GRUPO LOKITO
Grupo Lokito create a modern-day cocktail of two of the great world musics; Fusing
blistering contemporary Congolese grooves with the fire of Cuban music.The results
have audiences dancing in a haze of energy.
• ‘The whole show was invigorating, blessed. It’s one thing to play 'a lo Cubano', and
another to blast an adoring audience with a Stratocaster string of chromatic serotonin,
as does Lokito's legendary Burkina Faso. But it's a very different thing to combine the
two without it sounding like a self-conscious mish-mash. Lokito manage the
combination to perfection. ‘- John Armstrong, review of London African Music
Festival, September 2019
• ‘Grass roots music played with gusto. Live entertainment at its best.'–Chilli Fiesta,
August 2019
• ‘This is the 3rd time we have booked Grupo Lokito and theprofessionalism and the
performance were world class.’ – Focus Africa 8th Anniversary Show,
December 2018
DJ JAMIE RENTON
Jamie Renton is a London-based globalbeat DJ, promoter and journalist. As a DJ he has played at the Glastonbury Festival, Dingwalls, The Roundhouse, Cargo, Big Chill Bar, Guanabara, 93 Feet East, Notting Hill Arts Club, The Albany and the Musicport Festival, alongside the likes of Felix Buxton (Basement Jaxx), Bobby Friction, Jerry Dammers, Gaz Mayall, Charlie Gillett, Verity Sharp and Ross Allen, as well as regularly hosting stages at Celebrating Sanctuary and the Thames Festival.
