Bienvenido to Fiesta Sun Bailante with a ‘Taste of Spain’!!!!

On Friday 25^th June we will mix the hottest Spanish music to Latin, Caribbean and African sounds.

¡Que Calor!

The party will start earlier as we will show the match Spain-Chile with a big projector on a big screen!!!

From 9:30 learn your first steps for Flamenco and at 10:30 the superb Ilusion Flamenca! band will perform thrilling out of this world Flamenco…

Later your Dj’s Jerome, Shakit, and KTA will burn top Spanish Pop and Rock to ultra-Tropical Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton, Reggae Dancehall, Latin House, Soca, Cumbia, Afro-sounds and more…

Mi Cocina es Tuya Chefs will provide Spanish and Chilean delicacies on that night.

Friday 25^th June

8pm to 3am

£7 on guestlist or before 10pm

£9 thereafter

For guestlist please email full names to enjoy@sunbailante.com by 4pm on the day

The Islington Metal Works

7 Torrens Street

Angel

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Angel station

It is just on the back to the station.

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We are launching ‘La Hot Summer Party’ on Thursday 10 June downstairs @ Eclipse near Gloucester road station

It’s a simple concept. From 7:30pm ‘I love France’ single mingle… easygoing and friendly with funky ice-breakers and dance games with Jerome.

Then from 9pm we will dance to the music of the summer… Oh yeah! It’s ‘La Hot Summer Party’!!!

Latin & French House, Pop-Rock, Reggae Dancehall, Salsa and more by Sun Bailante Dj’s.

It’s free!!! The number of places for the single mingle part being limited please email enjoy@sunbailante.com by 1pm on the day with your full name, age, and a little blurbs on your interest and passion.

This event is sponsored by Connexion Fm the French radio in London.

From 7:30pm till 2am

Downstairs @ Eclipse

158 Old Brompton Road

London

SW5 0BA

Near Gloucester Road station

Chers amis,

Vu l’intérêt pour une ‘Single Night’ Francophile, voici ‘La Hot Summer Party’ qui aura lieu le Jeudi 10 Juin au club Eclipse – Downstairs – près de Gloucester road station.

Le concept est très simple. A partir de 19:30 ‘I Love France’ Single Mingle… juste sympa, social et sans pression, avec des funky Ice-breakers ainsi que jeux de danse avec Jérôme!

Aux alentour de 21 heures nous danserons aux sons des musiques de l’été… eh oui c’est La Hot Summer Party ! Jusqu’à 2 heures du matin…

Latin & French House, Pop Rock, Reggae Dancehall, Salsa et plus encore avec les DJs Sun Bailante.

C’est gratuit !!!!!  Le nombre de places pour la partie ‘single mingle’ étant limité merci de bien vouloir envoyer un email avec votre prénom, nom, âge et une petite description de ce que vous aimez dans la vie à enjoy@sunbailante.com

Nous espérons vous y voir.

Jerome & Mr. Shakira

Hello,

You wish to know more about Reunion Island? Watch this lovely video and then you will find below some more info. Enjoy!

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First you see a typical Case Creole - Creole style house - with roof covered with lacquered metal sheets. We learnt that this type of houses was in vogue in the end of the eighteenth century.

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You see then the ‘Piton de la Fournaise’ - Peak of Furnace – one of the most active volcano on the planet which is 2632 meters high (8635.2 feet).

The volcano is surrounded by the ‘Plaine des sables’ – Sandy Plain – a flat red and extended plain that looks surreal and you have the impression of walking on the moon.

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For a few second the film shows the ‘Piton des Neiges – Peak of Snow – which is a sleeping volcano and also the highest peak culminating at 3069m (10,068 feet). You might wonder why such a name for a mountain situated in the middle of Indian Ocean. It’s quite simple, the temperature during the winter spanning from April to September goes down a lot on the top part of the island. From time to time it will snow on the Piton des Neiges.

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So the highest peak used to be an active volcano fed by three big ‘Calderas’ – Caldrons – containing burning hot lavas. When it stopped its activity the calderas collapsed to give place to what we call the ‘Trois Cirques’ – Three Circuses.

These are abrupt areas isolated from the rest of the island as there are bordered by mountains. Inside a circus you will find lush tropical forest, pristine rivers, and incredible landscapes.

 ‘Mafate’, ‘Salazie’, ‘Cilaos’ are their names, as they were given the names of slave maroons who escaped from the plantations and took refuge in these areas that were almost impossible to reach at the time. Nowadays, the descendents of these slaves who mixed with new comers still live in the circuses. You won’t be able to access Mafate by car so the only way to get there is to use the same paths as the one used by ‘Zesclaves Marrons’.

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‘The Piton de l’Eau’ – Peak of Water – is an old crater with a little lake and its own aquatic life.

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The Chameleon or ‘L’emdormi’ – The sleeper - in Creole is one of the four animals considered by the locals as emblems of the island. It changes colour to reflect the vegetation around it when feeling in danger.

The ‘Dodo’ big white bird that couldn’t fly, probably sibling to the duck, was endemic to Reunion and Mauritius.  It’s now extinct victim of the appetite of the French sailors on their way to India. Dodo is also the name of the most famous beer in Reunion. For those interested it is a blond lager.

The Paille en Queue (1:36s), thin bird with a very long tail can be seen flying in the costal area.

