Nicholas Nicou is the London Sub-Editor of Sounds and Colours. As well as covering Latin events in London for the S&C site, he recently established freecritique, a trilingual culture blog with critical articles concerning film, music and video-games. You can see some of his writing at freecritique.wordpress.com.
Website: freecritique.wordpress.com
In July, Colombian electro duo Bomba Estéreo will be returning to London for a special headline show at Somerset House. Known for their eclectic blend of psychedelic sounds and traditional Colombian rhythms, the band will be performing hits... Read Article
This May, tropical bass duo Dengue Dengue Dengue! will head to London’s Jazz Café for their very first UK performance. Known for interweaving the psychedelic sounds of Peruvian cumbia with the deep bass of dub, UK bass and the modern... Read Article
Later this month, 10-piece band Bixiga 70 will bring their fusion of African and South American rhythms to Camden’s Jazz Café for a one-off performance in the capital. Hailing from the central São Paulo neighbourhood of Bixiga, the... Read Article
This July, legendary Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs will return to London for their first gig in the capital for seven years. Known for their eclectic blend of rock, ska, reggae and funk, the band are currently touring... Read Article
For the first time in three years, the celebrated Brazilian-born producer Amon Tobin is returning to London for an exclusive DJ set at Electric Brixton on 2 June. With a back catalogue spanning seven critically acclaimed full-length albums,... Read Article
On 19th May, musician, producer and DJ Quantic, a.k.a Will Holland, will return to the capital for a special live set at Shoreditch’s Village Underground. Performing during the UK-leg of his Tropical Elevation World Tour, Quantic will be... Read Article
This April, London’s Latin music festival La Línea returns for its sixteenth year in the capital, bringing some of the best contemporary talents from Latin America to venues across the city. Chile’s kings of cumbia Chico Trujillo will... Read Article
Next weekend, the London Remixed Festival will once again grace East London’s Rich Mix for a two-day showcase of some of the most vibrant up-and-coming acts in world music. Over twenty different artists will take to the stage... Read Article
From the 26th to the 29th November, the Argentine Film Festival will return to London with a whole host of exciting films screening across the capital. Entering its third year, the Festival will showcase a variety of feature-length... Read Article
Based on her novel of the same name, writer/director Lucía Puenzo’s latest feature film Wakolda (English Title: The German Doctor) offers a chilling tale of betrayal and deception as an innocent family experiences a living nightmare in 1960s... Read Article
In early July, the sights and sounds of the Amazon will grace London as the Amazon Film Fest comes to the capital for the very first time. Over two days, a host of films, documentaries and short movies... Read Article
This week, the annual multi-platform East End Film Festival (EEFF) will return for its fifteenth year in the capital, with more than eighty feature films set to be screened at various venues in London’s East End over a... Read Article
