CLUB CLANDESTINO | MARCH 24 | OCEANEN

Clattering congas, electronic darkness and a trumpet howling through the tropical night. As the rhythms grow denser, we float like in a weightless state induced by the mind altering substance called Ariwo. This quartet not only succeeds with the art of combining Cuban rumba with Iranian mysticism, at the same time they also combine ancient traditions with electronic experiments and beats. The band consists of Iranian electronica musician Pouya Ehsaei and three heavyweighters from London’s Cuban music community: The Percussion Virtuoso and  Grammy winner Hammadi Valdes, Oreste Noda – also percussionist and something like a godfather to the aforementioned London scene – and the trumpeter Yelfris Valdes. The name Ariwo is Yoruba, meaning sound or noise, it gives us an idea of how the acoustic instruments are processed electronically by Pouya Ehsaei, becoming hypnotic sound waves and irresistible rhythms.