Tag Archives: Chico Mann

New York-based Antibalas were shaped in 1998 by musicians from Ruler Changó, the Spirit Providers, as well as the Daktaris. Inspired by Nigerian Afro-beat, American spirit, and Latin dance grooves, Antibalas began playing at night clubs around NY, hosting a weekend party known as Africalia, providing them with the opportunity …

Rocks Throw Records-affiliated Wayne Pants is really a one-man music group whose humorous dance-funk music design is informed by early-’80s R&B/spirit and old-school hip-hop in addition to whatever thrift-store equipment he results in in his sleepy hometown of Spokane, Washington. Created Wayne Singleton, he’s a multi-instrumentalist (drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, …

Chico Mann may be the alter ego of guitarist Marcos Garcia, from the Daktaris and Antibalas. He was a founding person in both rings. As Mann, he’s a solo musician and manufacturer. Mann/Garcia was raised the boy of Cuban émigrés — his mom was a pianist and disk jockey; his …

Austin-based psych outfit the Echocentrics may be the project of Grammy-winning producer and musician Adrian Quesada, whose Latin-flavored rock and funk are also noticed in his various other bands, Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds. Motivated by his like for ’60s and ’70s Latin funk and spirit, Quesada began …

Under the command of multi-instrumentalist Stuart Bogie, indie party supergroup Superhuman Happiness were founded in Brooklyn in 2008. Their party-friendly noises mixed structure, improvisation, and a groove-heavy feeling of tempo. Songwriter, saxophonist, and vocalist Bogie was became a member of with a spinning lineup of over two dozen within their …