Havana Cultura At Juno Download

Review: After recruiting breathless rave heroes Switch and Sinden to remix the last Havana Cultura Band single, Gilles Peterson takes things down a notch for this next set of revisions. Fluid broken beat/deep house/nu-jazz veteran Martin 'Atjazz' Iveson steps up first, offering two wonderfully deep and soulful versions that make great use of the original's lovely Cuban percussion and vocals. The Detroit-influenced Astro Dub is particularly delightful. Chancha Via Circuito recasts the jaunty original as a blissful chunk of Cuban space dub - all roomy sub, touchy-feely harmonies and hip-hop tempo percussion - while Alex Patchwork drops a bouncy, organic house interpretation. Excellent stuff, all told.

Review: Here, one of the highlights of last year Havana Cultura set - a showcase of great contemporary Cuban music, played by of the country's finest musicians - gets remixed. Joining the breezy, floor-friendly original are reworks from London Latin jazzers Sunlightsquare and, most notably, Switch & Sinden. The latter's rub is in many ways typical of their work, a spiraling, brain-melting fusion of heavyweight Cuban drums, piercing electro stabs and woozy trumpet cut-ups. Sunlightsquare opts for a more natural approach, delivering two sparse, organic versions built around re-recorded percussion. Both are delightfully loose and should appeal to those searching for original Latin flavours.