Ozomatli

Ozomatli Live review

This LA based band of Latino nuts have been appearing at Glastonbury for what must be ten years now, and despite the possibility of somehow becoming jaded with this annual pilgrimage, their presence is almost a requirement for a great Glastonbury festival. Last year Manu Chao did a similarly brilliant job of breaking the speed limit on the BPM meter, and breaking the musical barriers that for some reason exist elsewhere in music. The LA band’s sheer tightness is just jaw-dropping, not a cigarette paper’s breadth between the horn section, drums and bass, the bands collective hip shimmies swaying in unison. Thrashing punk funk one minute, then chilling with some folksy Flamenco, before hitting home with some razor sharp rap, Ozomatli serve the purpose of the Chili Peppers, Public Enemy and Manu Chao’s madcap positivity in one collective. Finishing things off with their traditional Samba march through the crowd, starting another party in the center of the throng, with trumpets and any percussion instrument not gaffer-taped down grabbed and banged, the chants of “Olé, olé, olé, olé,” seemed a fitting comment on this band that just keeps going and going. Simply put, they’re always great.

Mike Flynn

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