LA MAMBANEGRA IS A CALI-BASED BREAKSALSA ORCHESTRA CREATED AND DIRECTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2012 BY PRODUCER JACOBO VELEZ IN THE STREETS OF CALI-COLOMBIA. IN THIS SALSA FORMAT ORCHESTRA THAT INCLUDES DRUMS AND ELECTRONIC KIT TRIGGER, VELEZ MIXES 70’S NEW YORK SALSA WITH POPULAR CUBAN DANCE MUSIC, THE SOUNDS OF JAMAICAN MUSIC, FUNK, HIP-HOP AND SOME ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL AFRO-COLOMBIAN MUSIC, GENERATING A STRONG AND PARTICULAR SOUND THAT HE HIMSELF, HAS CALLED BREAKSALSA. THE OVERFLOWING STAGING OF LA MAMBANEGRA IS OUT OF THE TRADITIONAL STANDARDS OF CLASSIC SALSA, GETTING CLOSER TO A HIP HOP OR RAGAMUFFIN BAND WITH ROCK TINGES. IN ADDITION TO HAVING A HUGE POWER, THEIR SHOWMAN, EL CALLEGÜESO, A CHARACTER THAT VÉLEZ ASSUMES ON STAGE, SHOWS A PROFILE OF MC AND KUNG FU MASTER, MANAGING TO TAKE OVER THE STAGE WITH PROPERTY. THIS IS DONE WHILE MAKING VISIBLE THEIR POWERFUL MUSICIANS WHO OF COURSE, ALSO HAVE AN INFECTIOUS STAGE PRESENCE OVERFLOWING WITH LATIN FLOW. LA MAMBANEGRA HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC INDUSTRY MEDIA SUCH AS BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA), THE GUARDIAN (UK), LES INROCKUPTIBLES (FRANCE), AND SONGLINES MAGAZINE (UK). HER FIRST ALBUM “EL CALLEGÜESO Y SU MALA MAÑA” WAS SELECTED AMONG THE BEST OF 2015 BY SEMANA MAGAZINE, ARCADIA MAGAZINE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND HAS BEEN APPLAUDED AT MAJOR FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD SUCH AS ROSKILDE FESTIVAL (DENMARK), WOMAD (UK AND NEW ZEALAND), POHODA FESTIVAL (SLOVAKIA), LUGANO JAZZ FESTIVAL (SWITZERLAND) AND TEMPO LATINO FESTIVAL (FRANCE) AMONG OTHERS. ON ITS TOURS IN EUROPE, OCEANIA AND LATIN AMERICA, LA MAMBANEGRA HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SUCH AS RUBEN BLADES, GEORGE BENSON, CONCHA BUIKA, PHILIP GLASS, GEORGE CLINTON & FUNKADELIC PARLIAMENT, OUMOU SANGARE, SOLANGE, FOO FIGHTERS AND EMIR KUSTURICA AMONG OTHER WORLD MUSIC DEITIES OF THE MUSICAL PANTHEON.