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Ay Valeria

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Many African bands have tried to sound Cuban: some have succeeded, but nobody has successfully captured the essence of both the way Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca have.
Imagine Tito Puente or Johnny Pacheco at their salsa best mixed with occasional dashes of Franco or Tabu Ley Rochereau. Hot, hot, hot!

The african here is mostly in the electric guitars and lyrics thrown in significantly enough for you to feel them, but not strongly enough that they give this album an overtly exotic feel. Many of the salsa and merengue tracks would feel just fine at any latin club. The band sounds tight with interplay between the instruments, specially on a track where the chorus urges the trumpet and flute to produce great jams.

He changes the pace with a few of the tracks having a more African feel. These tracks might be a bit unusual for most latin music listeners, but they sure change the pace and throw a little humor.

Most of the tracks are salsa and son based, with a couple of merengue and a couple of the African styles I cannot recognize.

Each track offers another world view, all set to a solid Afro-Latin beat. This is deeper than salsa or soukus.