Crammed Discs is pleased to present
"VIVO" by LA CHIVA GANTIVA
“Rock guitar rubs up against a variety of Latin and African grooves,
call-and-response horns, sparse bass guitar interjections and a vocalist
who is partying like it’s 1977... makes you frantic to hear them...”
4* The Independent on Sunday
While this new album's powerful sound reflects La Chiva Gantiva's incredible live energy,
their "frenetic carnival-punk racket that detonates like a Molotov cocktail
of rock, rap, soul and ferociously funky Latin rhythms (as described by The Times),
"Vivo" also contains songs in which the band further explore several musical directions,
such as traditional percussion patterns and new sonic territories,
while remaining grounded in their trademark rock/afrobeat fundamentals,
punctuated by exuberant horn riffs.
Recorded in their own studio (which they built for the occasion, upstairs
from a bar in central Brussels), "Vivo" was mixed in New York by Joel Hamilton
(Blakroc, Sparklehorse, Marc Ribot, Bomba Estereo)
with the band's two main composers, vocalist Rafael Espinel and guitarist Felipe Deckers.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TEASER !
LISTEN TO THE TITLE TRACK "VIVO" !
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In the coming months, La Chiva Gantiva will be playing shows at Womad Australia and New Zealand,
before coming back to tour around Europe.
07/03/2014, AU, BRISBANE, STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
08/03/2014, AU, MELBOURNE, MOOMBA FESTIVAL
09/03/2014, AU, ADELAIDE, WOMAD
10/03/2014, AU, ADELAIDE, WOMAD
11/03/2014, AU, CANBERRA, THE STREET THEATRE
12/03/2014, AU, SYDNEY, OXFORD ART FACTORY
14/03/2014, NZ, NEW PLYMOUTH, WOMAD
15/03/2014, NZ, NEW PLYMOUTH, WOMAD
27/03/2014, BE, BRUSSELS, BOTANIQUE
29/03/2014, BE, BRUSSELS, AB
07/03/2014, AU, BRISBANE, STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
08/03/2014, AU, MELBOURNE, MOOMBA FESTIVAL
09/03/2014, AU, ADELAIDE, WOMAD
10/03/2014, AU, ADELAIDE, WOMAD
11/03/2014, AU, CANBERRA, THE STREET THEATRE
12/03/2014, AU, SYDNEY, OXFORD ART FACTORY
14/03/2014, NZ, NEW PLYMOUTH, WOMAD
15/03/2014, NZ, NEW PLYMOUTH, WOMAD
27/03/2014, BE, BRUSSELS, BOTANIQUE
29/03/2014, BE, BRUSSELS, AB
25/04/2014, GB, OXFORD, O2 ACADEMY
29/04/2014, GB, LONDON, JAZZ CAFE
29/04/2014, GB, LONDON, JAZZ CAFE
30/04/2014, BE, LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, LA FERME DU BIEREAU
31/05/2014, GB, OXON, WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL
19/07/2014, GB, WILTS, LARMER TREE FESTIVAL
20/07/2014, GB, ISLE OF WIGHT, RHYTHM TREE FESTIVAL
09/08/2014, GB, WINCHESTER, BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL
16/08/2014, GB, ESCOT PARK / DEVON, BEATIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL
31/05/2014, GB, OXON, WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL
19/07/2014, GB, WILTS, LARMER TREE FESTIVAL
20/07/2014, GB, ISLE OF WIGHT, RHYTHM TREE FESTIVAL
09/08/2014, GB, WINCHESTER, BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL
16/08/2014, GB, ESCOT PARK / DEVON, BEATIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL