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WE ARE THE WINNERS!!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!

 

 

If you want to know more about the GSD awards check:    www.gsdawards.co.uk or to see the video go to www.aculcoradio.com click sala de videos then scroll down the list for Tamborera, seat back and enjoy!!!

The night of the 8th July 09 Palenke was awarded for the best video "Tamborera"

With over 1000 votes from the UK, Colombia and other countries!!

We are very proud and grateful for this award and want to thank the GSD Awards for creating a way to motivate, encourage and reward the Latin artists based in the UK.

This award is dedicated to our fans who had supported us endlessly through the years. There are no words to express our gratitude!!

Special thanks to Daniel Castaneda & Andres Gutierrez for believing in us & our music to make the video, Andrea Pawsey for the restless help & creativity & to everybody @ Aculco Radio!!

Very special thanks to our Friends and Fans that assisted to the making of the video; Kevin Prime, Elder Sanchez, our fellow musicians & Fiesta Bar. 

WE NOW HAVE OUR VIDEO "TAMBORERA" AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT http://www.aculcoradio.com/videocast/index.php

Para los que hablan espanol aqui esta nuestra ultima entrevista hecha el 19 de Diciembre 2008

This is an interview done on the 19th December 2008, check out Aculco Radio for listening music in Spanish, programs and to practise your Spanish.

Queremos agradecer a todo el equipo de Aculco Radio por habernos invitado y por tan agradable intrevista! All the best!

PLEASE CLICK ON ACULCORADIO (ABOVE) TO LISTEN TO OUR SPANGLISH INTERVIEW AT ACULCORADIO.COM. GO TO SALA DE VIDEOS AND CLICK ON PALENKE! 

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DAVIDSUGARMAN NEWSLETTER HALLOWEEN 2008

G'day!

Adriana, Palenke @ High Wycombe

Saturday saw one of the best salsa bands playing High Wycombe

when Palenke performed there.

Organiser Neill's sound system and the band's setup gave a good tone. The band are playing their own music and some well loved covers. I must be getting to know their album as I was quick to notice 2 new additions to the set :-)

And, lucky me, I was dancing with Adriana between sets :-) Until we saw the band and organisers on stage, looking rather pointedly at us. Oh well, win some, lose some.

DAVIDSUGARMAN NEWSLETTER 161008 

  Palenke @ Liquid

On Sunday, I picked up Lorna and we went to Liquid in Uxbridge to see and dance to Palenke. Palenke haven't been idle and have expanded their set again. I particularly liked their version of "Fragile".

Liquid is a pretty amazing venue with a fantastic floor. But what I got excited about was the little podium above the floor. I clambered up there a couple of times for a salsa with Lorna and then a lovely Chachacha with Debbie.

There are rails all around the podium so you're not about to fall off but it took me back to Bar Med in Reading and dancing on the raised stage, close to the steps :-)

Palenke in Reading

  DAVIDSUGARMAN NEWSLETTER 080708

 Last Friday I had a great time at Loudwater. The team at Viva Salsa are celebrating their birthday this Saturday at Uxbridge with Palenke playing live. Not standing still they are opening a new club in Uxbridge towards the end of the month. Details below. 

Palenke were also playing at RedHatSalsa's party at Jongleurs, Reading on Sunday.

I'm especially liking their new sets. Yes, there are some covers, I was impressed with "Valió la Pena". And a few Bachatas :-) But I'm really pleased to hear them play their own tracks.

Dave and Adriana

 DAVID SUGARMAN NEWSLETTER 020408

I thought Palenke played the best sets I've ever heard from them. They were playing numbers from their new album. This is music they've written themselves and I found it very danceable.

They did play a couple of Bachatas and a few covers BUT what I really liked was them playing their own stuff (I know Adriana reads this :-) ). Adriana found me during the break between sets and unexpectedly gave me a copy of the album. I was pretty made up! I've been playing it to friends in the car since.

 Shoe of the Week! (These are Adriana's shoes!) 

Serious Shoe of the Week :-)

About our 1st Album "Kachaco"

As many of you know Palenke has been in the London Latin Scene for quite a long time now.  After all these years and efforts, we have finally put together an Album full of feelings, memories, anecdotes and stories we have shared.  Most songs composed by Lisandro Zapata     are a mix of his Rock and Roll background, modern R&B and hip hop, with a hint of Jazz and funk but as danceable as the lovely Salsa that have kept Palenke alive!  More traditional salsas are Adriana Santana’s compositions and a couple of cover songs have been chosen to give more variety to the album.  Kinacho, thanks to his experience at recording and sound engineering, has made Palenke’s sound one of the finest of all the bands in London. 

 2009 WAS A  FANTASTIC YEAR, WINNERS OF BEST VIDEO "TAMBORERA" AT THE GSD AWARDS AND NOW LISANDRO ZAPATA HAS RECEIVED A HONORABLE MENTION BY THE BILLBOARD WORLD SONG CONTEST... AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SHARE IT WITH HIM.  THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC!!!

