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Rory Duffy is listening to Flute at Lambeth.

16/2/2020

 
Making bird noises 🦜🦜
Diáspora in Birdland 🦅
#likeabird #flywithme #followme #worldofexistence #diasporastudio #flute #flautistic #picante #tropical #featheredfriends #avianlife #ornithology #treetops #unitedinthelatinbeat #highupabove #topoftheworld #eyeofthestorm #birdsong #birdnoises #tweeting #chirping #cawcaw #shoon 🐦🎶🎵💃 @ Lambeth 🌪

Diáspora is with Oliver Syrus and Rory Duffy.

15/2/2020

 
Diáspora has been hard at work in Vauxhall Studios recording the smooth tones of Olly Syrus on the tenor 🎷We managed to get through most of the album in 1 afternoon and tomorrow Rory will be tweaking and polishing the final touches on the alto 🎷 and flute! It's all coming together!
#diaspora #saxophonesection
#woodwinds #reeds #blowin
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#crosswinds #storm🎷🎷💨🌬
🎷🎷💨🌬​
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Rory Duffy is listening to Bossa-nova with William McGee and 2 others.

5/2/2020

 
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Over the last few days, we've been running a little featurette on Red & Black Music's 4 projects. 💛❤️💜💙

With February being Rio Carnival month, it's worth mentioning Brazilian music has always been close to our heart 💚and in recognition of this, 3 of our projects have Brazilian alter-egos!

Diáspora Brasil adds cool cuts from the tropics 🌴 to the Latino fire of Diáspora 🔥 specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil from Rio's Samba and laid back Bossa Nova to Bahia's Baião and Samba-Reggae, blending Brazilian influences with jazz, funk and Saudade.
Have a listen to our takes on "Mais Que Nada" and "Lambada" on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/sets/diaspora-brasil

Fiesta Latina adds Festa Brasileira to the mix - dubbed "The Instant Brazilian Beach Party" 🥥🏝 a Caipirinha of classic and popular Brazilian tunes... 🍹🎹

Rory Bossa Nova takes the jazz south of the border. Its sax, guitar and cajon-based lineup focus on jazz and we released "Em Balança" (www.rorymusic.co.uk/em-balanca) 🎷
We've recently put a couple of new tracks on SoundCloud, 2 beautiful songs "Nostalgia Da Bossa" & "E Nada Mais" originally written by Brazilian composer Durval Ferreira:
https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/sets/bossa-nova

Oh, did we mention Diáspora Brasil has a new home? 🏠 You can check out our info, music and photos here:
www.diaspora.co.uk/brasil 🇧🇷

#brasil #bossanova #saudade #balanca #samba #sambareggae #mpb #jazz #funk #festa #tropical

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Diáspora - we're moving!

4/2/2020

 
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​Ladies and gentlemen​, Diáspora is delighted to announce that after almost 10 years since we launched www.diasporamusic.co.uk in March 2010, we're moving the band's website to a brand new home: www.diaspora.co.uk

Don't worry, the old link will still work. Like what we did with Phasma, we're setting up a nifty little 301 re-direct. ​Clever, huh? However, there will be a little bit of downtime this evening and tomorrow morning on our website while it's moved across. See you on the other side 😉🚀

We're very excited to welcome visitors to our new home. 🏠

​www.diaspora.co.uk

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​*** NEW WEBSITE! ***

Getting ready to lay down some sick Tumbao y Gozadera on this Sunday evening!

2/2/2020

 
Santo Mío is a song about being watched, venerated and protected by a saint. It shifts through various grooves - Mozambique, Funk, Afro 6/8, Salsa and Charanga - and both claves 2:3 and then into 3:2.

The Coro (vocal refrain) sings "Dime Ocha, Dame Aché. Santo Mío, Traime Iré" which basically means, "Speak to me Lord, give me life force. Saint of mine, bring me blessings".
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Like A Bird is a song about a someone who is reincarnated as a bird. He playfully invite his soul mate to follow him into a lush canopy and experience the joys, blessings and liberties of avian life up in treetops looking down on creation. He suggests that they migrate, without need to hibernate and to mate within their nest atop the trees. He's not just a bird that’s there to be preyed upon. His liturgy is a celebration of Mother Nature’s offerings. He is compatible with his match, who knows how to ruffle his feathers in all different weathers, but he pleads with her to relinquish him from her natural selection so that they can live together liberated and free.

