Remixed by Chris and Jim Birkett

A wildly different take on some of the tracks from Sierra Maestra’s most recent album, this single will get the feet moving and the hips swinging as Cuban music is brought into the modern dance arena.

Sierra Maestra – named after the mountain range in the eastern part of Cuba – capture the very soul of son. The marriage of traditional Cuban music, with its distinctive grooves and colours, and dance remix technology was the attraction of this project to Chris Birkett, who produced the band’s 2002 album Rumbero Soy (and has previously worked with Sinead O’Connor and Buffy Saint Marie). For these remixes it was necessary to stretch the technology to its limits. The groove laid down at the initial recording, at Chris’s studio in France, had a natural breath in relation to tempo and structure that remix technology, with its precise computer generated tempos, does not posses. The musicians in the band synchronize emotionally during the performance and transplanting this to a dance format was the challenge, striving simultaneously to retain essential elements of the band’s distinctive sound.

1 Rumbero Soy (Radio Mix) 3:57

2 Llora Como Yo Lloré (Radio Mix) 3:57

3 Rumbero Soy (Extended Mix) 5:20

4 Llora Como Yo Lloré (Extended Mix) 4:55

Total Playing Time: 18:19

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