Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band - Havana Club Rumba Sessions (2016)

Last year Gilles Peterson and documentary maker Charlie Inman embarked on a project to get 'deep into the heartbeat of Cuban rumba'. They explored the roots of rumba through interviews with key scene figures (MuNequitos de Matanzas, Clave y Guaguanco etc). Here is another part of the project, with a selection of global artists remixing recordings in rumba's three main styles. Highlights include the jazzy electro pulse of La Rumba Experimental (Motor City Drum Ensemble Mix), the emotional chill out (think Deep Forest) of Poirer's mix of "La Plaza" and the dark DJ Hell style rhythms of "Okay Cuba (Debruit)".