with Cal Jader

• Spanish
• English
• Italian

DJ | Music Promoter | Events Producer

Latin American music owes a large part of its diffusion, promotion and continuous celebration within London to Callum Simpson. Mostly known as Dj Cal Jader, he has been the driving force behind the emotions and very existence of Movimientos – a project created with two clear and distinctive intentions: To offer spaces for fun, dancing and joyful recreation and to create political resistance out of the cultural reaffirmation of diversity and differences.

Emma Goldman, the well known anarchist and writer, once said ‘If I can’t dance to it, it is not my revolution’ and it is almost as if this has served as the inspiration for Movimientos’ creation of its solid artistic agenda, in which the right to be different is a fundamental part of its fight against the homogenisation of predominant cultures. Movimientos, in addition to being the most active and productive non-profit organisation dedicated to the creation of Latin American music events in the United Kingdom, is also the most interesting because it combines club culture with the promotion of the live music. Movimientos has, for years, offered support to emerging Latin American talent seeking exposure within London, while offering the more established names the opportunity to connect with British audiences by performing in the English capital.

Listen to this entertaining conversation in order to discover how a political student from the north of England and with Scottish roots ended up in love with Latin American music after taking an interest in South America’s political movements of the 20th century. Also discover what it has been like to co-produce Love Carnival, probably the best known and most fiery tropical party in the city, playing the musical fusions so loved by Cal. And finally, discover what it feels like to be a leading light of the scene he has embraced with his brotherly and multi-rhythmic beat, giving the Latin American diaspora his loyal support as well as his absolute commitment.

And now, enjoy the interview!

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This interview was recorded on the 1st of April 2021 and released on the 15th of April 2021

Further Information:

Related Links
DJ Cal Jader: Instagram | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | Mixcloud | Facebook | Twitter
Love Carnival: Instagram | Soundcloud | Mixcloud | Facebook
Movimientos: Website | YouTube | Instagram | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | Mixcloud | LinkTree | Facebook | Twitter | Eventbrite

The Santuario/Sanctuary compilation released by Movimientos is for sale on Bandcamp. All profits will be donated to LAWA: Latin American Women’s Aid, LAWRS: Latin American Women’s Rights Service and Apoyo Comunitario Sur de Londres. Please buy the album and support these important projects.

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Zona Marginal | Sidestepper | Nicodemus | Quantic | Los Amigos Invisibles | Nortec Collective | Novalima | Gotan Project | Chancha Vía Circuito | Lido Pimienta | La Mambanegra | Village Cuts | Xaman X | Bushbby | Kanti Qena | Lokandes | WARA | Eliane Correa | Juanita Euka | Chris Tofu | Colectiva | Viva Msimang | Maria Grapsa | Lilli Elina | Maracatudo Mafua | Carlinhos Brown | Panther Panther! | Bajofondo | Gustavo Santaolalla | Dengue Dengue Dengue | El Búho | Shika Shika | Lya Drummer | Pahua | Desta French | Fresh Frutas Spotify playlist | Strut Records | Flavia Coelho | Afrocidade

