Conjunto Guantánamo drops their latest single, a remake of Manu Dibango’s 1972 hit Soul Makossa

“Soul Makossa,” touted as the 70s underground hit that inspired the Disco craze, has been reinterpreted and refreshed as a spectacular Afro-Cuban son by Conjunto Guantánamo. Sampled or covered numerous times by scores of different artists, this time, “

Conjunto Guantánamo drops their latest single, a remake of Manu Dibango’s 1972 hit Soul Makossa

“Soul Makossa,” touted as the 70s underground hit that inspired the Disco craze, has been reinterpreted and refreshed as a spectacular Afro-Cuban son by Conjunto Guantánamo. Sampled or covered numerous times by scores of different artists, this time, “Soul Makossa” has been repurposed into an infectious Cuban salsa dance track.

‘El Son Convidando’ (OUT Nov. 29, 2019/Nganga Records) is the third single from the album that Conjunto Guantanamo have been teasing with since last year. The upcoming album itself, ‘Moviendo los Caracoles’ started production late last year and has had two acclaimed singles so far which took the listener down the road of ‘Son Cubano’, the genre

‘El Son Convidando’ (OUT Nov. 29, 2019/Nganga Records) is the third single from the album that Conjunto Guantanamo have been teasing with since last year. The upcoming album itself, ‘Moviendo los Caracoles’ started production late last year and has had two acclaimed singles so far which took the listener down the road of ‘Son Cubano’, the genre that has been so ubiquitously influential in contemporary pop music, that today the average listener may not realize the roots at all.

With ‘El Son Convidando,’ CG is again showing off its ‘Sonero’ roots in a track that has that unmistakable authentic Cuban Son feeling that one seldom samples outside the island itself.