Various Artists

• DELUXE 2-CD EDITION

• Housed in a cardboard slipcase with a 40-page booklet

Cuba: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 2 is the new album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) that takes off in exactly the same vein as the much-acclaimed Vol. 1 - exploring the many styles that came out of Cuba in the 1970s as Latin and Salsa mixed with heavy doses of Jazz, Funk, and Disco to create some of the most dancefloor-friendly music every made!

The deluxe 2xCD set, complete with extensive sleeve notes, and is jam-packed with heavy bass lines, synth and Wah-Wah guitar funk combined with the heavyweight percussion, powerful brass lines and the all-encompassing Latin rhythms of Cuban music known throughout the world.

The music on this new album features a host of rarities from legendary Cuban artists such as Los Van Van, alongside Grupo De Experimentación, Farah Maria, Ricardo Eddy Martinez, Juan Pablo Torres, Grupo Sintesis and Orquesta Riverside, most of whose names remain largely unknown outside of Cuba but have long been favourite club tracks and secret-weapons in Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker's record boxes!

The music on this album reflects the most cutting-edge of Cuban groups that were recording in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s – all searching for a new Cuban identity and new musical forms reflecting both the Afro-Cuban cultural heritage of a nation that gave birth to Latin music - and its new position as a socialist state. Most of the music featured on this album have never been heard outside of Cuba

ARTISTS & THEMES:

• CD ONE
• 01. Juan Pablo Torres Y Algo Nuevo ..... Y Que Bien
• 02. Orquesta Los Van Van ..... Por Que Lo Haces
• 03. Los Latinos ..... Quemando
• 04. Farah Mari´a ..... Amame y No Pienses Mas
• 05. FA 5 ..... Muevete Con Las Fuerzas Del Corazon
• 06. Tambores De Enrique Bonne ..... Como Arrullos De Palma
• 07. Ricardo Eddy Martinez ..... Expreso Ritmico
• 08. Los Papines ..... Solo De Tumba y Bongo
• 09. Grupo Sintesis ..... Aqui Estamos
• 10. Los Van Van ..... Llegada
• 11. Grupo Raices Nuevas ..... Baila Mi Guaguancó

• CD TWO
• 01. Luis Carbonell ..... La Rumba
• 02. Orquesta Riverside ..... En Casa Del Trompo No Bail
• 03. Juan Formel & Los Van Van ..... Llegue, Llegue
• 04. Grupo Los Yoyi ..... Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar
• 05. Los Papines ..... Para Que Niegas ?
• 06. Grupo De Experimentación Sonora Del ICAIC ..... ¡ Cuba Va !
• 07. Raul Gomez ..... Luces En La Pista
• 08. Los Brito ..... El 4-5-6
• 09. Leo Brouwer ..... Tema de El Rancheador De La Naturaleza
• 10. Ricardo Eddy Martinez ..... La 132
• 11. Los Reyes 73 ..... Finalizo Un Amor