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Meridian Brothers

From Bogotá – Colombia, Meridian Brothers  is a contemporary neotropicalista group founded in 1998 from the interests of Eblis Álvarez (composer and multi-instrumentalist) as a musical laboratory for a small audiences and distributed at the time in cassette format.

The style of Meridian Brothers is part of the neo-tropicalista movement in Colombia taking place at the beginning of the 21st century. The roots of the group can be found in the ephemeral

Ensamble Polifónico Vallenato project, where its members (Eblis Álvarez among them) dedicated to experiment with influences from traditional Colombian music such as vallenato, cumbia, Bullerengue, ‘palenquero’ sextet format, ‘Gaita’ format, etc.

Meridian Brothers proposes an experimental line of these origins with an ever-changing, very personal and histrionic proposal.

The band has earned a reputation as a cult band in Latin America. The group has been cataloged by music journalists as a futuristic avant-garde proposal, which preserves roots reminiscences of Latin music, due to its sound, style and theatrical expression.

SONGØ

SONGØ is composed of South African singer Sisanda Myataza, (now based in Bristol UK) Yoann Minkoff and Mael Loeiz Danion (Guitar/vocals and keyboards/production of the band City Kay) and the drummer multi instrument player from Burkina Faso Petit Piment who recently settled in France after touring Europe with his band Baba Commandant.

In summer 2018, the team gathered in Rennes and Bristol to work on everyones songs and ideas, and intertwine the various influences. Working in studio as well as in live setup. Quickly the band started to find its very unique sound, made out of Pop, Soul, Transe and afro psychedelic music. A clearly organic music with a few electronic elements.