Experience the raw power and energy of Colombian bullerengue, as the band take you on a musical journey to reconnect to the root.

Akolá Tambó

AKOLÁ TAMBÓ, with its trance-inducing bullerengue, presents a blaze of traditional Afro-Colombian beats that will take you on a journey to reconnect to the root. A high dose of drums, dance and mantra-like chants gives birth to this ancestral ritual in which everyone is invited to take part, unify their voices and become one.

Created in London in 2020 under the leadership of Esteban Card, Akolá Tambó’s objective is to reconstruct, through practice, the ancestral knowledge of bullerengue in order to become its ambassador in the UK. With its drums and its call and response chants, which induce a trance-like state, it aims to rescue this ancestral ritual from oblivion and share its healing power with the world.

Having performed at various venues and events, Akolá Tambó has fast become a reference within London’s Latin Community and has been invited to perform at some of its most important stages such as CASA Latinx Multidisciplinary Festival, Latinx Life Festival and Fusión de los Pueblos.

Api Ascaso

Api is an explorative and vibrant soul whose musical abilities reunite together to create expressive, eclectic and soulful music.

Her fascination for human development, nature, art, tribal sounds and rhythm influences her expressions, as well as her genuine improvisation skills, which she uses in her live offerings with the several instruments that she plays with delicacy.

Api´s musical exploration flows into the mysteries of self-discovery and healing.

Her voice calls for the soul to journey, with its unique rawness and authenticity, from the core of the Earth to the wholeness the resides inside of each of us.

Api performs in different collaborations and offers regular music workshops called “Music Under One Moon”. These workshops are aimed to help people to express and heal through their unique voice, as well as movement and sound. She is studying to become an advance holistic voice therapist and continues her journey as child therapist, energy healer and space holder.

TIMINGS

1900 Doors Open

1930 Api Ascaso

2030 Akola Tambo