Artists Orquesta Akokan Style Afro-Cuban Release Date 12 Jul 2024 Cat No. DAP-077LP Format 12" Black Vinyl - Vinyl Record
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Orquesta Akokan - Caracoles

LABEL:   Daptone

ARTISTS: Orquesta Akokan
RELEASE DATE: 2024-07-12
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DAP-077LP
FORMAT: 12" Black Vinyl
STYLE: Afro-Cuban

On this, their third album, they combine talents with Cuban lyricist, singer and composer Kiko Ruiz, who has toured and recorded with Pancho Amatʼs illustrious Estrellas del Buena Vista Social Club as well as having a longstanding history as a singer, composer and arranger with Orquesta Maria Alejandra y Cubanía. Caracoles ushers (GRAMMY-award nominated) Orquesta Akokánʼs unique brand of mambo into the 21st century, imbuing it with the groupʼs signature sense of akokán–a Cuban Yoruba word meaning “from the heart”. Back at the helm are producer and multi instrumentalist, Jacob Plasse and virtuosic pianist, composer and arranger Michael Eckroth - a collaboration that continues to lead Orquestaʼs exploration of the sublime mambo in all its depth and breadth.

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