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| "Mi Conga Es De Akokán" is off the forthcoming Orquesta Akokán album 16 Rayos out via Daptone on October 22. |
Here's the scoop from Daptone HQ...
Following their critically acclaimed Daptone debut, Orquesta Akokán is ready to unleash 16 Rayos on the world's dance floors. Recorded in Havanaʼs famed Egrem Studios, the group displays a cohesion forged by an intense performing and touring cycle. The musical conversation that began in the Areito studios three years earlier blossomed into an easy, intimate dialogue between good friends - allowing full, fearless musical expression and risk-taking outside of their comfort zones. Building upon Perez Pradoʼs dissonant, near avant-garde vision of the mambo, and highlighting the Lucumí subtext of Cuban rhythms and styles, the band continues to explore, develop and expand the islandʼs rich rhythmic palette and repertoire - pushing the conventions of what is considered “mambo” - and drawing deeply from folkloric and religious traditions seldom heard in popular music. 16 Rayos is here to shine its musical rays on us, warm our hearts, and irresistibly move our bodies.
Pre-order a red vinyl copy (while supplies last) of Oquesta Akokán's 16 Rayos album directly from Daptone Records right here. Listen to "Mi Conga Es De Akokán" below followed by a nicely shot 2019 Kennedy Center performance.
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