Raices - Raices (2024) Hi-Res

The band setup comprises of bandleader, flutist and percussionist Rafael Cruz, bassist Roberto Puras, the three additional percussionists Sammy Figueroa (co-founder of the band), Gonchi Sifire and percussionist-saxophonist Juan Melendez, guitarist Carlos Melendez as well as pianist Amaury Lopez. Indeed, four of the band members are percussionists, and you hear their impetus in every second: while this is a jazzy album with many rhythmical changes, they do not present all too complex patterns. It is the entanglement of the instruments and the different tonality of each ingredient that make the difference. Likewise, the incessantly perceptible Funk genre reminds of another Exotica-Funk band of the 70's, the British Mandingo project. If you distantly like their music, chances are that you adore Raices as well, even tough their approach is much dreamier and softer. But anyways, here comes Raices.