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Peliroja at Le Poisson Rouge
Courtesy of lprnyc | Posted on August 5, 2014
Where
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St
New York, NY
Map
212-796-0741
When
Wed, September 10, 2014
10:00 pm
At Door
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Musicians
About
Peliroja album release show w/ Los Hacheros
9.10.14
Producer and guitarist Jacob Plasse has united some of his old friends – players from the Daptones, Pedrito Martinez Group and Los Hacheros – to form Peliroja, a New York collective inspired by the sounds of Ethiopia, Dominican Republic, Cuba and the Congo. Their debut album Injusticia will be out August 19th Chulo Records, a label devoted to the transcendental sounds of New York Latin music.
“Some of the musicians in Peliroja and I would meet up after school on Jane Street in the West Village, at a stoop with some Old English, a spliff and a tape deck,” says Jacob best known as producer and musician for salsa masters, Los Hacheros. “We were gangly, awkward 15 year-olds and not cool by any means. I’m not sure how we became obsessed with obscure 70s funk and Afrobeat music, but that’s what we would listen to: The 3 Sounds, Lyn Collins, Africa 70.” Two decades later, his friends have gone on to become key players in the Brooklyn funk scene, and Jacob has spent the last 10 years refining his music on the road with salsa and bachata bands. (read more at lpr.com)...