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With his explosive soloing and inventive five conga patterns, Cuban musician Miguel Angaacute Diacuteaz was one of the worlds great congueros. Echu Mingua, his debut album as a bandleader, is an innovative set. Angaacute saw this project as representing his journey in musicmdashfrom learning at the feet of traditional rumba masters in his rural village, to joining the foremost experimental band in Cuba Irakere, his sojourns with innovative US jazz musicians Steve Coleman and Roy Hargrove, then back to his roots with the AfroCuban All Stars, Rubeacuten Gonzaacutelez, and opening doors with the great Cuban bassist Cachaiacuteto Loacutepez. Echu Mingua features an extraordinary range of styles including Angaacutes unique and experimental take on classics of Cuban and jazz repertoire, original African, DJ, contemporary Argentine, and improvised music. He fused these elements the Cuban way into an organic whole that was referred to as Rumbadelica. Among the stellar cast of musicians are Cachaiacuteto Loacutepez, Malian griot Baba Sissoko, pioneering French hiphop DJ Dee Nasty, Magic Malik on flute, and virtuoso Cuban pianists Chucho Valdeacutes and Rubeacuten Gonzaacutelez. Angá Diaz CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £9.99