CHECKPOINT GUANABANA
Berlin Steglitz Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany | Established. Jan 01, 2013
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GENERATION BASS: "I can only imagine a very promising future for the band if they continue releasing exciting music like they have been..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.generationbass.com/checkpoint-guanabana-returns-with-maria-majao-new-video/ - GENERATION BASS
REMEZCLA: "You should listen to Checkpoint Guanabana because… just Bomba Estereo is not enough..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://music.remezcla.com/2013/latin/meet-checkpoint-guanabana-colombian-vacilon-straight-outta-berlin/ - REMEZCLA
REMEZCLA: "The Berlin-based quintet... definitely imprint its own funky flavor into the mix. The extreme contrast between the tropical vibes and the Deutsche backdrop takes care the rest."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://remezcla.com/releases/checkpoint-guanabana-cumbiafy-deutschland-merecumbe-video/ - REMEZCLA
"Lo cierto es que en buena parte por cuenta de lo que ha logrado con su grupo, Simón Cabezas fue elegido como uno de los 100 colombianos más sobresalientes en el mundo en 2014, y condecorado como tal por la Presidencia de la República y la Cámara de Comercio."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.eltiempo.com/carrusel/entrevista-con-simon-cabezas/14878659 - Periódico EL TIEMPO Colombia
GENERATION BASS: "A band which I wanted to blog as soon as possible anyway is the Berlin based electronic AfroLatin-funk band Checkpoint Guanabana (...) Now they are back with a fantastic new single Merecumbe, which is a unique, almost unlikely fusion of funky Latin percussion, melodic guitars and the Berlinesque groove of deep techno". - GENERATION BASS
TROPICAL BASS: "the guys who keep pushing the genre to the next level, and most important, keeping the organic approach to the cumbia fusion..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.tropicalbass.com/2013/04/checkpoint-guanabana-maria-majao/ - TROPICAL BASS
REMEZCLA: "the new ambassadors in Germany of the Colombian electrovacilón..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://music.remezcla.com/2013/latin/video-checkpoint-guanabanas-maria-majao/ - REMEZCLA
BLASTRO2 Austin-Texas: "Merengue Super Funk with hypnotizing presence..."
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http://blastro2.com/checkpoint-guanabana/ - BLASTRO2 Austin-Texas
GENERATION BASS: "I can only imagine a very promising future for the band if they continue releasing exciting music like they have been..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.generationbass.com/checkpoint-guanabana-returns-with-maria-majao-new-video/ - GENERATION BASS
TROPICAL BASS: "Checkpoint Guanabana have brought this recipe to Germany where Colombia’s and Latinoamerica’s rich music has been mixed with the music Berlin is famous for cooking up, Techno and House..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.tropicalbass.com/2013/01/checkpoint-guanabana-check-the-beat/ - TROPICAL BASS
PEPPERSOUL COLOMBIA: "Impregnan a la capital del muro con lo mejor de los ritmos afrolatinos combinados con beats electrónicos y power funk..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.peppersoul.com/musica/checkpoint-guanabana.html - PEPPERSOUL COLOMBIA
CUMBIA PODER Y PORRO: "Colombianos-berlineses que impregnan a la capital del muro con lo mejor de los ritmos afrolatinos combinados con beats electrónicos y power funk: Afro Tech-Funk!"
SEE MORE HERE:
http://cumbiapoder.blogspot.de/2013/03/cumbia-sobre-el-muro.html - CUMBIA, PODER & PORRO
GENERATION BASS: "Here is a very cool video of a band called Checkpoint Guanabana residing in Berlin... I expect to hear and see more of them in the near future as they blow up..."
SEE MORE HERE:
http://www.generationbass.com/2012/12/01/sexxy-saturday-cumbia-progress/ - GENERATION BASS
Discography
"Merecumbé" Single (2014) Guanabana Records
"Colombia meets Berlin" EP (2014) Guanabana Records
"Colombian meets Berlin" Album (2016) VLAD ghetto folk label (France)
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COLOMBIAN meets BERLIN... CHECKPOINT GUANABANA!
- The live & funk experience of electropical -
Origin: COLOMBIA & BERLIN
Line up on stage: 5+2 Crew
www.checkpoint-guanabana.com
Checkpoint Guanabana is the music project
founded by Alejo Marulanda and Hermano Simón, two Colombian-Berliners that
together with some of the most representative musicians of the Berlin´s
Latin-scene are putting their twist on this musical explosion, creating Afro-Latin
rhythms combined with rock, powerfunk, hip hop and one of their most important influences: The Electronica from
Berlin, their headquarter. The result: ’Afro Tech-Funk’ live. It´s an organic experience
with the spirit and influence of the electronic music.
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