La Chiva Gantiva
Despergue
La Chiva Gantiva will release their uproarious third album the 15th of September 2017. The major part of the new album DESPEGUE has been recorded at their studio in Brussels, with various tracks produced by Ivan Benavides (Colombian producer of Toto La Momposina, Sidestepper, and Carlos Vives, amongst others) and other tracks by French producer Vincent Poujol (Applause, Belgistan and Kel Assouf). The upcoming album reflects a growing maturity won onstage, as the band has performed at countless major festivals, toured continuously around the globe and collaborated with various artists (Arrested Development and Martin Perna of ANTIBALAS). 2017 will also deliver a string of exciting video clips -La Chivas video clips are a huge success- and a live set in which they exhibit their undisputed prowess on stage. The band itself was born in the cultural and diverse city of Brussels (Belgium), when three Colombian immigrants gathered around a percussion kit, driven by a desire to produce original music and to assert their cultural roots. This encounter resulted in a blend of Afro-Colombian and traditional rhythms that quickly summoned and assimilated contributions by musicians from all over the world; the present members of La Chiva are of Colombian, Vietnamese, Belgian and Chilean origins.