Bomba Estéreo to tour southern Africa

Colombian band Bomba Estéreo will be playing in SA as part of the band's tour through the Fire Fest Route - a music festival network that seeks to encourage and promote cultural exchange and arts development - in South Africa (Fire Ball in Cape Town), Mozambique (Azgo Festival) and Swaziland (MTN BushFire Festival).

The project has been made possible thanks to the involvement of the Colombian Embassy and its Cultural Promotion Plan in southern Africa. Founded in 2001 in Bogotá, Colombia, Bomba Estéreo describes its music as "electro vacilón" or "electro tropical", in which it combines traditional Colombian music with electro to interpret everyday urban problems. In July 2009, Nacional Records released "Blow Up" for the US, taking the group around the world towards international recognition.

More recently, the band collaborated with Levi's Jeans for their Pioneer Sessions programme, with the band covering Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam". MTV also named the band, "The Best New Band In The World", in 2010. Between 2011 and 2012, Bomba Estéreo kept touring the world in support of their "Estalla/Blow Up" and finishing the recording process for their third album "Elegancia Tropical", launched in second semester of 2012.

www.bombaestereo.com

Event details

Venue: The Assembly
Date: 31 May
Doors open: 9pm
Price: Pre-sold R100 at www.webtickets.co.za and R120 at the door.

Line-Up (Main Stage)

Bomba Estéreo (Colombia)
Sonidero Mandril (Mexican duo)
Kongo Elektro (Congo/US)
Toby2shoes (Zimbabwe)

Second Stage:

Afroclap party is back!! Expect a heavy slice of electronica!

An Angolan love affair, a favela bounce and a township jive featuring Funafugi, Jakobsnake, Maramza, and the Manyoba Boys.