# Vocal Sampling

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{{Short description|Cuban a cappella group}}
'''Vocal Sampling''' is an all-male [a cappella](/source/a_cappella) [musical group](/source/music_group) from [Cuba](/source/Cuba). They are distinctive for their rich ''a cappella'' adaptations of traditional Cuban [salsa music](/source/salsa_music), [son](/source/son_(music)), and [Rumba](/source/Cuban_rumba), such as their renditions of "El Cuarto de Tula" and "La Negra Tomasa", vocally imitating the [piano](/source/piano), [cowbell](/source/Cowbell_(instrument)), [conga](/source/conga), [bass](/source/Double_bass), and [trumpet](/source/trumpet), used originally in such songs. Their 2002 [album](/source/album) ''Cambio de Tiempo'' ({{langx|en|Change of Time}}) was nominated for 3 [Latin Grammy Award](/source/Latin_Grammy_Award)s.<ref>''Vocal Sampling'' at [http://www.timba.com/artist_pages/882] — retrieved 26 October 2013</ref>

The six members of Vocal Sampling, all accomplished instrumentalists and arrangers, met at Havana's Instituto Superior de Arte while studying music. Looking for ways to provide music for ill-equipped house parties inspired to unorthodox solutions and soon the unique sound of Vocal Sampling was created.<ref>[http://www.kapa-productions.com/vocalsampling/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185815/http://www.kapa-productions.com/vocalsampling/ |date=2013-10-29 }} - retrieved 26 October 2013</ref>
==Members==

* René Baños
* Jorge Chaviano
* Oscar Porro
* Abel Sanabria
* Reinaldo Sanler
* Renato Mora

==Discography==

* ''Una Forma Mas'' (April 1995)
* ''De Vacaciones'' (July 1997)
* ''Live in Berlin'' (1998)<ref>CD liner notes: "Recorded 200% live on August 8th 1997 at the Heimatlklange Festival in Berlin, Germany." CD is copyright 1998.</ref>
* ''Cambio de Tiempo'' (April 2002)
* ''Akapelleando'' (January 2008)

==References==
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Category:Salsa music groups
Category:Professional a cappella groups

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