Meanwhile, our bassist, Will, is off to Cuba in 2 weeks for another top-up on Cuban life, culture and dancing. We hope he will bring us some sunshine back to this isolated island (from the re-integrated island) ☀️

Diáspora Brasil

1/2/2020

 
Diáspora Brasil is the alter-ego of Diáspora, a separate setup specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil; from Samba and Bossa Nova to MPB and Sertanejo, from Partido Alto to funk.
Diáspora Brasil adds cool cuts from the tropics to the Latino fire of Diáspora. ?
Specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil from Rio's Samba and laid back Bossa Nova to Bahia's Baião and Samba-Reggae, blending Brazilian influences with jazz, funk and saudade.
Check out our takes on "Mais Que Nada" and "Lambada" @ SoundCloud...#redandblackmusic
#samba #bossanova #brazilian #saudade #balança #worldrhythms #funk #mpb
https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/sets/diaspora-brasil
www.facebook.com/diasporamusic
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Rory Duffy is listening to Diáspora with William McGee and 10 others at London UK.

1/2/2020

 
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Over the next few days, I'll be running a little featurette on Red & Black Music's 4 projects. 💛❤️💜💙

First up 💛 the big band Latin explosion that is Diáspora has been going for almost 11 years!! 😱

Started at the RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the 12-piece lineup (4 vocalists, 3 percussionists, 3 brass, piano and bass) lends itself to an expansive big band sound without losing the dynamism and spark of a small group and combines sensuous vocals, sophisticated horn lines and explosive percussion solos.

Now based in London, Diáspora has sold out The Jazz Cafe on 2 occasions as well as performing around the country gaining critical acclaim from some of the UK's top salsa promoters and dancers.

Last year we released Latin fusion album "Supersalsanova" and this year we're excited to be working on our Cuban dance album (title TBA). 🎧

We're so immensely proud of what the band has achieved. Bring on the next decade!! 🎤🎹🎸🥁🎺🎷💃

Check out our updated website www.diasporamusic.co.uk, sign up to the FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/diasporamusic and prepare to be united in the Latin beat. Boom Boom!! 💥💥

#diaspora #unitedinthelatinbeat #salsa #latin #latinjazz #timba #salsacubana

www.diasporamusic.co.uk
www.facebook.com/diasporamusic 🎵

Diáspora is listening to Salsa Cubana in Streatham, South London

30/1/2020

 
Tooting in Streatham, el estudio en fuego! #diaspora
#unitedinthelatinbeat #salsacubana
ardiendo en el horno caliente con Tom Harrison
#trompeta #cocinando
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www.tomharrisontrumpet.co.uk
www.diasporamusic.co.uk
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A small child’s imagination is easily captivated, and for Tom it was the sonorous colours of the brass on the many CDs that his parents used to play that got him excited every time. With an ancestry of brass-banders it was in the blood, and seeing bands playing around Frampton Cotterell was what made him say, “when I grow up, I want to play the trumpet."

And here he is laying down some screaming lines on Diáspora's upcoming album. Escalera Al Infierno ("Stairway To Inferno") the song referenced in the above is a somewhat extreme song. It goes from talking about magma pumping out of the Earth's core, rising through the mantle and breaking through to the crust in Verse 1 🌋 to majestic snow-covered mountains with ice, crystals, air and water in Verse 2 🏔

​Well, this is a song discussing the geology of our planet. A song of ice and fire indeed. 🔥❄️

Diáspora's Blog

20/1/2020

 
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​Diáspora's Blog is incorporated in here!
www.redandblackmusic.co.uk
> Blog
​> Diaspora

Cineview 2

18/11/2019

 
​Diáspora photo shoot @rea_qunta @tonyrubet @roryduffy27 @trumpet_tom @joe.fenning @cineviewstudios @redandblackmusic 🎤🎷🎤🎺🎤🎺#diaspora #unitedinthelatinbeat #2ndalbum #oshun #oshun🌻 #shango #shango👑 #shangó #obatala #obatalá 📿#rumba #rumbacubana #salsa #etsymarketplace #qamaorishas 👗📷📸#comeondown #originalrebels 🤩🤩🤩 @ Cineview Studios - Film Studio Hire London
​Los cuatro elementos @danigallini @rea_qunta @roryduffy27 @tonyrubet #yemaya #yemaya🌊 #oshun #oshun🌻 #obatala #obatalá 🌪#shango #shango👑 #agua #tierra #aire #fuego🔥 #filosofia #loscuatroelementos #loscuatroelementos_ #thefourelements #fourelements #foursquare #royalfour #theroyalfour #santería #santeria #santeriacubana #orishas #losorishas 🧖‍♀️🧖‍♀️🧖‍♂️🧖‍♂️ @cineviewstudios @alma_angelini #etsymarketplace #qamarorishas #originalrebels #theoriginalrebels 💃🏻💃🏻🕺🕺
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Copacabana

27/10/2019

 
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Diáspora lovelies

19/10/2019

 
Rory Duffy Lilli Elina 4 years ago??!!