The ‘Tang’ – tropical hedgehog leaves in the forests of the island. It is a local delicacy and will often be marinated and cooked in red wine the ‘Civet Tang’.

The various t-shirt brands, Pardon, L’effet Pei… that celebrate Reunion, it’s people and way of life will often shows these animals.

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The ‘Trou de Fer’ – Hole of Iron – is one of the most impressive water falls in Reunion, you will find it after many hours of walk in the most impenetrable jungle -the Forest of Bebour – in the ‘Cirque of Salazie’. You may want to fly over it by helicopter. The Cascade du Niagara de Sainte Suzanne ‘Niagara falls of Sainte Suzanne’ are worth seeing too.

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In terms of the coastal area, unlike Mauritius, Seychelles or the Maldive, Reunion can’t boast superb beaches of white sand. It has however some nice beaches and L’Hermitage and Le Boucan Canot in Saint Gilles, or la Saline are great spots to lie down and get some sun tan.

 In any case it combines a diversity that is unique in the world, including, arid steps, inextricable forests, mountains challenger to the Alps, immense sugar cane fields, local people with varied origins, colours and religions African, South Asian, European, Chinese and the mixes of these, magnificent temples of all the main religions, exquisite fruits and vegetables, incredible views at dawn, unlimited possibilities for trekking, canoeing, gliding, diving…, outstanding food culture alternating rich spices and French finesse and all of this on a little rock of 2,500 Square kilometres, 965 square miles .

Finally, the islanders – the Reunioneses – make Reunion so special, welcoming, warm and caring. Only few locals speak English however you can expect them to smile and do their utmost to help.

 Reunion has all the facilities and infrastructures you will have in mainland Europe, including hospitals, schools, roads, euros.

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BBQ and picnics are the ‘national’ hobby and many times during the year family and friends will get together on the mountains or on the beach for one of these moments that never end.

They will always take the opportunity to dance to Caribbean, African, French, US music and at one point the original music from Reunion Maloya and Sega will emerge again reminding then that they are one people one entity the ‘Creoles’.

If someone mentions 974 you will know that it’s the administrative number referring to French Department of Reunion Island. So all cars will have this figure on the number plate and all post codes will include it.

The film finishes with the slogan “Chez nous c’est chez vous” which means ‘Feel at home in our home’

The Tourism board website is not in English, but you can translate it using the google toolbar translation tool. We have found Runweb website which provides a lot of valuable info in English.

By the way, the music in the background is European with a soft touch of Maloya.

Mr. Shakira, a good friend and Jerome went for a little tour of the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea.

We went on a little boat starting from Syros and finished in Naxos, hoping to Heraklia, Amorgos and Koufonisia, some marvels the world needs to know about.

Our skipper Sotiris from the lovely alternative sailing company called Mystic Blue introduced us to his friends and we had the opportunity to meet some very nice and agreeable people there.

What’s refreshing is that you get to know simple and hearty people passionate about life and who think that life is worth to be spent only if you enjoy it. They make you forget a bit about money and your pressured London’s life.

Greece is at the crossing between Western Europe and the Middle East which may explain their liking for Arabic music, Indian and others sounds. You can find a real blend of sounds there.

Soritis and his friends love their music, world music.

Adonis, lives in the island of Heraklia. This man manages the Makuba bar that sees tourists for only two months during the year. We spent an evening with Adonis and discovered some excellent songs here are two of them:

Bogazici (Bosporous)  from the Turk Burhan Ocal

Click here to listen

The remix of Ena Akhiyan Noo songs of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan the famous Pakistani singer remix with a Dub tempo by Gaudi

Click here to listen

On Amorgos we met Chistos the manager of Amorgiolos a funky bar/ restaurant.

We sat down in the sofa and where taken around the world with beautiful sounds too.

Susheela Raman the Indian originated London singer and here great song – Salt rain ‘Mamavatu’

In a little coffee in Syros we discovered Samba Clarina, from the Greek Musicians Imam Baildi who fused traditional music and modern sounds… this is hot!

Here is another great sound from them O Pasatempos,

A friend of Mister Shakira was nicely chatting about music with a woman in a Pub in London West End.

She said that she found that since the 80’s people don’t really create music anymore and just copy what has been made by others bands. Also, there is no mainstream singer that currently brings something completely new as the Beatles did.

We do agree to some extend that the mainstream channel is full of cover versions, but still think that there is a lot of creativity in music and probably more than ever. However, as the media have become more fragmented it can be difficult to get hold of this music.

Moreover, sometimes a making off itself can be creative and innovative.

And you? What do you think?

Here are 2 great Latin House songs that remix the top original versions do you prefer the original or the remix?

The first is Cre Sabe, with the vocals of Nelson Freitas, the Netherlander with Cap Verdean origins, mixed by the DJ Carlos Silva. Here is the Veron remix which is blasting in Europe and especially Portugal.

The second, El Senor de la Noche is mixed by the DJ’s Magan and Rodriguez and part of the Spanish compilation Blanco y Negro.

You can clearly hear the accordion of the original Colombian Cumbia song Noche de Cumbia from Andres Landeros.

This group fuses together sounds from Ska, Reggae, Pop and Rock with strong Latin influence.

Here are some of their songs:

Please click here for more music or more info on Peyoti.

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They will be at the Jazz Café in Camden on Thursday 12^th June.

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LaXula another great fusion Flamenco band will drive the attendance into a very special journey that evening.

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