ABOUT RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO
ABOUT RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO - CUBA
MUSIC VIDEOS
"Dont know why"
by Rhythms del Mundo feat. Vania
"Clocks"
by Rhythms del Mundo feat. Coldplay
Rhythms del Mundo - Cuba is a collaborative album, which fuses an all-star cast of Cuban musicians including Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo of the Buena Vista Social Club with the vocals of artists such as Coldplay, Sting, Arctic Monkeys, U2, Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and others.
The main recording sessions took place in Havana at Abdala Studios. While the majority of the vocals remain the same, the musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club reworked the original orchestration from each song and created something utterly unique, casting their trademark mastery over each track. Rhythms Del Mundo includes restructured tracks such as "Clocks" by Coldplay, "Better Together" by Jack Johnson, "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5, "High and Dry" by Radiohead, "Dancing Shoes" by Arctic Monkeys and "Modern Way" by Kaiser Chiefs, as well as other popular songs.
Rhythms Del Mundo also includes music by famed Cuban singers Omara Portuondo and the last vocal recording of Afro-Cuban bolero singer, Ibrahim Ferrer. The other Cuban musicians from The Buena Vista Social Club who perform on this album are as follows: Barbarito Torres, Amadito Valdés, Virgilio Valdes, Angel Terri Domech, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Orlando "Cachaíto" López and Demetrio Muniz.
Album proceeds benefits the environmental nonprofit organization Artists Project Earth, which raises awareness and funds for climate change projects and for disaster relief efforts. The artists on this album fully support the record as a commitment to the music and to the cause that it endorses.
This project is the brainchild and concept of Kenny Young, Ron Oehl and the Berman Brothers.
THE ALBUM
Complete Tracklist
★ Clocks - Coldplay
★ Better Together - Jack Johnson
★ Dancing Shoes - Arctic Monkeys
★ One Step Too Far - Dido & Faithless
★ As Time Goes By - Ibrahim Ferrer
★ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 & Coco Freeman
★ She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
★ Fragilidad - Sting
★ Killing Me Softly - Omara Portuondo
★ Ai No Corrida - Vania Borges feat. Quincy Jones
★ Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs
★ Don't Know Why - Vania Borges
★ Hotel Buena Vista - Aquila Rose & Idania Valdez
★ The Dark of the Matinee - Coco Freeman ft. Franz Ferdinand
★ High and Dry - El Lele de Los Van Van feat. Radiohead (samples)
Bonus Track.
★ Casablanca (As time goes by) - Ibrahim Ferrer & Omara Portuondo
CREDITS
Produced by Kenny Young & the Berman Brothers
Executive Producer: Ron Oehl
Director of Musicworks Group:
Ron Oehl
Musical arrangements and programming:
Demetrio Muniz, Miguel Patterson, Kenny Young, Ron Oehl and The Berman Brothers
Engineers:
Carlos Raul de la Vega Guerrero @ Abdala Studios (Havana), Laurence Brazil @ Lazy Moon Studios (UK), Andreu Ferrer Felez-Rozasul Studios (Barcelona SP)
Mixed by:
Laurence Brazil and Kenny Young @ Lazy Moon Studios & Dr. Mo @ The Sound Garden NYC
Assistant engineers:
Omar Valladares, Evelyn Alvarez @ Abdala
Mastering:
Tim Young @ Metropolis Studios (London)
Adapted translations of songs (to Spanish):
Victor Reina,Sigfredo Ariel
Producers' assistants:
Yoana Grass, Fariel Camacho
Song Translations:
Miguel Alexiades, Monica von Thun Calderøn
Artwork:
MM Design (Sheffield) by David Menezes & Gareth Scott
Musicians:
Frank Rubio (bass)
Harold Lopez Nussa (piano)
Roberto Fonseca (piano)
Tomas Ramos,el Panga (congas & percussion menor)
Carlos Alvarez Guerra (trombone)
Miguel Valdes de la Hoz (trumpet)
Demetrio Muniz (trombone)
Barbarito Torres courtesy of Havana Caliente and Harbour Bridge.(laud)
Jorge Chicoy (guitar)
Antonio Garcia (sax tenor)
Emilio del Monte (timbale)
Jorge Braund (trumpet & fliscorno)
Jorge Boulet (piano)
Pablo Menendez (guitar)
Arelis Zaldivar Copello (cello)
Ariel Sarduy Mendez (violin)
Roberto Herrera Diaz (viola)
Augusto Diago Carreras (violin)
Roberto Garcia Lopez (trumpet)
Orlando Lopez 'Cachaito'(bass)
Emilio Morales (piano)
Manuel 'Guajiro'Mirabal (trumpet)
Amadito Valdes – (percussion) plays his own timbal & sticks model:Meinl Artist Series with drumheads Evans and Regal Tip exclusively
Rafael Pablo Paseiro Monzon (bass)
Yaroldy Abreu Robles (conga)
Felix Martinez Montero
Alberto Hernanez Plasencia – (perc)
Virgilio Valdes (perc)
Filiberto Sanchez Aguiar (timbales)
Angel Terri Domech (percussion)
Los gringos:
Danny Cummings (percussion)
Kenny Young (percussion)
Ben Brierly (guitar)
Lead singers:
Ibrahim Ferrer
Omara Portuondo
Vania Borges
Coco Freeman
Roberto Hernandez
Abdel Rasalps, el Lele
Idania Valdes Casuso
Aquila Rose
Backing vox:
Ivon Suarez
Oscar Fuigeroa
Liagne Reina
Iris Avila
Miguel Patterson
Idania Valdes
Casuso
Vania Borges
Aquila Rose
Freya Lee
REVIEWS
Album proceeds benefits the environmental nonprofit organization Artists Project Earth, which raises awareness and funds for climate change projects and for disaster relief efforts. The artists on this album fully support the record as a commitment to the music and to the cause that it endorses.
"We need a law, we need to have the Government put climate change in its place. If you leave industry to sort it out on a voluntary basis that's never going to happen. So everybody, if they've got any concerns about climate change, has to register that concern with their Government officials because it's the only way to go."
Thom Yorke - Radiohead
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