La Rumba 9th B'day x Me Gusta Collective: Coco María b2b Mafalda

La Rumba celebrate 9 years in the making linking up with Manchester’s Me Gusta Collective to bring Coco María b2b Mafalda all night long.

Tickets and info on Resident Advisor

Evening show with Nightmares on Wax at Electric Studios 19:00 - 23:30
After party with Coco María b2b Mafalda at Sidney & Matilda 23:00 - 04:00

First up is Coco María, one of the most unique and uncompromising DJs in the world. Hailing originally from Mexico and now based in Europe, she specializes in Brazilian, South American, Central American, and Caribbean wax. Irresistible slices of forward-thinking electronic, future Latin, jazz, samba, cumbia, and all sorts of rarities from sunny, far-off places - and all mixed with her irrepressible energy and original style.

2023 saw her release her second 'Club Coco' compilation on Bongo Joe Records, the eagerly-awaited follow up to her widely-acclaimed 2021 debut release - which placed her front and centre as one of the most exciting new DJs around.

Next up is Mafalda, whose motto is to only play the records you really, really love. You can see that ethos in action when she’s behind the decks, as the beginning of a track makes her smile, or as she sings along the whole way through. The Portuguese DJ’s sets are wide-ranging, spanning anything from soul, gospel and jazz to house, R&B and Brazilian rarities – but they’re always uplifting and forever joyful.

Over the past 10 years, she’s become a celebrated selector, guided by the search for songs that feel like a warm hug. It’s why she was called upon to open for Madlib, for a Boiler Room session in Madrid, and invited by Four Tet to play on his curated bill for Nuits Sonores festival in Lyon, and is a standout name on European festivals like Field Day, Glastonbury, We Out Here and Primavera. Her guest mixes for Dekmantel, Gilles Peterson’s 6 Music show, Resident Advisor and beyond are thoughtful, inventive and laced with the occasional what-the-hell rarity. Since then, Mafalda’s monthly NTS radio show Tropic Of Love has built a dedicated following and turned into a label, “guided by mood rather than genre”, she says. It was named for a Shirley Nanette song, which sprung out of Mafalda’s cult DJ residency at a pub in east London and originally started on Red Bull Radio in 2018. She’s a passionate record collector, but not elitist, and her own imprint is her way of sharing the music she loves even further.

Lots more still to be announced.

Tickets for our evening show with Nightmares on Wax sold separately or as a combo ticket on Resident Advisor