References during the interview
Music Producer 00:40 | Music Promoter 00:41 | Movimientos 00:54 | Nonprofit Organisation 01:09 | Latin American Music 01:12 | Record Label 01:15 | Politics 02:43 | Kingston University 02:55 | Political Science 02:59 | EU (European Union) 03:24 | Pinochet 03:55 | Sandinista National Liberation Front 04:13 | Julia Buxton 04:23 | Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign 05:04 | Club Sandino 05:32 | Andy Wood 05:37 | The Factory 07:24 | Max Reinhardt 08:06 | BBC Radio 3 08:11 | Rita Ray 08:13 | DJ 08:17 | Latin Jazz 08:34 | Mambo Inn 09:03 | Loughborough Junction 09:04 | Jess Crocker 09:39 | Emma Goldman 11:56 | Black Music 12:28 | Afro-Latin 12:30 | Cantautore (singer-songwriter) 13:21 | Silvio Rodríguez 13:24 | The Brixtonian 14:54 | Hip Hop 15:12 | Zona Marginal 15:17 | The Salmon & Compass 15:54 | Gentrification 16:07 | Passing Clouds 16:42 | Bourgeois 18:01 | Agustin Bazzini 19:12 | Geoff Arias 19:16 | Salsa 19:22 | Cumbia 19:23 | Fania 19:33 | Reggaeton 19:46 | Dario Kenner 20:00 | Jazz 26:40 | Disco 26:41 | Drum and Bass 26:51 | Sidestepper 27:19 | Nicodemus 27:24 | Quantic 27:25 | Los Amigos Invisibles 27:43 | Nortec Collective 27:50 | Novalima 27:51 | Gotan Project 27:54 | ¡Como No! 27:58 | Electro Cumbia 28:31 | Chancha Vía Circuito 28:37 | Lido Pimienta 28:45 | Teresa Guanique 29:08 | FLAWA 29:09 | FLAWA talks to Lido Pimienta 29:10 | Grammy Awards 29:56 | Björk 30:22 | Latinx 32:13 | La Mambanegra 32:17 | Santuario Compilation 33:30 | LAWA: Latin American Women’s Aid 33:58 | LAWRS: Latin American Women’s Rights Service 34:04 | Apoyo Comunitario Sur de Londres 34:10 | Village Cuts 35:12 | Xaman X 35:20 | Bushbby 36:13 | Janiru 36:18 | Kanti Qena 36:39 | Lokandes 36:43 | WARA 37:11 | Eliane Correa 37:18 | Juanita Euka 37:19 | SOAS 40:29 | Cuban Salsa 41:00 | R&B 41:04 | Soul 41:05 | The World of Hans Zimmer 41:42 | Camden Council 42:44 | Global Local 43:11 | Arts Council 43:12 | Glastonbury Festival 43:31 | Continental Drifts 43:47 | Chris Tofu 43:50 | Colectiva 45:11 | Colectiva: Under The 45:19 | Under the Skin 45:31 | Scarlett Johansson 45:33 | Viva Msimang 46:50 | Funky 47:38 | Maria Grapsa 48:22 | Lilli Elina 48:29 | Bandcamp 49:35 | Spotify 50:00 | Vinyl 50:41 | Brazilian Carnival 51:44 | DJ Mam 53:20 | Olinda 53:25 | Recife 53:26 | Maracatu 53:30 | Mariana Pinho (Maracatudo Mafua) 53:34 | Frevo 54:32 | The Night of the Silent Drums (carnival in Recife & Olinda) 54:39 | Salvador 54:59 | Carlinhos Brown 55:01 | Barranquilla 55:48 | Cumbia Espacial 57:44 | Panther Panther! 57:50 | Tango 58:07 | Bajofondo 58:10 | Tango Club (album) 58:11 | South Bank 58:31 | Queen Elizabeth Hall 58:32 | Gustavo Santaolalla 58:31 | Afrobeat 01:00:41 | Love Carnival 01:01:47 | Dengue Dengue Dengue 01:02:42 | El Búho 01:02:45 | Shika Shika 01:03:19 | Lya Reis Guerrero 01:09:34 | FLAWA Festival: Calling México 01:09:46 | Fernanda Melchor 01:09:59 | Temporada de huracanes (Hurricane Season) 01:10:03 | Pahua 01:10:38 | Radio Silence directed by Juliana Fanjul 01:11:13 | Carmen Aristegui 01:11:19 | Desta French 01:12:29 | Trap Music 01:12:48 | Fresh Frutas Spotify playlist 01:13:35 | Strut Records 01:14:20 | Flavia Coelho 01:14:38 | Raggamuffin 01:14:53 | Afrocidade 01:15:19 | Bahia 01:15:22 | Peckham Levels 01:16:59 | Hootananny, Brixton 01:17:03

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All images and videos used during the interview by kind permission of Cal Jader and Movimientos Records.

Interview Credits:

Production by Carla Tofano & Toby Deveson | Subtitles & translations by Valentina Sarno & Alessandra Greco | Onset artwork: Photography by Toby Deveson & drawing of Carla by Alexandra Veres | Title music written and performed by Maya Petrovna | Additional cameras & Sound kindly supplied by Jim Shannon & Murray Stewart

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