Between the walls of the Kecel City Library and Cultural Center, the Los Orangutans band took the stage on April 19 to present music lovers with an unforgettable experience. The space was filled with a unique mix of cumbia rhythms and Latin American melodies.
The band has been delighting fans of Hungarian cumbia since 2017. Although this genre is one of the most popular styles in South America, it has received little attention in Hungary so far. Los Orangutanes wants to change this and make the musical style they represent more and more popular. The band was created by excellent musicians such as Szabolcs Árkosi, Márton Élő, Zsolt Krecsmáry, Iván Tabeira, Herr Attila, Alex Torres, Dávid Szarvas and Ákos Pásztor, who are members of Irie Maffia, Zuboly, Paso Besodrom and Anselmo Crew. The team wants to become the favorite of Hungarians who want to dance, and they have sold out Müpa, Akvárium Nagyhall and Kobuci garden concerts, as well as numerous domestic festivals.
In 2021, their first studio album titled Lo Mejor De La Cumba was released, which includes 12 classic cumbia songs, as well as animated short films made for several songs, which show an insight into the somewhat fairytale-like, psychedelic world of both the band and cumbia.
In addition to Latin percussion and many wind instruments, the guitar and sometimes the tango accordion also play a leading role.
And the songs become truly unique when performed by Ivan Tabeira and Szabi Árkosi.
Anyone who has ever been to a Los Orangutanes concert knows that you can’t just sit and watch the band, your feet automatically start dancing.
The concert was organized by the Petőfi Cultural Program with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation, organized by the National Institute of Culture.
Text, photos: Zsófia Ferró
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