{"id":65653,"date":"2020-11-18T16:48:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/el-gato-negro-david-walters-remix\/"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:53:52","slug":"el-gato-negro-david-walters-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/el-gato-negro-david-walters-remix\/","title":{"rendered":"David Walters remixes &#8220;Toca Y Toca&#8221; by El Gato Negro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The French singer, composer and DJ of West Indian origin continues to build bridges between Africa and the West Indies with this new electro-creole remix from the album <em>Ouvre la porte &#8211; Remix Album,<\/em> by the eternal adventurer El Gato Negro.  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/david-walters\/\">David Walters<\/a> and El Gato Negro share an admiration for Calypso Rose, who David remixed on his track &#8220;Back to Africa.&#8221; Yet &#8220;Toca Y Toca&#8221; opens new doors, reflecting the vast dialogue between the West Indies and Africa. Indeed, Gato Negro never ceases to radiate <em>Soleil Kr\u00e9yol, <\/em>the name of his album (released last January) featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/seun-kuti\/\">Seun Kuti<\/a>, the youngest son of Afrobeat legend <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/fela-kuti\/\">Fela Kuti<\/a>. Since then, there has been no shortage of opportunities for uniting these two shores of the Atlantic: Gato Negro shows good humour in visuals that see him travel to the market places of Kampala for the shooting of his video &#8220;Many\u00e8&#8221; last October.<\/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=\"El Gato Negro - Toca Y Toca (David Walters Remix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vLh_E89SgZA?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>El Gato Negro &#8211; Toca Y Toca (David Walters Remix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> This new remix, from the forthcoming album <em>Ouvre la porte,<\/em> is part of a multicultural project by this veritable migratory bird, who has been travelling South America for 15 years as part of the group Calle 13, taking stock of the traditional rhythms like cumbia, salsa, paso, cha cha and bolero. This journey gave rise to an attachment to the African continent, from the trance of Afro-Colombian rhythms to the reggaeton of Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To orchestrate his vision, he summoned the greatest gurus of the world&#8217;s tropical scene: artists from Argentina, Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala, as well as French composers David Walters, DjeuhDjoah &amp; Lieutenant Nicholson, all under the watchful eye of <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/guts\/\">Guts<\/a> and his remastering skills.&nbsp;A cosmopolitan release whose mantra can be summed up in a single sentence: &#8220;<em>The sky does not belong to you, the ground does not belong to you, my blood does not belong to you.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ouvre la porte &#8211; Remix Album<\/em> will be released on November 20 via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cosmovision Records (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmovisionrecords.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cosmovision Records<\/a>.<\/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-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4414cada-elgatonegro-ouvrelaporteremix-cover-min.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French singer, composer and DJ of West Indian origin continues to build bridges between Africa and the West Indies with this new electro-creole remix from the album Ouvre la porte &#8211; 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