"While it's tempting to think only of Buena Vista Social Club, scratch [Havana's] surface and there's a whole host of styles throbbing out from each corner of this proud, cultural oasis of a city. Determined to explore the avant-garde and the underground, Gilles Peterson has spent much of the last eight years working on a series of releases showcasing the best of the talent on offer in the capital. On this anthology, he curates a selection of some of the most incredible sounds he uncovered. His Havana Cultura Band are a phenomenon in their own right, with Roforofo Fight an exhausting blend of Mingus' big band, salsa and clubland. Conversely, Arema Arega's Ay showcases a sultry singer-songwriter with an infectious contemporary sound. The entire anthology is a burst of colours, energy, textures and passion that call you back, like Cuba itself, to get entwined in its unique and endless wonders".