We are thrilled to announce the eagerly-awaited digital release of Mr Bongo’s DANCA LOCA track, as used on the Bacardi ‘Island’ advert. The advert on youtube has had over 60k hits and counting…
The advert is currently showing in the following territories until the Spring, with rest of the world later this year: Puerto Rico, Germany, The Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, Greece, Denmark, Curacao, USA. The track will be available to buy on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Real/Rhapsody, Napster and specialist local digital retailers.
See the ‘making of’ the amazing Bacardi Island advert which uses Mr Bongo’s DANCA LOCA track here.
More information about the new Bacardi ‘Island’ campaign, which features the Mr Bongo track ‘DANCA LOCA’ is here.
Mr Bongo Records was thrilled to be commissioned by Rainer Kelly to compose a bespoke piece of music for the brand-new worldwide Bacardi ‘Island City’ campaign. After many hours in the Mr Bongo/Can Can studio with a variety of wonderful artists from South America and beyond (and a little rum!), the end-result is a wonderful party track in its own right. Written by Mr Bongo’s own legendary producer ‘Sao Benitez’ the track features special guests inlcuding Incognito’s horn section and the untapped talent of singer/beatboxer Sammy Sarfas.
Slotting right in with Mr Bongo’s catalogue of cutting-edge world music the track is called ‘DANCA LOCA’. The campaign has already been launched in the USA and looks set to hit Europe early 2010. Mr Bongo are also looking forward to working with Bacardi on the digital and physical release of the single on the Mr Bongo Record label and the related promotional opportunities this synergy will create.
Mr Bongo has joined the fantastic Chillibean site which allows us to showcase our work on our online showreel. This resource will be updated regularly.
We have been busy working on our extensive library of synch tracks over here at Bongo towers, and we are gathering some fabulous treats from around the globe! We are lucky enough to have an office in central London as well as a studio down in sunny Brighton. From our seaside creative hub we can work on sound design, composition, voice-overs, jingles, sound-to-picture editing or music research for any pitch. We can help with finding affordable music solutions or top-end licensing deals. Get in touch to find out more.
Look out for our brand-new monthly spotify playlists. They will be listed on here, alternatively if you wish to have them emailed to you directly, please mail me.
Find July’s spotify list here.
We have started doing some work with the hugely talented composer and all-round good egg, Mr Tam Nightingale. Tam has a wealth of experience creating top-quality music for the ad industry, as well as being a great musician in his own right. Check out his work here.
Watch this space for news of the signing of Mr Bongo’s newest delectable songbird. There has already been a lot of interest from agencies, but we are trying to keep this one under wraps for as long as possible. If you would like a sneaky pre-release taster, please drop me a mail.
Mr Bongo’s DJ set at the Cannes Shots party went down an absolute treat… A gorgeous warm evening, the crowd was more than enthusiastic and we still have sand in our record bag! Most memorable moment was when news of Michael Jackson’s demise spread through the crowd, then the immense cheer when we dropped ‘Billie Jean’ and the not-so-easy task of moonwalking in the sand… Big thanks to everyone that came down and look forward to meeting there again next year for more fun and great tunes.