Based in  Bogotá, Colombia: CHOC QUIB TOWN, representing folklore music from the pacific coast of the country. The songs of ChocQuibTown mix Afro Colombian traditional genres like Bunde, Currulao, Bambazú and Aguabajo with the music of Afro descendants of the U.S., Jamaica, Cuba and others like Hip Hop, Reggae, Electronic, Rumba, Flow, Salsa, Songo and Guajira. With their name, they make tribute to the land they where born Chocó, a region of exquisite flavors and open hearts of tears and struggles, a land of people with the will power to overcome every difficulty stepping on their way.

THE STORY
He dreamed a lot * She wrote poetry.
He sharpened his imagination and built airplanes and ships * She sang and played piano.
He got a guitar and loved jazz * She ran college radio and played folk.

They both loved music and skiing

He graduated in maths * She graduated in engineering.
He taught computer science and played the blues * She did graphic design and photography
He found some wrecked guitars and rescued them * She left some old friends.

They met and became friends

He went to Cleveland to study jazz * She stayed in Bratislava
He missed her * She missed him

They met again in the US
They fell in love
They returned home

He discovered bow * She got bass guitar
He wrote songs * She wrote songs
They moved to a beautiful place on a hill called Dlhe Diely (Long Yards)
They formed the band Dlhe Diely with some friends
They started their record label Slnko records (www.slnkorecords.sk)
They quit their proper jobs
They recorded few albums and lost few drummers
They discovered electronics and started to use ambient sounds and loops
They discovered that the hill Dlhe diely was previously called Longital
They formed the new band Longital

And finally came the dream of White Tiger telling them the SECRET