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Santiago Cimadevilla
bandoneon, xylophone
Ananta Roosens (compositions)
violin, horn-violin, trumpet
Elliot Muusses
electric guitar
Joris Vanvinckenroye
double bass
Robbe Kieckens
African percussion
NEWS
dromedaries on air!
First time ever: dromedaries on air!
YouFM 'Transhumance'
tuesday 7/2 between 10pm & midnight
some live music and interview (in french) by Ines Saraiva
transhumanceyoufm.blogspot.com
a concert at half the price
concert organizers: you can book us at almost half the price! La Sieste Du Dromadaire is supported by the Flemmish Governement who pays back 44% of the amount! Contact us for more information.
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African percussion
From now on 'la sieste du dromadaire' will be with five musicians on stage - recently joined us: Robbe Kieckens on African percussion! Yuhuuw..
come back!
'la sieste du dromadaire' will be on stage again from october 2011 on, with again new compositions based on the Argentinean rythmes such as tango and folklore and always with its typical excursions to the Middle East and the Far Far West...
Cafe Tango Music Award
Ananta Roosens won with her composition 'Todo Fugaz' the second prize of the 'Cafe Tango Music Award 2010', a contest for new tango compositions in Stuttgard.
Aranis new CD out!
The fifth album of dromedary bass player Joris Vanvinckenroye's group 'Aranis' is out now!
www.aranis.be
world tour Gotan Project
Ananta Roosens is playing on the "tango 3.0" world tour with Gotan Project (2010 - 2011)
tango from a dromedary point of view
With her "Tangos From a Dromedary Point of View", La Sieste du Dromadaire explores how tango would sound if played by Musulman, Pygmies, the Rolling Stones or by quadrupeds like dromedaries and underdogs …
Because of the unique combination of Argentinean inspired melodies and African percussion, La Sieste du Dromadaire is probably the only tango group in the world that fits better in the desert than in an Argentinean tango bar …
Percussion instruments have rarely been used in traditional tango, but the African presence definitely has affected the 'Argentina of tango music' and has influenced much of its typical sensual swing.
La Sieste du Dromadaire brings together two cultures that may seem worlds apart, but which in fact have always been connected!
And "what does the dromedary have to do with any of this?"
This noble four-legged creature gave to the world, with its footsteps in the sand: the well-known rhythm called the clave. From Africa to the rest of the world - a secret that few people actually know! - but a fact that makes these animals musical heroes!
A dromedary has no identity, but it does have its own smell.
Only with the rhythm of the 'clave' under his toes, he rides across the world.
With his split upper lip he tastes all the difference of greens.
And his hump assures his survival for another day as long as the world continues to turn ...



