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CIMAFUNK
releases highly anticipated
new album
“EL ALIMENTO”
(The Nourishment)

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“Top Albums Out Oct 8th – CIMAFUNK has an amazing new record. It is a major step forward for one of our favorites… It really feels like a statement record- a real breakout album… You can listen and have a different experience every time, because it feels like you are literally listening to layers of generations. There’s not a genre to put him in, as it really didn’t exist until he created it… A combination of Benny Moré, James Brown and Sly Stone all mixed together… a visionary musician & the future of Cuban funk – one of the most dynamic performers I have seen …And this record captures his live intensity” – NPR

“Cimafunk’s Quest to Create One Nación Under a Groove – The Cuban musician’s new album, “El Alimento,” is a fresh take on funk that blends Afro-Cuban and African American rhythms using a cast of international collaborators… a frenetic joy ride of freewheeling blasts of percussive funk intercut with pumped-up classic Cuban riffs   … showcasing the power of blending African American & Afro-Cuban music, Cimafunk is engaging in a cultural mixing that celebrates a kind of Latin American hybridity …  ‘El Alimento’ has thoroughly transformed him into an international funk champion”- New York Times

“What Cima is doing is like a brand-new funk!” – George Clinton 

“What [Cima] has done is unite the two tendencies -Afro-Cuban & African American… converting this into a new school that until now I haven’t heard done.”- Chucho Valdés

“Cimafunk is going to change your life. The Cuba-based singer’s set with his expansive band was nothing short of a religious experience. Transfixing and transformative, you left feeling like a completely different person… their infectious Afrofunk elicited a whole new level of enthusiasm from the crowd. A few people even bowed down to worship them at the end of their set. they leaned into the groovy bass lines, dual drummers, and multi-vocalists. … They were ridiculously entertaining [and] make your head spin with the array of instruments they seemingly pull out of thin air.. Their driving rhythms and intense grooves made them magnetic. It was exhilarating and virtually impossible not to dance along with them as they zig-zagged around one another. At some points, the band looked like a blur of thrashing limbs and instruments. It was this flurry of passion and excitement that was surreal to witness. The whole thing felt like an out of body experience.” – WXPN (NPR)

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Featuring collaborations with Lupe Fiasco, CeeLo Green, George Clinton, ChocQuibTown, Stylo G, Chucho Valdés & El Micha – and Helmed by Grammy winning producer Jack Splash– “El Alimento” is a dance inducing celebration of Black Music that masterfully blends Afro-Cuban rhythms with Funk, Soul & Hip-Hop to provide a feast of musical & cultural nutrients to feed our spirit.

Sure to be one of the standout creative and uplifting albums of the fall, Cimafunk has just released his highly anticipated second album, El Alimento (‘The Nourishment’),

“I’m really excited about El Alimento. I think it marks a before and after moment in terms of my sound and the whole Cimafunk concept. It’s an experiment; one that’s very organic. My brother Jack Splash and I let the music go where it wanted to go, and we followed. The collaborations on the album came about naturally through friendships, admiration and real synergy. We set things off with the godfather of funk George Clinton on Funk Aspirin, and now everyone gets to hear the complete album ” – CIMAFUNK

The 13-track album is produced by Grammy Award-winner Jack Splash (Kendrick Lamar, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Solange, Jazmine Sullivan, Goodie Mob, Valerie June, Tank & the Bangas), who calls the result of El Alimento “fearless,” stressing that the approach he and Cimafunk took to the music “breaks down lots of musical boundaries.”

“It’s been very special to work with Cimafunk, who loves, represents and mixes ALL of the different vibes of the African diaspora into his music. Cimafunk and I are both deeply dedicated to the funk, but we both also really love Afrobeat, classic soul, hip hop, dancehall and of course all of the amazing different styles of traditional Cuban music. Our main goal when starting this project was to mix EVERYTHING we loved together.  No rules, no boundaries…just lots of love, funk and fun. The album is our unique love letter to both Cuba AND all of the musical masters (like James Brown, Fela, Irakere, Sly Stone & so many more) that came before us.”- Jack Splash

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 The sonically dynamic collection masterfully blends Afro-Cuban sounds and rhythms with global funk, hip hop and soul—resulting in a progressive, head-bopping celebration of black music’s power to eclipse borders and cross-pollinate across cultures and language. Written and recorded over the last year, the album served as an alimento for the soul, a motivation to persevere through the pandemic, as Cimafunk spent countless hours studying decades of musical influences to help understand who he is musically and culturally, and thus, where he wanted this album to take him.

 As innovative funk forefather George Clinton (Parliament-Funkadelic), who sings alongside Cimafunk on the opening track “Funk Aspirin,” says: “Cimafunk takes it back there while keeping it in the now. It’s what we do, always reinventing the Funk to keep it fresh.” 

Along with Clinton, El Alimento also includes collaborations with US hip hop stars Lupe Fiasco and CeeLo Green; Jamaican dancehall singer Stylo G and Afro-Colombian hip hop group ChocQuibTown; as well as Cuban musicians Chucho Valdés, an AfroCuban jazz icon and ’70s funk pioneer, Los Papines, a Cuban Rumba group whose career spans six decades, and Afro-Cuban rapper and Reggaetonero El Micha. 

“I’m really humbled to have so many pioneers and legends on my album, and such a strong representation of black culture in the lyrics and sounds,” adds Cimafunk. “I came up listening to them, studying their music, and now I’m grooving with them on El Alimento.”

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About CIMAFUNK

Cimafunk became a household name in Cuba with his 2018 hit “Me Voy” which led to his designation as “Artist of the Year” by Vistar Magazine and the Lucas Award for most popular video. Part of his debut album “Terapia,” “Me Voy”, “Paciente” and other songs generated a frenzy, creating a movement in Havana and throughout the island, selling out venues with thousands of fans excited to dance to the groove of Afro-Cuban Funk and millennials replicating his style and appearance, one that draws heavily on his African roots and the black showmen of the 20th century.

 Cimafunk’s name refers to his heritage as a ‘cimarroìn,’ Cubans of African descent who resisted and escaped slavery, as well as to the essence of his music that aims to subvert conventional sounds by innovating with rhythms. By bringing out the best in Cuban rhythms and traditions and infusing sounds and styles from Africa and the U.S., Cimafunk has created something unique and special, not only in terms of music but also with the values he stands for.

 Named by Billboard as a “Top 10 Latin Artist to watch,” Cimafunk stole the show at the 2019 South by Southwest Music Festival and has toured aggressively in the U.S. and Europe. Fito Paez has referred to him as “the future,” and Rolling Stone described his music as “an electrifying combination of funk and soul, layered over the five-beat clave, or the heartbeat of Cuban music, brought to Cuba by enslaved people from West Africa.”

Just prior to the pandemic, Cimafunk and his band received overwhelming praise for a moving performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. – which NPR recently chose as one of the overall best TDC’s of 2020

 Cun Cun Pra, Cimafunk’s recent 5-track EP, features the contagious party song Cun Cun Pra, a funky pop mover and shaker La Papa, featuring Cuban sensation Diana Fuentes, a sensual R&B remix of Parar El Tiempo, featuring up-and-coming Mexican singer Salma, Caliente, a New Orleans meets Havana horn-heavy, hip hop banger featuring Tairona “Tank” Ball and The Soul Rebels, and El Potaje, a passing of the torch tune, where Cimafunk joins living legends Omara Portuondo, Chucho Valdés, Pancho Amat and la Orquesta Aragón to bring out the past, present and future of Cuban music.

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AMNPLIFY – SR