ARIWO

The word Ariwo means “Noise” in Yoruba. The name was selected to underline the band’s desire to combine traditional rhythms into a live electronic performance that challenges perceptions of ancestral music, and connects diverse cultures from around the world. 

Formed in London in 2015 and live premiered via a global online Boiler Room session before wowing the Manana electronic music festival in Santiago de Cuba; they’ve been gathering steam ever since. Ariwo sculpt an immersive sound world using a base of Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, carnival melodies, cosmic jazz and live electronics. This is new music, variously dark, mesmeric, uplifting and danceable; you won’t hear anything else like it.

The band brings together acclaimed Iranian electronic composer, Pouya Ehsaei, Latin Grammy-winning percussion virtuoso Hammadi Valdes, figurehead of London’s Cuban music scene, Oreste Noda and some of the most in demand horn players from the jazz world, Sam Warner and Regis Molina.

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ariwomusic@gmail.com