In the world of nightclubs and electronic music, brothers Christian and Alan Anadón are known by a different name: Mambo Brothers (in the picture below).
This summer the disc-spinning duo broke through on the international DJ scene with appearances at some of the planet’s biggest musical galas. Take, for instance, WE ARE FSTL in London, holder of the UK’s “favourite festival” spot for five years running. Or Belgium’s Tomorrowland, which, this year with the Brothers in tow, celebrated its second win of the “biggest electronic music gathering anywhere” distinction.
What’s more, the Brothers played Tomorrowland twice—first as special guests, and again on the Café Mambo Ibiza stage. It was at Café Mambo Ibiza that Mambo Brothers first cut their teeth in the DJ trade and there they proved their worth as pros, so it was fitting the pair should find themselves playing this year with house music veterans like Nic Fanciulli, Camelphat, Andrea Oliva, Danny Howard and Roger Sanchez. Plus they’ve been cutting trails across Europe. Just ask the 4,000-person crowd at Croatia’s Defected this August, or fans who caught the tour in Puglia (Italy), Stockholm, Manchester, Dubai, London, Barcelona, Marbella, Antwerp (Belgium), Tisno (Croatia), Palma, Kent (UK) or Malta. Don’t forget scheduled dates still ahead this October, either—at ADE Amsterdam, manning the decks for two legendary record labels, Armada Music and Defected Records, as part of Café Mambo Ibiza’s Special Showcase on October 18.
Then all eyes are on Dubai as the duo kick off their month-long residency in that city’s Soho Garden.
True, Mambo Brothers will remember summer 2018 well, but it won’t be for the banging hits alone. 2018 was also a big year because it saw the pair’s first-ever foray into fashion. In July the Ibizan brothers made their début as global ambassadors for the denim mavens at American Rag. The L.A.-based company just recently opened a storefront in the Dubai Mall, considered the “golden strip” of the UAE’s capital city. In fact, the company even tapped the prestigious Jon Koon to design the Mambo Brothers clothing line.
But don’t expect their productivity to flag now that the high priests of electronic music have tried their hands at fashion. This summer they released a flurry of new material, including Discoteq, which enjoyed a several-week-strong run on Betport’s top 10. They also put out Sundogs with Toolrooms, the same record label that produced the Brothers’ début track. That song—Momento—generated enough momentum to make it onto two soundtracks: the Netflix original film XOXO and the latest iteration of Xbox’s auto-racing breakout hit from 2016.
