Steel Pan music emanates from the laid-back street culture of Trinidad. Following a time-honoured tradition, home-made tunable percussion instruments would be fashioned out of anything from biscuit tins to empty oil-drums salvaged from the naval bases established on the island.
“Cardiff Solo Steel Pan present exotic, sunshine tunes, evoking a festive carnival atmosphere…”
Exotic, magical rhythms and those distinctive chiming, bell-like textures took London by storm when a steel pan ensemble from the island was invited over to the UK to perform at the Festival of Britain in 1951. This happy, toe-tapping concoction was so infectious that everyone wanted to be a part of its success. As a direct result, since then a great many excellent Caribbean steel pan bands have developed all across the UK.
Based in South Wales, Wahda Placide is Cardiff Solo Steel Pan. Performing with backing tracks, he presents a happy-go-lucky mixture of modern-day music and traditional Caribbean classics. He brings a little sunshine to you, whatever the weather!
Cardiff Solo Steel Pan perform a happy-go-lucky, holiday mix of popular tunes, generating the perfect carnival atmosphere.
- Clever arrangements of popular and traditional carnival music
- Solo performance with backing tracks
- Creates a carnival atmosphere at your party!
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Cardiff Solo Steel Pan presents an artfully arranged mixture of well-known pop tunes, together with some of their own all-time Caribbean favourites.
Gurpreet –
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to you and your team for doing such a great job on the night. Everyone has been raving about how fantastic you were!
Simon –
Please can I convey my deepest gratitude to you and the band for Friday night’s performance. I had an amazing evening, as did many of our other guests, and it was largely down to the professionalism and skills of all the people who helped to support the evening. I greatly enjoyed dancing to your music, and the opportunity to have a go on a steel drum was fabulous! It was a pleasure to meet you, thank you for making the effort to venture so far down to us.
Adam & Sofia –
Please convey my thanks to the band for such a terrific evening last night! I have had many emails to say how good the music was and the band really made a great atmosphere for our summer barbecue. Such a pity the weather was so poor, but it didn’t affect the mood of the evening at all!