Party: TROPICAL STORM FT. FAMILY ATLANTICA + MUNTU VALDO

Party: TROPICAL STORM FT. FAMILY ATLANTICA + MUNTU VALDO

TROPICAL STORM is back at Passing Clouds for a night full of fire and passion!

LIVE:
***FAMILY ATLANTICA***
A band that could only have formed in the multicultural mecca of London, Family Atlantica are fronted by the Venezuelan vocal powerhouse Luzmira Zerpa, London-born percussionist Jack Yglesias, and Nigerian/Ghanaian percussionist Kwame Crentsil.

Together, their fusion explores the wealth of music on either side of the Atlantic. Zerpa's rich and expressive voice, underpinned by intoxicating rhythms, delves into stories from Africa and the Americas with unparalleled joy and enthusiasm, uniting the music of the African diaspora.

Succinctly summarising their ethos, Yglesias told Songlines, ‘music unites people, it builds a bridge between individuals across the Atlantic.’ And that is exactly what Family Atlantica have managed to do, creating an album of passionate, joyous music that is thoroughly enlightened by a rich history of peoples, but at the same time, very much a contemporary sound.

London’s hottest band - Evening Standard ****
‘Londons musical melting pot at its very best - Guardian *****
‘A really great record’ Giles peterson

***MUNTU VALDO***
Muntu Valdo's music is rooted in the blues, mixing African traditions with striking modernity and technical mastery.
Armed, like all the best troubadours, with acoustic guitar and harmonica (the latter a very portable instrument that's strangely under-used on Muntu's home continent), his music boasts the intricate guitar lines we'd expect from central Africa as well as resonating with the easy, sun-drenched Brazilian grooves of Milton Nascimento and Seu Jorge. Seen most recently supporting Staff Benda Bilili, of late the self-styled Prince of Sawa Blues has also been collaborating with folk anti-hero Alasdair Roberts and Richard Thompson's daughter Kamila. The world is knocking on his door.

DJs:
Joby Waldman, Zack ‘Chipman’ Ahmed, Jack Yglesias
Playing the finest vintage tropical vinyl all night long

Afrobeat-Latin-Funk-Ethio-Jazz-Highlife-Soul

7pm-3:30am
Free before 9pm, £5 before 10pm, £10 after
Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, E8 4AA

Invited: Rose Dahlsen, Victoria Blackshaw, Hawkhead Ben, Sarah Expletive, Dette Chimalpopoca, Olivia Wilson-Zarganis, Chantal Rose, Keira Brown, Elle Holgate, Steve Abbott, Lu C Ie, Sam Lee, Alessandra Bocci, Lizi Waters, Samrat Kanodia, Silvana Lagos, Sequin Kay, Gemma Constance, Rob Cureton, Anna Hulagan, Caro Luna, Salil Dias Sabir, Samantha Jane, Frank Williams, Anna Coutts, Emanuela Bella, Virginia Draper, Holly Tavana, Maya Angeli, Katia Galiana-Philip, Nana Clara Aldrin-Quaye, Nulie Javani, Maria Santos, Zack Ahmed, Cleide Silva, Tiu De Haan, Hannah Calascione, Claire Henshaw, Güneş Güvenify, Mark Rap Unzel Weldon, Elena Castello, Russell Slater, Khalid Bahmani, Mark McCalla, Sonia Lala, Isabel Sanchez, Linda Debrah, María Jimena, Carlitos Niño, Kristina Harper, Imhotep Bieng, Dave Waldo, Fernando Ochoa, Tam Toum, Tim O'Brien, Sophie La Garden, Joby Waldman, Emiaj Soyoh, Tamarinxi Babayaki, Laura LaBlonde Mills, Joshua Thomas Neale, Mafalda Marchioro, Lauren Cahill, Ali Ashe, Jonas Andersson, Ray Verma, Sonia Patricia Perez, Rainbow Hart, Nav Chohan, Fembe Nanji-Rowe, Anokha Dance, Rebecca Hendin, Lucy Love, Caoimhe Costello, Rachel Symoné, Peter Carton, Robo Wynn, Jay Enticknap, Clare Bolt, Paul Jefferson Rios, Eleanor Wilson, Iván Septi, Rebecca Katsaris, Hazar Kamar, Russ Jones, Ray J Moyler, Seb Pitman, Rosie Todd, Kim Kirk, Olivia Bowman, Susanna Larsson, Ross Clarke, Tee Alabi, Alexander AJ Holmes, Giulia Buvoli, Radha Bhatt, Mattias Nyberg, Toby Lloyd, Rachel King, An Dru Lorenzo show more »