{"id":64482,"date":"2020-11-04T16:21:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T15:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=64482"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:53:57","slug":"mawimbi-ghetto-kumbe-el-caribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/mawimbi-ghetto-kumbe-el-caribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mawimbi team up with Ghetto Kumb\u00e9 on Afro-Colombian single &#8220;El Caribe&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;El Caribe&#8221; is a bright-burning tribute to the Afro rhythms of the Colombian Caribbean coast. This track is the first extract from a Mawimbi collective album, which is scheduled for release in 2021. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting between dancehall and cumbia, this track pays tribute to Afro-Colombian sounds in an indulgent electronic soundscape. Two years after meeting, the Colombian trio <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=Ghetto+Kumb%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ghetto Kumb\u00e9 (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Ghetto Kumb\u00e9<\/a> and the Parisian collective <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=Mawimbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mawimbi (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Mawimbi<\/a> (waves in Swahili) celebrate their common passion for Afro-electronic fusion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mawimbi - El Caribe (feat. Ghetto Kumb\u00e9) | Le Mellotron Premiere\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TJz-cgzRm5I?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Mawimbi and Ghetto Kumb\u00e9 &#8211; &#8220;El Caribe&#8221; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is a colourful and mixed blend based on a marriage of percussion and voices that evoke the streets of Barranquilla as much as the homesickness of Colombian musicians who now reside on European streets.This trio of wizards radiates light on stages all over the world, summoning the pagan spirits of rumba in their concerts, which then become real dance and trance rituals. It is not surprising to see them perform with the Mawimbi collective, who also take this Black Atlantic crossbreeding to heart. They are known for remixing tracks by big names such as <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=Tony+Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tony Allen (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Tony Allen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=Oumou+Sangar%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Oumou Sangar\u00e9 (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Oumou Sangar\u00e9<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=calypso+rose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calypso Rose (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Calypso Rose<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=blick+bassy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Blick Bassy (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Blick Bassy<\/a>. For Mawimbi and Ghetto Kumb\u00e9, music seems to be the best playground for starting conversations between Africa, the West Indies and South America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Mawimbi and Ghetto Kumb\u00e9 in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;El Caribe&#8221; is a bright-burning tribute to the Afro rhythms of the Colombian Caribbean coast. This track is the first extract from a Mawimbi collective album, which is scheduled for release in 2021. 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