ESTEBAN CARD - Melding ancestral drumming music from Colombia in a contemporary context.

Esteban Card presents a distinctive twist on folkloric Colombian music. His innovative mixture of ancestral chants and drumming with organic contemporary sounds represents a forward-facing musical identity with a trance-inducing soundscape. His music channels Colombia’s African heritage via Bullerengue with a thought-provoking modern-day awareness.

His AfroColombiaBeat production stamp has been embraced by audiences across the UK, at venues including Rich Mix, Wilderness Festival, Hootananny, Juju’s Bar, Arts By The Sea Festival, Lola MC and met with critical acclaim by tastemakers Gilles Peterson and Alex Wharton.

Gilles Peterson

“Coming out real strong”

Alex Wharton

“Esteban Card’s music has opened a portal”

Abbey Road Studios

“A unique twist on traditional Colombian music”

SOMOS CHIBCHAS

Somos Chibchas Arts are a folk dance school preserving, showcasing and sharing Colombia's rich culture through ancestral traditions, woven with Indigenous and African roots, safeguarding our ancestral legacy

DEMBIS THIOUNG

Dembis Thioung is a mesmerizing master of the dunduns, the melodic and hypnotic West African bass drums. The traditional West African Dundun are a set of three double-sided drums hit with sticks made by wood and cowskin that make up the HEARTBEAT, the MELODY and the SOUL of traditional West African ensemble djembe music. However Dembis’s skills as a percussionist are not reserved for West African rhythms alone. He is also a versatile independent performing artist and has played live and recorded albums with internationally acclaimed artists including Carlou D and Baaba Mal.

VANE MG

Vane MG is an Artist and Designer from Colombia based in London.

Painting, Street Art and Digital Illustration are some of the mediums she uses.

Her work is characterised by bright and neon colours and includes elements of her Colombian roots, fun elements of her Toy Design experience and her characteristic, Heart Eyes on her realistic female portraits full of more hearts and London vibrations.

She has had the opportunity to work with many institutions around the UK including places such as Kew Gardens, becoming the first artist in the world to paint inside the walls of the gardens. Other places she has shown her artworks include The Tate Modern and The Wellcome Collection Museum.

Winner - Best Latin American Visual Artist in the UK 2024 by LA United. (The official Latin American Awards in the UK)
 Her objective is to attempt to reclaim elements of the cultural past, integrating it with the present and creating new, colourful images looking for her own identity.