Time
Aug. 7
Tickets
100-380 yuan
Venue
Shenzhen Poly Theater, intersection of Wenxin Road5 and Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District (南山区后海滨路与文心五路交界处深圳保利剧院)
Metro
Line 2 or 11 to Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E
Please Note
8 p.m.
A night of Chinese, Cuban a cappella tunes| Aug. 7
Writer: Cao Zhen | Editor: Vincent Lin | From: Shenzhen Daily
Vocal Sampling
Cuban a cappella group Vocal Sampling will present a night of re-arranged traditional Chinese songs and Cuban tunes.
The six members of Vocal Sampling, all accomplished instrumentalists and arrangers, met at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte while studying music. Everything began in1989, as a game in their leisure at Havana Arts University, when they simulated the sound of different instruments with their voices. This way and, little by little, they went tuning their throats to the sound of the metals, the percussions and the strings and created the unique sound of Vocal Sampling.
The band is distinctive for their rich a cappella adaptations of traditional Cuban salsa music and Rumba, such as their renditions of“El Cuarto de Tula” and“La Negra Tomasa,” vocally imitating the piano, cowbell, conga, bass, and trumpet, used originally in such songs. In 1996, Vocal Sampling performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival alongside artists such as Phil Collins, Mick Hucknall and Toots Thielemans to celebrate Quincy Jones’50 years career.
In August 2000 during the BBC Proms, Vocal Sampling made a huge impact when they performed in a sold-out Royal Albert Hall. On the back of this success, their 2002 album“Cambio de Tiempo” was nominated for three Latin Grammy Awards.
Time: 8 p.m., Aug. 7
Tickets: 100-380 yuan
Venue: Shenzhen Poly Theater, intersection of Wenxin Road5 and Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District (南山区后海滨路与文心五路交界处深圳保利剧院)
Metro: Line 2 or 11 to Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E