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- artist:Euro-African Playground
- event type:Concert
- date:04 Nov 2015
- time:20:00
- city/area:Budapest
- venue:Akvarium Club
- country:Hungary
- style(s):Afro, Fusion
- event posted by:Euro-African Playground
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One of the most exciting bands to come out of the Hungarian scene in recent years, Euro-African Playground celebrate their debut album release with the queen of Hungarian RnB, Sena, and the world famous dancer Valencia James.
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The origins of Euro-African Playground lie in a vision of a band that drummer Marton Juhasz always dreamed of as a child. Fascinated by African rhythm, he imagined towering grooves, dense rhythmic interplay, deep polyphonic textures and virtuosic improvisation.
After years of growth and work as a jazz musician, Marton rediscovered his passion in 2011. He brought together the region’s most sought after players to create an ensemble with a contemporary sound grounded in the music of Africa.
Accomplished Guinean djembéfola Ibrahima Cheikh Fall accepted the invitation to join the band in 2013 and together they seek new meaning for this cultural heritage in Europe.
The band performs both original repertoire and songs carefully selected from thousands of traditional and popular African recordings, covering a vast area from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Nigeria, Guinea, Senegal, Mali and beyond.