Throwback to this summer

22/9/2019

 
Throwback to this summer we were young and so carefree
#diáspora #yemaya🌊
With @rea_qunta 💙
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Cineview 1

26/8/2019

 
​Diáspora photo shoot @rea_qunta @drummerharry @danigallini @lillielinamusic @redandblackmusic 🥁🎤🥁🎤🥁🎷#diaspora #unitedinthelatinbeat #2ndalbum #cubanmix @cineviewstudios #greenwich #greenwichvillage #chango #yemaya #salsa #tropical #tropicalfusion #fusiontropical #birdsandtrees #summerluxuries 🦜🦜🌴🏝🏖⛱💃👠🥿👗👒👖🕶👓😎 @ Cineview Studios - Film Studio Hire London
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​Backstage vibes @rea_qunta @lillielinamusic @drummerharry @danigallini #latinphotos #latinphotoshoot #comingtogether @cineviewstudios 🎤🎤🥁🥁🥁💙❤️💙❤️❤️ @ Cineview Studios - Film Studio Hire London
Fiesta Latina Diáspora Vibes!! @drummerharry @danigallini 🇨🇴🇨🇱🥳💃#fiestalatina #diaspora #latincoffee #instantcoffee #coffeeremix #latinfusion @ Vauxhall
​Diáspora percussionists!! ❤️💙🥁🥁 @drummerharry @tigermusiccolombia #sleepingonthejob😴😴 #sleepingonthejob @ Cineview Studios - Film Studio Hire London
​Diáspora vocalists!! 💛💙👠👠💃💃 @rea_qunta @dani_gallini @danigallini 🎤 @ Cineview Studios - Film Studio Hire London
​All in a day’s work! 🎬🎸📷📸and forever singing 🎤 oh oh weh oh 🎶#surferdudes 🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️ @ Cineview Studios - Film Studio Hire London
​Channeling Ochun... 🌻💛Y Yemaya 🌊💙#birdsandtrees #summerluxuries 🦜🌴🏄‍♂️

Salsa Life

4/8/2019

 
Cuban International artist @minosoj is back from Finland to the UK teaching Masterclasses with the experienced @alma_angelini (Cuban salsa specialist at @scalaldn) Sunday 23 February.

Here are some action shots of us dancing #shango👑 & #oshun🌻 with live #batadrums for the previous workshop @husky’s

15:00 - 16:00: Salsa Solo Steps + Partnerwork
16:10 - 17:10: Rumba Choreography
17:20 - 18:20: Palo Congo

www.salsalife-london.com
FB: Alma Angelini - Salsa Life London
23-02-2020

#cubandanceclasses #salsalondon #salsasocial #cubansalsalondon #ladystylinglondon #cubandanceclasses #danceclasslondon #salsafriends

💃🏻🕺🧖‍♀️🧖‍♂️🎵🎶🇨🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹🇫🇮#cubansalsa #rumba #afrocubandance #cubansalsalove🇨🇺💃🎶 @ The Academy Mews Studios

Review - Leaningstock Festival

1/7/2019

 
"We had a great time, thank you. The organisation in the run up to the event was absolutely seamless. You ensured that we knew exactly what was going on and what was required for a smooth performance. In terms of the performance itself, you guys are clearly accomplished musicians with great talent. So thank you for performing and thank you for the effort you guys put in, it was much appreciated."
Leaningstock Festival, June, 2019

La agrupación Diáspora presenta su debut Super Salsa Nova

29/3/2019

 
La agrupación Diáspora presenta su debut Supersalsanova. Creados en el 2009, Inglaterra, sus componentes -12 músicos en escena- provienen de una gran variedad de corrientes musicales.
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El Jazz, el bossa nova y la salsa, así como el pop, se encuentran en un disco lleno de sorpresas e influencias.

El disco empieza con Time Is Running Out, una descarga que tiende puentes con la musica popular brasileña, con la vocalización de Rea Qunta. Golden Section presenta el solo de flauta de Rory Duffy. Místico, luego de una introducción de saxofón, se convierte en una cadenciosa salsa. Notes In Twist Dizzy A coquetea con la composición Night In Tunisia de Gillespie con la actuación destacada de Alejandro Postigo en la parte vocal y Nick Walters y George Wrench en los solos de trompeta y trombón, respectivamente. Move To The Music es una descarga que invita al baile.

