ARIWO London For bookings email info@mananacuba.com ARIWO are a Cuban/Iranian four-piece focused on the rich intersection between electronic music, Afro-Cuban rhythm and Iranian mysticism. The word "Ariwo" means "noise" in Yoruba. The band brings together POUYA EHSAEI - hailed as belonging “in that precious pile” of Iranian electronic music composers - and three of London’s most influential Cuban musicians; Irakere and Carlos Acosta’s Latin Grammy winning “percussion virtuoso”, HAMMADI VALDES; Yussef Kamaal and Sierra Maestra lead trumpeter, YELFRIS VALDES; and godfather of London’s Cuban music scene, ORESTE NODA.