Son 5 is….
… a Latin-american collective of 8 musicians from five different countries, being Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Holland. Son 5 plays a variety of latin folkore, combining styles such as cumbia, son, joropo, huapango, rumba, afroperuvian and andina.
Band members:
Marco Cevallos (Ecuador), Leo Cevallos (Ecuador), Mario Ramirez (Mexico), Jonathan Ramirez (Mexico), Nuria Garcia (Argentina), Ruben Lanzieri (Argentina), Eduardo Navea (Chile), Julien Oomen (Holland)
Instruments:
Accoustic guitars, cuatro (Venezuelan string instrument), charango (Bolivian string instruments), tiple (Colombian string instruments), electric bass, conga's, Peruvian cajon, flamenco cajon, bombo (Argentinian percussion instrument), melodica, accordeon, kena (South American flute), saxophone, sampoyas (South American flute), semillas (South American percussion), maracas, bongo's, one shot shaker, campana
Festivals
2008.12.21 Lunatics Festival (Utrecht)
2008.09.13 Jalan Jalan Festival (Amsterdam)
2008.08.03 Camping Rotterdam festival (Rotterdam)
2008.07.04 De Liefde Festival (Den Haag)
Venues
Sugar Factory (Amsterdam, 2008.04.26)
Winston (Amsterdam, 2008.06.11, 2008.08.16)
Badcuyp (Amsterdam, 2008.08.01)
Zaal100 (Amsterdam, 2008.06.27, 2008.11.29)
OCCHI (Amsterdam, 2008.11.01, 2008.05.03)
OT301 (Amsterdam, 2008.12.07)
Blijburg (Amsterdam, 2008.08.22)
Volkspand (Amsterdam, 2008.03.29, 2008.05.31, 2008.01.30)
Performed with
Caspian Hat Dance
Diego's Umbrella
Milvus
Mojito del Son
Contact:
(Spanish) Marco Cevallos ++31.6.25.36.48.54
(English, Spanish) Mario Ramirez ++31.6.12.21.43.97
(English, Dutch) Julien Oomen ++31.6.43.75.40.26
All email: son5music@gmail.com
Alternatively: nippyramirez@gmail.com, julienoomen@gmail.com