Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger story about the African diaspora

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Cimafunk to talk about how he's created his singular sound, the complex African lineage of his music and why his band is his "tribe."

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0:24.7	Okay, Anna, let me tell your story.
0:27.1	Let me set the scene.
0:28.5	Tell me, Felix.
0:30.1	In late 2018, I was told about this musician in Cuba that was shaking things up literally.
0:36.5	He was described to me as a mix between James Brown, Slice Stone, and Cuban big band singer
0:43.7	Benny Morey. Fast forward a show me a showcase
1:04.0	I was going to present a show and I included them on a showcase at Friday night.
1:09.0	Wednesday night I went to go see him perform at another venue.
1:12.3	I was floored.
1:13.4	I was stunned.
1:14.6	All the years I've been going to South by Southwest,
1:16.6	it was the first time I was completely laid out.
1:19.4	So when he did our show Friday night,
1:21.6	there was a line down the block as word had gotten out,
1:24.5	and he came out with his band and killed.
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