In conversation: Cimafunk on the complex African lineage of his music

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Erik Rodríguez of 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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0:00.0	Okay, Ana, let me tell you a story.
0:02.3	Let me set the scene.
0:03.7	Okay.
0:04.2	Tell me Felix.
0:05.7	In late 2018, I was told about this musician in Cuba
0:09.2	that was shaking things up literally.
0:12.3	He was described to me as a mix between James Brown,
0:16.4	Sly Stone, and Cuban Big Bad Singer Betty Morey.
0:20.0	The bass.
0:36.0	Fast forward one year, I met the South by Southwest Music Festival
0:39.7	in Austin in 2019.
0:41.0	I was going to present a show, and I included them on a showcase
0:43.8	at Friday night.
0:45.1	Wednesday night, I went to go see and perform at another venue.
0:47.8	I was floored, I was stunned.
0:50.2	All the years I've been going to South by Southwest,
0:52.1	it was the first time I was completely laid out.
0:54.8	So when he did our show Friday night,
0:57.2	there was a line down the block, his word had gotten out,
1:00.1	and he came out with his band and killed.
1:03.1	And it's everything they said.
1:05.3	James Brown, Sly Stone, Benimo de Cuban Music,
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