Originally from Paraguay, they have been performing in the cities of Paraguay and Argentina for the past six years, often featured as the opening act of South America’s well known bands. The band’s musical styles include reggae, rock, pop, blues, latin, chachacha, salsa, folk, afrosamba rhythm, brazilian and more.
George Leong’s DJ career moved from private parties to spinning at Centro, Lola, Attica and Zouk. In addition, he has played sets at Squirt.04, Slurp.04 and Nation.04. He has also been invited to play radio sets on WKRZ91.3FM and LUSH99.5FM.
 George’s musical career in the recording industry began right out from school. Very soon, he was composing and arranging music for Asian Superstars. In 1992, Rock Records offered him an eight-year stint in Taiwan to work with superstars such as Alex To, Karen Mok, Energy, Fish Leong, Coco Lee and the late Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.
He also earned opportunities to work with top session musicians and Orchestras in Los Angeles, Canada and China. He has since written scores for films from Hong Kong such as ‘Red Rose, White Rose’ featuring Sandy Lam and ‘He’s a Woman, She’s a Man’. His other works include trailers for Animal Planet, Discovery Asia and AXN.
In 2005, he composed a score for ‘Singapore – The Place to Be’ conducted by Lim Yau and performed during the International Olympic Committee Conference. That year also saw him producing tracks for Singapore Idol Winner Taufik Batisah and runner-up Sylvester Sim’s debut albums.
Spreading their love for beats and rhythms across international shores, Wicked Aura Batucada has received universal acclaim as Singapore's most-loved chief percussion troupe, offering the world an exuberant blend of percussive music that 'washes away the dust of everyday life'.  Being Singapore's premiere samba percussion band, Wicked Aura Batucada works any crowd with a special fusion of samba batucada music with funk, afrobeats and local ethnic rhythmic influences.
They have wowed the crowds in numerous countries, such as Spain, UK, Australia, Korea and Sri Lanka, and captured the hearts and minds of their audiences with infectious drumbeats and compositions. Locally they have performed for many well-known and prestigious events such as the Streats International Latin Festival, the Singapore Arts Festival, Chingay Parades, and opening for the Black Eyed Peas at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Never failing to deliver a high-energy performance, Wicked Aura Batucada proves itself time and again as the best highlight in any event, a sure-fire way of getting the party started.
The Band is currently working on their debut album, which is planned for release by late 2007.
More details coming soon!
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LA RANURA , Resident Band of MOVIDA
