La Chiva Gantiva
Concert Tours
Promoter and touring producer for Belgium based Colombian – funk, cumbnia and Afro-beat band, La Chiva Gantiva.
Location: Australia and New Zealand
Year: 2014
Venues / Dates: State Library of Queensland (7 March), Moomba Festival (8 March), WOMAdelaide (9,10 March), The Street Theatre (11 March), Oxford Art Factory (12 March), WOMAD NZ (14,15 March)
Workshops: State Library of Queensland, Griffith University
Presenting Partners Colombian Embassy in Australia, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Wallonie – Bruxelles International
About
Presented in partnership with FAMA , PuraVida Roadshow, is a celebrated Latin music touring program that brings the most exciting contemporary bands from the Americas to Australia and New Zealand.
La Chiva Gantiva explosive mix of highly danceable, percussion-heavy sounds takes cumbia, funk and Afrobeat to giddy new heights. La Chiva Gantiva formed in Brussels, when several expat Colombian musicians started exploring their musical roots to reproduce Colombian rhythms of yesteryear, such as the champeta, the chirimia and the mapalé.
La Chiva Gantiva uses traditional Caribbean and rock instruments which reflects the diverse influences of the group: Colombian (Toto la Momposina), Latin (Irakere), African (Fela Kuti), Jazz (Lionel Hampton), Funk (James Brown) and Rock (Rage Against the Machine).
Reviews
“A Molotov cocktail of rock, rap, soul and ferociously funky Latin rhythms.” (The Times, UK)