Under the Sun Theme by DJ Le Spam & Spam Allstars
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- DJ Le Spam (right) and Spam Allstars /Eleven:11
Our theme music is an original remix of “Gallo Pinto” from the album Electrodomesticos. The band blends improvisational electronic elements and turntables with Latin, funk, hip hop, and dub to create what they call an electronic descarga. On any given night, the audience may well include people dancing salsa alongside break-dancers.
DJ Le Spam (Andrew Yeomanson), was born in Montreal and raised in Canada, Colombia and England. He has lived in Miami for the last 15 years. He started his musical career as a guitar player in the Haitian band Lavalas, then went out on the road with Miami-based artist Nil Lara. When he was off the road, he began to DJ locally. This evolved into adding live musicians to his DJ gigs.
Spam Allstars have been playing Thursday night gigs at Hoy Como Ayer in Little Havana since 2002. The band performs 200 or more shows each year, here in South Florida, and around the country. Their six CDs and three vinyl releases are out on their own label, Spamusica Records.
OTHER SONGS BY SPAM ALLSTARS
Electrodomesticos (from Electrodomesticos)
Charanga E-350 (from Electrodomesticos)
La Vida Continua (from Contra los Roboticos Mutantes)
RELATED LINKS
National Public Radio: Diverse sounds of Little Havana
New York Times: In South Florida, tropical bohemia in the makings
Tags: Music, Spam Allstars
Fri, Feb 6, 2009
Music