HAPE 3rd birthday in Santa Fe

HAPE 3rd birthday in Santa Fe

Havana, Cuba, 21 June 2019

On June 21st in Havana’s Santa Fe area, HAPE celebrated its III birthday with an international line-up in a garden by the sea. THE COMADR3 SELECTA, Colombian DJ living in NYC, opened with a 100% vynil set, mixing boogaloo, salsa and reggae. Having just returned to Havana from a tour that took him to Colombia and Germany - passing by HAPE Brussels - El Individuo presented together with DJ Lapiz and JD Asere songs from his latest EP, including new collaborations, such as his latest single Luz.

Great reviews of PULO NDJ around the world!

Great reviews of PULO NDJ around the world!

Ndjamena, Chad, 10 June 2019

5 stars review on Songlines, mentions and interviews on the Guardian, BBC, RFI, Rai Radio2... and airplays in more than 25 countries! Two months after the release of Desert to Douala, we are mesmerised by the success of Pulo NDJ’s debut album. And if you have not listened to it, or want to check what the media have said about it, here you can find all the reviews, radio shows and podcasts who talked about us.

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HAPE presents: Creativas2 in Miami

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HAPE presents: Creativas2 in Miami

Miami, USA, 5 May 2019

Together with CubaOne and CET HAPE has presented Creativas2 , a unique meet-up event that will bring four of Havana’s brightest women entrepreneurs to the Miami Light Project on Sunday, May 5th, at 3pm. 

Lauren Fajardo, Cristina Figueroa, May Reguera and Marta Deus presented a topic of their work and its impact on a new generation of Cubans in Havana.

Pulo NDJ - Desert to Douala is out!

N’Djamena, Chad, 29 March 2019

Announcing our first album, Pulo NDJ's "From Desert To Douala" - a collaborative record between Nickodemus, HAPE & a group of local musicians recorded in N'djamena, Chad. Our friends at Afropop Worldwide have the very first taste of the album with "Clandoman" - an uplifting track paying homage to the Taxi Motorcycle drivers in Chad's dusty capital. 

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https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/desert-to-douala

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HAPE @La Habana Creativa

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HAPE @La Habana Creativa

Havana, Cuba, 16 March 2019

HAPE, Friends of Havana and Estudio50, presented “La Habana Creativa”.

The event celebrated the closing of “Hablemos de Las Industrias Creativas de La Habana”, two days of talks and work-shops, where international experts discussed with the Cuban counterpart about the ways of unleashing the potential of Havana’s creative economies