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Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
april 2011
images & edit by vincent moon
sounds & mix by andres velasquez
produced by vincent moon & lulacruza
outtake from ESPERANDO EL TSUNAMI
youtube.com/watch?v=oGXb3Q_Oe7I
ALBUM
petitesplanetes.bandcamp.com/album/son-palenque-esperando-el-tsunami-collection
palenquerecords.bandcamp.com
petitesplanetes ▃ 45
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
palenquerecords.blogspot.com
palenquerecords@yahoo.com
*** We filmed Son Palenque in Cartagena, the city where all this Palenqueros live, in various locations.
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ABOUT VINCENT MOON / PETITES PLANÈTES
Petites Planètes is an ongoing project composed of films, music recordings, live cinéma performances, and installations created by Vincent Moon in 2010. This work aims to explore the boundaries between cinema, music, and expanded forms of modern rituals. It is shared under a Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA, making it available to everybody to share and re-use.
This work has been made over the years with author and photographer Priscilla Telmon, independant producer, curator and author Julie Henoch - www.powapowa.ch - and the music agency Murailles Music - muraillesmusic.com
Please do get in touch directly - vincentmoon@gmail.com
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FOLLOW PETITES PLANÈTES / VINCENT MOON
Official Website: vincentmoon.com
Music Label: petitesplanetes.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/vincentmoon
Instagram: instagram.com/petites___planetes
Híbridos, the Spirits of Brazil (In collaboration with Priscilla Telmon): hibridos.cc
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Moon
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
april 2011
images & edit by vincent moon
sounds & mix by andres velasquez
produced by vincent moon & lulacruza
outtake from ESPERANDO EL TSUNAMI
youtube.com/watch?v=oGXb3Q_Oe7I
ALBUM
petitesplanetes.bandcamp.com/album/son-palenque-esperando-el-tsunami-collection
palenquerecords.bandcamp.com
petitesplanetes ▃ 45
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
palenquerecords.blogspot.com
palenquerecords@yahoo.com
*** We filmed Son Palenque in Cartagena, the city where all this Palenqueros live, in various locations.
✚✚✚
ABOUT VINCENT MOON / PETITES PLANÈTES
Petites Planètes is an ongoing project composed of films, music recordings, live cinéma performances, and installations created by Vincent Moon in 2010. This work aims to explore the boundaries between cinema, music, and expanded forms of modern rituals. It is shared under a Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA, making it available to everybody to share and re-use.
This work has been made over the years with author and photographer Priscilla Telmon, independant producer, curator and author Julie Henoch - www.powapowa.ch - and the music agency Murailles Music - muraillesmusic.com
Please do get in touch directly - vincentmoon@gmail.com
▼▼▼
FOLLOW PETITES PLANÈTES / VINCENT MOON
Official Website: vincentmoon.com
Music Label: petitesplanetes.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/vincentmoon
Instagram: instagram.com/petites___planetes
Híbridos, the Spirits of Brazil (In collaboration with Priscilla Telmon): hibridos.cc
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Moon
