(Prensa Latina - Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba -  The trilogy Ancestros, the latest album by Síntesis, one of the most famous bands in the current Cuban music scene is soon to be released. The band´s distinctive style, integrating ancestral and contemporary sources of Cuban music, has made it popular. The group merges sounds of Africa with others taken from jazz, rock, pop and international music.

Sintesis director Carlos Alfonso is one of the first Cuban composers of Latin rock, influenced by rock and Afro-Cuban music, achieving an invention including contemporary sounds of Yoruba and Lucumí prayers and songs. Sintesis has taken its music to several US, Canadian, European and Latin American stages, often participating in international festivals. Their albums include Habana a Flor de Piel, a Latin Grammy nominee 2002 in the category of Best Contemporary Tropical Album.