is not enough there also a few remixes under his belt including mixes for Bollywood Brass Band, Mahalia Rai Banda, Zulu 9.30 and Ska Cubano. Over the last couple of years he has been hosting his own radio show at soasradio.org/hgt which was recently sighted by Time Out London as podcast of the week and there have been guest mixes, interviews and shows on BBC Radio 1, 6Music (The 6Mix), The World Service and the Asian network. Russ Jones aka Hackney globe trotter has forged a new direction in mixing global beats and world/dance music with Future World Funk, embracing eclectic cultural styles from mashed-up Brazillian 2-Step, Arabic Hip Hop, Afro-house, vintage reggae, Latin,cumbia and nu-cumbia to ragga, Japanese funk and Ghanian Hip Life to Moroccan Gnawa Dub. www.hackneygt.com www.facebook.com/HackneyGlobeTrotter Twitter : @HackneyGT DJ NINO (aka Carlitos) Colombian Architect and music aficionado to London's Latin entrepeneur and online radio DJ his music sessions showcase a wide range of musical styles fused with global & Latin rhythms – A musical bridge between past and present of latin american music from traditional roots and fusion to classical hits and emerging global artists around the world. Latin Fusion, Moombahton & Global Beats www.latinosinlondon.com http://www.mixcloud.com/latinosinlondon @arribalacumbia @latinosinlondon http://bit.ly/2dPdTBN #cumbia #latin #latinamerica #music #free #live #djs #camden #london #arriba #bailefunk #ragga #moombahton #tropical #fiesta -------------------------- The Arriba la Cumbia! live shows will bring a mix of popular rhythms from Africa to Latin America, New Global sounds mixing Afro-roots, Cumbia and amazonic rhythms ready for a Tropical fire, a mix of cultures and instruments to start a fresh global party. Curated by Carlitos Nino (www.latinosinlondon.com) Enquiries: music @ latinosinlondon.com -------------------------- *MENU: The Forge Cantina serves freshly-prepared modern British cuisine and a new latin american menu including Arepas, Tequenos, Ceviche, Argentinian steak, Chicharrones,etc.. and top quality drinks and cocktails. http://www.forgevenue.org/cantina/