Xaman X + DJ Kiboko at The Old Market Assembly
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A gig held at The Old Market Assembly on Saturday 16th December. The event starts at 22:30.


Free entry!

Bristol’s premier live tropical bass act playing wild, unruly cumbia!

Xaman X were born as a support band for the Midnight Ritual club night playing alongside national and international DJs and bands coming to Bristol for truly tropical parties. Thus their agenda was clear from the get go: they needed to warm up the crowd, limb by limb. Since then they’ve gone on to play many of the UK’s biggest festivals including Shambala, Tropical Pressure & Secret Garden Party.

The group’s four members were brought together by a shared love for tropical psychedelia and cumbia, and it’s these sounds that come to the fore on their debut EP.

Xaman X’s distinctive approach stems from the group’s myriad backgrounds: synths and bass are courtesy of Pablo Villierezz, aka Panther Panther!, a visual artist and musician from Mexico; Spanish-Peruvian paleobiologist Susana Gutarra is responsible for guitar, charango and flute; local Bristolian percussionist Jim Davies (Stone Cold Hustle) and maracatu collective Afon Sistema; and Spanish singer and artist Marta Zubieta completing the line-up on vocals.

Entry requirements: 18+

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