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Audio for vivid love letter to Miami serves as a rhythmic celebration of diversity and multiculturalism and is already streaming, visuals to debut on YouTube
Fresh off being named the Miami New Times “Best Musical Act” in the Readers’ Choice poll, Electric Piquete are set to release the third single and video from their 2024 full length Azabache titled “Muevete Con Ganas”. The song features singer / songwriter / percussionist MannySwagg on lead vocals and the video was co-conceived and directed by Christopher Tijerino (Cr38te Media). Shot on location throughout Miami and at the world-famous Ball & Chain in Little Havana, the new piece drops July 25 on the band’s YouTube Channel.
“I got led by the feeling of Que Pasa USA skits blending into a Miami Sound Machine “Conga” style remix,” says Swagg. “Neon flooring meets Carnaval, Balseros dancing through Miami Beach and Hialeah bringing the diaspora, exile, and multi-cultural experience, and setting the mood for just the right Miami story.”
Born in Havana, Cuba, Manny fronts his own group called La Creación, but has previously collaborated with Sol + The Tribu, BarrioActivo, and Diana Fuentes and Jorge Luis Chacin, among others. Swagg wrote the lyrics and vocal melody, while Electric Piquete guitarist Chris Correoso composed the original song.
Originally titled “Cheque Sin Fondo”, the band recorded the song during the sessions that led to Azabache during 2022 but had always felt it would be enhanced by proper vocals from a traditional singer. Having seen and heard MannySwagg around the Miami scene for years and after a chance run-in on tour in North Carolina, band co-founder Michael Mut approached the front man about a possible collaboration. Following an incendiary guest spot with the band live during a summer 2023 Miami Beach OnStage performance, the table was set for the collaboration.
“Muevete” was co-written by band saxophonist Robert Smiley, and features contributions from Ed Rosado (drums / percussion / arrangement), Mut (bass), Charles Gardner (keyboards), Raymond Ayala (congas), and Julian Cifuentes (trumpet). It was engineered, recorded, and mixed by Ferny Coipel at the Shack North Studios in Hialeah, and mastered by Zach Ziskin. Tijerino also worked with the band on the video for the first single “Chunk” and helped to visualize and bring the video concept to life.
Founded in the summer of 2007, Electric Piquete is also a two-time winner of the Miami New Times “Best Latin Band” award-winning Latin funk outfit (2009 and 2015). Their influences are as diverse as the Miami region that birthed them, ranging from rock to jazz spiced with everything in between: funk, Afro-Caribbean, progressive and R&B. High resolution photos of the band and the album cover are available here.
For more information, visit linktr.ee/ElectricPiquete.
