Movimientos @ Rich Mix

Movimientos brings a fresh programme of exceptional live music with some of the finest emerging Latin musicians and artists alongside a selection of documentary film showcasing some of the important issues affecting the continent. Plus DJs, visuals, photography and Latin culture with a different country and theme each month

Thursday 11th March
Venezuela special

Live Music
Afro-American Project
Stunning traditional Afro-Venezuelan and Caribbean rhythms, featuring master percussionist Wilmer Sifontes (Salsa Celtica, Conjunto Sabroso, Ensemble Criollo) and some of his ultra-talented students. Get ready to be educated on the dancefloor!

Film:
Inside The Revolution (Dir. P. Navarrete, 65 mins Alborada Films2009)
Alborada films journey into the heart of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward
+ post-screening Q&A with the director. More info:
http://alborada.net/alboradafilms

+ Movimientos DJs with a unique mix of the freshest Latin music from straight up Salsa and Reggaeton to Mestizo Music– Cumbia, Ska and revolutionary Hop Hop to new wave electronic and underground Latin beats

+ Rich Mix’s kitchen fires up a Latin themed menu for each different night

7pm-Midnight
Films at 7.15pm
Live acts at 9.30pm
£5 Entry

Rich Mix

35-47 Bethnal Green Road
E1 6LA
Tubes: Liverpool Street / Bethnal Green
Tel: 020 7613 7490
www.richmix.org.uk

Buy tickets: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=360374
www.movimientos.org.uk

More info on Afro-American Project
A musical group whose purpose is to promote Afro-Venezuelan and Caribbean popular music. The group is made up of professional and amateur musicians, which makes it a very interesting ensemble, and true to its popular music expression. It is a new project directed by Venezuelan master percussionist Wilmer Sifontes, one of the most outstanding and sought after Latin percussionists in the Latin scene today. He has an extensive musical history dating back to Venezuela in the 80’s and 90’s before settling in The UK in 1997. In Venezuela he played with bands such as “Autoctono”, “Raza Y Tambor”, “Cosecha” on the folkloric front, on the popular and dance traditions with groups such as “Entreverao”, “Orquesta La Grande” and “Erik Franchesky y su Orquesta”. In the UK he directs his own two bands “Conjunto Sabroso” Salsa band and “Ensamble Criollo”. He also works and tours world wide with the renowned “Salsa Celtica” Scottish band.