Velasierra is a pioneering player of traditional Andean flutes. Able to play the kena as a fully chromatic instrument, this has allowed him to develop a truly original musical language. Velasierra will launch his new album "Rodar" accompanied by his musicians on 25th October at Favela, London on a Global beat club session called Chillifried featuring the cream of dance sounds from around the world and cutting edge of live music. Hosted by resident DJ and host Jamie Renton.
Venue: Favela Chic London
In 1991, aged 17, Mauricio left Medellin for London, where he has lived intermittently during the last seventeen years. It was in London that he first became interested in other musical genres and started to explore Jazz and the music of Zimbabwe and West Africa. This disciplined exploration has allowed him to truly understand the African element of Afro-Andean rhythms and perfect his natural talent for improvisation.
Over the last decade he has worked for and collaborated with a range of jazz and world musicians including Chartwell Dutiro, Zoe Rahman and John Williams as well as working on his own collaborative projects such as Truba and Klektivo. "Stories of I" is Mauricio's debut project as a band leader and drawn entirely from original compositions.
FREE CONCERT
When: 25th October
Time: 8pm - 1am
Info: www.chillifried.com
When: 25th October
Time: 8pm - 1am
Info: www.chillifried.com
Venue: Favela Chic London
91-93 Great Eastern Street
The City,London
EC2A 3HZ
With influences ranging from African music to jazz, his compositions are a rich mixture of largely unexplored Andean rhythms combined with contemporary melodies and harmonies.
From the first pvc plastic kena that he bought as a seven year-old in the San Alejo market in Medellin, Colombia, Mauricio was fascinated by the melody-led beauty of traditional Andean music. Entirely self-taught on the kena and sikus, his childhood and teen years living in Medellin were spent immersed in that music. He has studied instrument making at the London Guildhall University and has carried out extensive research in both construction and technique allowing him to explore other musical styles and ideas. Most of the flutes he plays he has made himself.
In 1991, aged 17, Mauricio left Medellin for London, where he has lived intermittently during the last seventeen years. It was in London that he first became interested in other musical genres and started to explore Jazz and the music of Zimbabwe and West Africa. This disciplined exploration has allowed him to truly understand the African element of Afro-Andean rhythms and perfect his natural talent for improvisation.
Over the last decade he has worked for and collaborated with a range of jazz and world musicians including Chartwell Dutiro, Zoe Rahman and John Williams as well as working on his own collaborative projects such as Truba and Klektivo. "Stories of I" is Mauricio's debut project as a band leader and drawn entirely from original compositions.
concepts of Jazz imrovisation".
-Joey Julian BBC-
"Now That's a great Riff!"
-Verity Sharp, Late Junction, BBC Radio 3-
Strong personal narratives give his compositions a vibrancy and a strange familiarity.
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