and the release of Ozomatli’s self-titled 1998 debut (the band takes its name, pronounced oh-zoe-mot-lee, from the Aztec god of dance). For a band with such a strong grassroots foundation ...

“Ozomatli” refers to the monkey in the Aztec calendar — the horoscope sign of the band’s original drummer Anton Morales. “[Morales] was like, ‘Well it’s the god of dance, and he's mischievous … ...

It’s been three years since Ozomatli’s self-titled debut introduced the world to their mix of Afro-Latin salsa, funk and hip hop. The octet — which takes its name from the Aztec god of dance ...

The band adopted the name of Ozomatli, an Aztec god of dance and music, a trickster monkey god in charge of orchestrating the jungle. “We felt it fit the personality of the band,” Yamaguchi ...

Apparently Ozomatli are named after the Aztec monkey god of dance. It seems a fitting moniker for this hard-to-pigeonhole group from LA, who'll be visiting the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 29 June ...

That’s the jarring trajectory of Ozomatli, who, in the last few years ... They took their name from an Aztec astrological symbol for dance, fire and music and built their following in the ...

Ozomatli is not a household name, unless your particular household is familiar with the monkey deity of fire, passion and harvest in the Aztec calendar. Yet the like-named Los Angeles world music ...

The biggest summer stage is the Prospect Park band shell — and Ozomatli will ... the Nahuati word for the Aztec astrological symbol of the monkey, which is also a god of dance.