ESPERANDO EL TSUNAMI • outtake • SON PALENQUE

Son Palenque is a legendary afro-Colombian band, founded in the beginning of the 80’s in the city of Cartagena (Caribbean coast), by the singer and composer Justo Valdez. Since then, this 7-people band has recorded 8 LP’s of traditional Afro-Colombian music, mixed with African and psychedelic influences.

All their members come from San Basilio de Palenque, a very important village in the history of afro-Colombia. Palenque de San Basilio was founded by black maroons (running away from slavery), and has preserved many African traditions, like the Afro-Hispanic Creole language, the only one existing today in the Americas.

The musical traditions of Palenque are very close to the music of central Africa, and the Bantu area (Congo, Angola, Cameroon).

The music of Son Palenque has been reissued in the last years in Europe, in many compilations of Colombian and tropical music, as their music is very much appreciated by collectors and music lovers around the world.

Musicians:
Justo Valdez: Voice
Panfilo Valdez: Voice
Enrique Tejedor: Voice & Tambor Llamador
Lucio Torres: Voice & Clave
Tomas Valdez: Tambor Alegre
Gustavo Alvarez: Maracas
Alfredo Olmos: Tambora

www.palenquerecords.blogspot.com palenquerecords@yahoo.com

*** We filmed Son Palenque in Cartagena, the city where all this Palenqueros live, in various locations.