santiago de cuba

We head to present-day Santiago de Cuba, where MANANA festival took place back in May, to see how dance music’s path through the decades has resulted in the scene’s most vibrant moment.

In den ökonomisch verheerenden frühen 90ern fanden DJs wie D’Joy de Cuba, Wichy de Vedado und DJ Jigüe Zuflucht in einer neuen Gemeinschaft aus Partys, Clubs und Klängen.

In the early 1960s, oscillators, Moog synths, and dusty old tapes helped to cultivate an electroacoustic movement in Cuban music.

We delve into how a group of pioneering musicians in the early 1960s created an electroacoustic movement that coupled modern equipment with more traditional Cuban styles.