THE SOUND OF SUMMER Brand new tracks made from the Havana Sessions, recorded by Brian d’Souza aka Auntie Flo in downtown Havana around 2015. ‘Havana City’ is a joyous, summer anthem in the making, featuring Andrew Ashong on vocals and a host of Cuban musicians. Think Nuyorican Soul’s classic ‘I Am the Black Gold Of The Sun’ with a Tony Allen-inspired drum beat, luscious string arrangements, triumphant horns and addictive keys – all given the space they deserve and fully justifying the 11.5 minutes run time. The 2026 version of ‘Die Bailando’ re-invents the original minimal electro beat to a latin rhumba-influenced groover. Grammy-nominated singer Eric Alejandro aka Cimafunk’s vocals are a huge highlight, now fused with new guitars from Ziggy Funk and drums from Ibibio Sound Machine’s Jose Joyette. Completing the package is a remastered version of ‘Mother Theresa’ – which has close to 2 million plays on Spotify but was never released on vinyl. Drift away to the sounds of the Malecon… A State of Flo supports Earth Percent. 10% of the revenue generated from this release will be paid to environmental charities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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