Chango Family

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La Chango Family is a Montreal, Quebec based band that plays a mixture of reggae, ska, funk, and other genres of music, which is often called world music.

The band was formed in 2000 and has been comprised of a various number of artists, but most often is made up of 10 musicians. The band's songs are written in French, Spanish, and English, often in the same song. There are also many songs which use African dialects like Wolof as well as some songs in Arabic.

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[edit] Performances

La Chango has played over 500 shows in 6 years. In 2004, their second European tour, "Monkeys in Babylon," saw them play over thirty shows, while the 2005 tour to promote their double CD, Babylon Bypass, saw them play over 40 shows in two months in Europe. They won the Choix du Public at the 2004 Montreux Jazz Festival and performed the outdoor spectacle de cloture at the 2005 festival.

Since 2002, they are associated with a Barcelona based social and artistic cooperative Radiochango.com, a popular site that presents 24hrs of internet radio with some of the most popular performers of mestizo (world) music.

After releasing the self-titled "Chango Family" on the Audiogram record label in 2002, garnering a Top 10 hit in Quebec for the song "Paramatman," the group left the label in 2003 to start their own 'fair trade' label, Zion Zone Recordz and released a double CD titled "Babylon Bypass" in April 2004 consisting of 27 original cuts.

The band is taper friendly.

[edit] Band members

  • Lundo Chango: vocals, guitar
  • Maruchka Chango: vocals, djembe, derbouka, percussion, dance
  • Gabou: bass, vocals
  • Anit Yam: violin, guitar
  • Sylvio: drums
  • Funky Francky: vocals, organ, keyboards, accordion, clarinet
  • Matéo: trombone
  • Mario: saxophone, flute
  • Didace: lead guitar
  • Koumba: vocals, dance

[edit] On certain tours

  • Marco: congas, percussion
  • Sébastien Rivard: dub, effect and sound
  • J-F: tenor sax
  • Dom: trumpet

[edit] Side projects and collaborators

  • Kaliroots
  • DobaCaracol
  • Syncop
  • Oztara
  • Papa Groove
  • La Galère
  • Elektrik Bones
  • SimonGauthier.com

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