Tracks: Time Is Running Out; Golden Section; Mistico; Notes In Twist Dizzy A; Moonlight; Conundrum; Sign Of Love; Summertime; Superstarlight; Move To The Music; Lullaby; Moondance

Integrantes: Rea Carla Qunta – vocales; Alejandro Postigo – vocales; Rory Duffy – saxofon alto, flauta y piano; Delfina Caputo – vocales; Soso Lakatos – piano; William McGee – bajo; Dave Simpson timbales; Harry Drummer – congas; Lilli Elina – percusion, vocales y piano; Oliver Syrus – saxofon tenor; George Wrench – trombon; Tom Harrison – trompeta

¡ Gracias DJ El Chino´s Solar Latin Club !
www.solarlatinclub.com/diaspora-super-salsa-nova/

Lift off!

27/3/2019

 
Lift off!
Diáspora Supersalsanova 💥

ft.
Rea Qunta - Lead Vocals
Alejandro Postigo - Lead Vocals
Rory Duffy - Backing Vocals, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piano
Delfina Caputo - Backing Vocals
Soso Lakatos - Piano
Will McGee - Bass
Dave Simpson - Kit, Timbales
Harry Hincapie - Congas
Lilli Ahvenainen - Percussion, Backing Vocals
​Oliver Syrus - Tenor Saxophone
George Wrench - Trombone
Tom Harrison - Trumpet
ft. Nick Walters - Guest Trumpet

Credits
Rory Duffy - Music, Lyrics & Editing
Lilli Ahvenainen - Editing
Tuck Nelson - Recording & Mixing
Jeff Mortimer - Mastering
Glen Wilkins - Photography
Jonathan Newton - Artwork
Claire Maillot - Assistant Producer
Jo Mantini - Assistant Producer

https://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1455921102
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Snippets Supersalsanova

27/3/2019

 

Diáspora is traveling to outer space

27/3/2019

 
Supersalsanova ☄️
Track Listing
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01. Time Is Running Out
02. Golden Section
03. Místico
04. Notes In Twist-Dizzy-A
05. Moonlight
06. Conundrum
07. Sign of Love
08. Summertime
09. Superstarlight
10. Move to the Music (Live to 100)
11. Lullaby (In Dying Light)
12. Moondance
​
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1455921102
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Diáspora is feeling energised

27/3/2019

 
Launching Today!
Diáspora Supersalsanova

http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1455921102
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Diáspora is feeling cool

26/3/2019

 
This love, it grows each day, when you’re far away,
Beyond the blue horizon,
When you return, it’s like the dawning of a brand new day,
And it’s okay.

Diáspora Supersalsanova
Launching Tomorrow Wednesday 27th March 2019

http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1455921102
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Diáspora is feeling warm

25/3/2019

 
Dizzy and delirious from the heat of the day,
Incandescent in the red-hot summer white,
After the sun beats down, there’s a carnival in town,
Hold tight.

Diáspora Supersalsanova
Launching This Wednesday 27th March 2019
​
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1455921102
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Snippet 12 Moondance

24/3/2019

 

​In the countdown to 
Diáspora Supersalsanova launching 27th March, we're releasing some sneak preview snippets over on our SoundCloud.

https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/snippet-12-moondance

Well, it's a marvellous night for a Moondance,
With the stars up above in your eyes.
A fantabulous night to make romance,
'Neath the cover of Diáspora skies.

Diáspora Supersalsanova
Now available for pre-order
ft. Delfina Caputo - Backing Vocals
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Snippet 11 Lullaby (In Dying Light)

24/3/2019

 

​In the countdown to 
Diáspora Supersalsanova launching 27th March, we're releasing some sneak preview snippets over on our SoundCloud.

https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/snippet-11-lullaby

In dying light, I see you smiling down at me, from above.
And all the while, I feel your beauty shine on me.
And I know,
All is well.
All the turmoil that I had inside has gone away.
And peaceful nights,
When I’m lying in your arms, once more, are here to stay.
Stay with me now, lying in your arms.
There’s no-where I’d rather be.
Stay here with me.
We can sing a lullaby.
- Lyrics by Alyss McBirney Music

Diáspora Supersalsanova
Now available for pre-order
ft. Soso Lakatos - Piano
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