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Musician: Lukax Santana
Location: London
Instruments: voice / percussion / pot, chajchas, bells
Music: Chilean / South American / improvisation
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSICÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýWHERE I PLAYÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 ÌýÌýListen to (7'40) 'Constellation of Birds', performed live by Lukax Santana at the Spitz, London, with Lukas on toropot, bottles, chajchas, bells and vocals.
ÌýÌýListen to (5'00) 'Improvisation' performed by Lukax Santana on percussion and vocals, with Paul Moss on flutes, saxophones, clarinet, banjos and vocals.
ÌýÌýListen to (4'14) to Lukax Santana talk about his music:
Where I Play:
Nowadays I play with my group, Quilombo Expontañeo, where ever we can arrange a venue. Recently we played in a church near Baker Street in London. We hadn't a very big crowd but everyone who was there enjoyed the music. Our main intention is to create improvised music with a South American feel. The line up is always changing as South Americans come and go. We've had rock, pop, jazz musicians from Argentina, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. We've also had musicians from South Africa and Ghana - anyone willing to improvise.
For sheer pleasure, I play with Sergio Avilla, an old friend of mine who is a traditional Chilean folk musician from the band, Incantation. He's world famous, having composed music for film and toured all over the globe but he seems to enjoy my music and is happy to play with me for fun.
Another outlet for playing comes to me through the work I do with a group called Grand Union Orchestra. They organise workshops in schools and community centres and I really enjoy teaching percussion, singing and dance. Generally I teach the students very simple rhythms on the instruments and gradually we combine them all to make a complex and beautiful sound. I believe everyone can make music and it's especially important to teach the children so that they also believe this.
Then there's another amazing group called Acting Up with whom I work from time to time. They're a London-based theatre group who are pioneers in the field of working with people who have learning disabilities
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