Hold onto your hats! Mak­ing their debut appear­ance on Cadenza, Cesar Mer­veille & Pablo Cahn-Speyer touch down like a cyclone, with two percussion-heavy cuts that pay homage to the glo­ries of vin­tage mambo.

Cesar has quickly made a name for him­self with releases on Cir­cus Com­pany, Seri­al­ism, Safari Elec­tron­ique and oth­ers, with his “Chocopop Jazz”—released under the name Cesar Maravillas—making a huge splash in 2008. This is Pablo’s first release, but the London-based pair is already well known for res­i­den­cies at T-Bar, where their col­or­ful, upbeat sets pro­vide a sound­track per­fectly cal­i­brated for the feel-good hedo­nism of some of London’s most cel­e­brated parties.

“Trib­ute,” already known to club­bers as a high­light of Luciano’s recent sets, is a killer fusion of old and new, splic­ing vin­tage sam­ples from golden-age salsa into a stomp­ing groove that’s as chunky as a pair of high-heeled wedges. It all starts out as a stripped-down, high­step­ping drum track, punc­tu­ated by sexy, pri­mal whoops. But that ain’t the half of it. In come spooky flutes, flut­ter­ing sax and the rush of crowd noise, with an irre­sistibly funky jazz break build­ing ten­sion. Before long, the bandleader’s call­ing out the dance, chant­ing and singing. Horns are blar­ing, piano pump­ing, con­gas rolling. It’s a ver­i­ta­ble hur­ri­cane of African, Caribbean and Euro­pean musi­cal tra­di­tions, and any­thing that isn’t tied down will soon be soar­ing above the dancefloor.