EDKUB

Biography

EDKUB builds a bridge between Cuban and electronic music, it was founded in 2018 by Swiss composer-producer and bass player Fred Sumi. Since his first stay in Cuba in 1995, Fred Sumi has been passionate about Cuban music, especially about the musical style timba. EDKUB was born from his passion and sound aesthetics as a producer: Cuban grooves produced with warm and spherical electronic sounds.

EDKUB is the fruit of a friendship and collaboration with great Cuban musicians during several recording sessions in Havana: Marbis Manzanet with her deep and intense voice, the brothers Yassell Sotomayor and Raysel Sotomayor with their voices imbued with African roots. Roicel Riveron (drums and timbal), former member of the famous Cuban band "Manolito y su Trabuco", Duniesky Barreto (congas), Maykel Garcia Gonzalez (piano, keyboards), and Eduardo Bringuez Ayarde (trumpet), all three former members of the mythical Cuban group "Pupy y Los que Son Son".

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EDKUB’s debut album YAYA is composed of 10 tracks where Cuban grooves are transcribed with warm and spherical electronic sounds. From Cuban salsa to rumba, with a jazz spirit, organic instruments and deep, colorful electronic sounds, the music accompanies the singers who guide us with their warm voices and melodies both joyful and melancholy, towards a colorful and luminous space.

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Since the beginning of EDKUB, Jack El Calvo, famous Cuban music DJ based in Paris, has been supporting the project. He selected the first single KEY JAM as the generic of his mixes on social networks during the confinement in 2020