Cumbias, Boleros and other Latin Love Songs
Festive and warm music that evokes all the flavour of the Caribbean. From Colombia to Mexico, the repertoire is made up of passionate and danceable pieces.
The group brings together Anaïs Delmas on vocals and accordion, Brahim El Abdouni on percussion and backing vocals and Victor Ibañez on U Bass, guitar and backing vocals, all three nourished by this music.
Anaïs Delmas first trained as an actress at the International School of Theatre and Movement LASSAAD in Brussels, then as a singer and accordionist with Rosette Toniutti, Joseph Clark, Michèle Fernandez, Mario Torres.
She completes her musical training with 2 years in a professional 2 instrument cycle at the Institut Musical de Formation Professionnelle de Salon de Provence.
She has taken to the streets, cafés and concert halls with a repertoire of French and Latin songs in various formations (Trio Viento Salé...) and as a soloist, then joined L’Agence de Voyages Imaginaires in 2015 as an actress and musician. She formed the trio Mezclao in 2017, revisiting cumbias and popular songs from South America.
Victor Ibañez, double bass player, has been immersed in Latin American music for more than twenty-five years.
He studied bass and double bass with Peter Giron in Paris at the American School, and was later captured by the professional world. He has performed on stage in festivals with various artists such as Azuquita, MP Spécial, the group Obatala (Tully Marques and Philippe Léogé), Charanga Contradanza (Vic-Fezensac and Toro y Salsa festivals in Dax), Donaldo Flores (former singer of Manguare, Adalberto y su son, Maraca...) at the Cuban festival Bayamo in La Seyne-sur-Mer, with Calle Reina at the Hossegor Festival, with Andy Rey y su Cadencia, El Indio trumpet player from Irakere, alto saxophonist Irvin Acao, Issac Delgado for a European tour, la Onda Sonera, Salsafon (salsa dura) etc...
Brahim El Abdouni grew up near Avignon and soon developed a passion for music. He trained at Pro Musica at Le Thor and with great percussionists such as Alberto Villareal, Maximino Dusquenne, Alvaro Ovalesem>...
After playing a variety of music with local groups, he moved to Marseille and toured and performed as a percussionist with Raspigaou, Sayon Bamba Camara, Aïcha Lebgaa, Watchaclan, Accoules Sax, Dupain, Amina Anabi, Ahamada Smis and Imothep (IAM).
He also recorded on several albums: "Chien des Quais" with Raspigaou, "Le bastion" with Watchaclan, "Arêne" compilation with >Dupain, "Etre" with Ahamada Smis, "Les Chroniques d'Alger" with Imothep and Amina Anabi.
These shows and recordings have also seen him collaborate with artistic directors such as Thierry Robin and Rey Lema.