In association with Brownswood Music and Pernod Ricard, to celebrate the launch of Havana Cultura Mix - The Soundclash! album, Mistral Productions oversaw the event coverage photography and video work for the London launch party in October.
With a showing of the documentary filmed out in Cuba as the album was being made, live performances from Cuban talent Dayme, and DJ sets from three of the competition winning producers alongside Executive Producers on the project, Gilles Peterson and DJ Simbad, there was plenty to celebrate on this night of celebration!
http://www.havanaculturamix.com Preview the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbWcUWsJh6Q Watch the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbWcUWsJh6Q Watch Dayme Arocena perform in the Basement session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMwO7q4oA4 Following Gilles Peterson's longstanding musical love affair with Cuba, He set out to record the third volume of the Havana Cultura series. For the past five years Gilles has regularly visited Havana; its warmth, strength and diverse culture hasn't failed to impress.
Vocalist Dayme, who was flown over from Cuba especially for the event, also managed to find some time to swing by our Brownswood Basement Studios to record a live performance of her collaboration with Russian producer Rumskaya, 'U Knew Before', from the Havana Cultura album!
Cuban singer Dayme Arocena was in London to perform at the launch of Havana Cultura Mix - The Soundclash, and whilst she was in town she came by the Brownswood Basement to perform 'You Knew Before', the track she recorded with producer Raumskaya for the album.
We also got some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from Dayme recording her debut studio album whilst in London, so keep an eye out for the video and the album dropping early next year.