PASSED EVENTS & TESTIMONIALS

SALSA SUMMER BALL II - JUL/09 

 

 

Hi Adriana and Guys

Thankyou for two absolutely brilliant sets last Saturday . You are definitely the best band I have had at any of my functions and I definitely work together in the future , I am assuming that you will work with me .  Everybody I have spoken to has said how much they enjoyed your music . Once again thankyou very much for a great night .

 

Malcolm

 

Burning Salsa

Wedding party 20th June 09

Hello Adriana
Thank you so much to you and the band for the wonderful music last night, you were amazing. All of our our guests have been talking about you, even my Dad got up and danced!

A special thank you for our first dance, we love the song and you played it perfectly.

We hope you got home ok and we will see you playing again soon. We are leaving for Barbados in the morning and will be looking for salsa clubs when we get there.

Lots of love

Mike and Georgina

The Rosenblatt New Energy Awards - National History Museum

SALSA ESTRELLAS - MILTON KEYNES

John Lewis Salsa Night @ Bar 171

Thanks you very much for your good comments

and the magazine report!  

Special thank you to Kay Ruby for inviting us to a great party!!

 We hope to be there again soon...

People were fantastic dancing non stop!

  Huntingdon Hall 

 THE EVENT SHOW - LONDON OLYMPIA

 Thank you, Thank you, Thank you…

It is the best thing we can say after a great experience at The Event Show, Thanks to the Organizers for inviting us, How do you do it? So much stuff; thanks to the people who came to see us to the stand: Vicky and Rico from Viva Salsa; Anuar and Larisa great dancers, great friends; Adrian Dj El groove, with his camera taking fabulous pictures; Ap productions, who gave us a gig already among others.

Thanks also to the people involved in organising the Palenke stand: sister Andrea and her beautiful Banner; friend Rahil decorating and cheering up non stop;  Lisandro playing, been and of course selling (thanks for supporting the crazy ideas); Luis Carlos playing his drums, Kinacho with his piano, cousin Javier offering his time to cover for us while we were performing; family and friends.  A very special thank to Yane, Rosana and Alex that make our time magic with their beauty and dancing skills.

It was a huge success and unforgettable experience for us the first ever Latin Band exhibiting 100% Latin performances in a Show as big as this one. God bless you all and keep enjoying music as much as we enjoy performing!!

Feb 2005

CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

Not only one of the best Casinos in town but a beautiful venue; Les Ambassadeurs on Hamilton Place

had invited Palenke for their first  Annual Summer party  and then for New Years Eve,

what a great opportunity to welcome 2005, what a party! Happy New Year to everybody!!

Great Order of Water Rats

It was a wonderful Gala Night as usual; for Palenke greater than ever, we have been part of this celebration for 3 years and this time it was very special.   We had the chance to play a lot longer than before and had closed the night with a great set of Latino Hits that no one could resist to dance to.

The GOWR is a very well known organization and everybody knows that to play for them is an honour, Thank you for inviting the Band.

A MUSICIAN’S NOTE

Hello Everybody... It was a great experience to be at the congress last year... it was really impressive to see more than 2000 people dancing together and been so passionate about Salsa.

I was also impressed with the way people recognized me and called me "Palenke" when my name is "Adriana", I had also found myself answering all the time questions like...  Are you playing here today? Would you be performing?, Ohhh it's great Palenke is here... performing?, Why you are not performing?, Ohh! You should be up on the stage! Are you still singing? Is the band still playing?

Is the band still playing? What a good question... it would be better to ask:  Are the Latin Musicians still playing in London, or even in the UK?

I am afraid we are not... at least not as before, where could we possibly play when the places that presented live music had been closed?  They had been closed because people didn't support those places... People do not care about live music... People actually rejected the live music, because when we are playing we take a few seconds between the songs and dancers can't wait that long, the dancers could actually learn and dance non stop to a conga bit that repeats: and 1 and 5, and 1 and 5... Or because we take room that could be fill with more dancers as I heard once... It's all about the money, isn't it?

So, may I ask? Why salsa promoters don't have live music in their events?

I understand the big orchestras are sometimes a bit boring, playing long songs and stuff... but that is not a problem... there are not big orchestras in London anymore... they didn't have any gigs to survive... seen a big band once in a while I don't mind;

The thing is that there are bands like us that have the concept of playing the songs as people hear them from the DJ box plus try to do a bit of a show or at least I try, getting crazy on the stage, giving the crowd my best moves and singing with my heart and soul.

I get so many emails with all these wonderful activities, clubs, classes, weekender's, teachers, dance shows and much more, but what about live music? 

Do promoters show people live music? Do salsa teachers teach people to like live music? Does anybody teach how to appreciate the musicians when they are performing... if we get the chance to perform?

Do the dancers know that before they hear the tracks, they have been written, arranged, produced, rehearsed and recorded by human been and that those 3 minutes of music had taken hours, days, weeks of work and sometimes years to put an album together or even to have the song out in the market... Do they know that?

If there were not musicians... there wouldn't be music, and of course no dancers, so in fact no teachers or promoters. Please let's recapture the magic of live music... if you have been to Cuba you must know that they have a band in every corner and people just love that.

Don't let us die!