Daptone Records
Orquesta Akokan - Orquesta Akokan
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Direct
from
Cuba!
Daptone
Records
is
proud
to
introduce
Orquesta
Akokán,
a
big
band
collective
of
Havana's
top
musicians
both
young
and
old,
joining
forces
with
some
of
the
most
creative
and
spirited
talents
of
New
York's
Latin
music
scene.
Born
out
of
a
shared
vision
by
singer
José
"Pepito"
Gómez,
producer
Jacob
Plasse,
and
arranger
Michael
Eckroth,
the
group
reinvigorates
the
sound
of
the
golden
era
of
Cuban
mambo
with
a
bold
new
energy.
Featuring
all-original
music
cut
live
to
tape
over
a
three
day
session
at
Havana's
hallowed
state-run
Estudios
Areito
-
one
of
the
longest
operating
studios
in
the
world
and
where
seminal
Cuban
records
have
been
made
since
the
early
'40s,
and
more
contemporarily
with
the
1997
release
of
the
Buena
Vista
Social
Club
album
-
the
group's
self
titled
debut
feels
like
a
heartfelt
gift
from
the
band
to
listener.
Which
is
no
coincidence
being
that
Akokán
is
a
Yoruba
word
used
in
Cuba
meaning
"from
the
heart",
and
indeed
every
song
presented
hear
is
just
that.
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