Art Base

Erick de Armas, a Cuban born in Havana in the 1960s, made his first appearance in the small world of Cuban television when he was only seven years old, and presented a popular children's programme (Escenario Escolar) until he was fourteen. He appeared in several shows, and also on stage at the Jose Marti Theatre and the Havana Musical Theatre, alongside some of the great names in the world of Cuban entertainment, such as Zenia Marabal, Candita Guintana and Carlos Paulin.
He also made a series of recordings as soloist for the children's choir of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television Orchestra, under Alfredo Perez.
Later Erick de Armas became a medical doctor, left Cuba and settled in Belgium, with the intention of practicing medicine, but his qualifications were not recognized in Belgium.
To earn a living, he returned to the performing arts.
He began to play music again in 1997, founding the group Guarachando with the guitarist Humberto Gonzalez Matamoros. With the group Guarachando, Erick appeared regularly at jazz clubs and festivals, and won the second prize at the Antwerp Latino Awards in 2001.
He also played with David Lynx and the Belgian jazz scene.
Among his many influences, the nueva trova, personified by Pablo Milanès and Silvio Rodriguez among others, is perhaps the most striking. The cultural background of son, danzon and rumba is always present, and musi-cians like Benny more and Carios Embale have an important place in Erick's personal Pantheon...( Arto Adorno July 2003, Translation: Malcolm Eden).
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ERICK DE ARMAS- VOICE
GONZALO RODRIGUEZ- ELECTRIC GUITAR
BART DENOLF- DOUBLE BASS

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