After last week’s tribute to the great Lee Scratch Perry, several musicians and producers let me know their work is also greatly influences by The Upsetter‘s work. So I did an open call on FB and IG and this is the result, almost two hours of producers and musicians influenced...
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Tribute to Chico Science, the Brazilian Fela Kuti, godfather of manguebeat. His crossover of Pernambucan traditions like maracatu, coco, ciranda & embolada with ’90s culture (hip-hop, rock) gave birth to a whole new style and movement called manguebeat, the beat of the mangrove. With his tragic death in 1997, the...
Macumbadaboa, the collaborative release from the afoxe collective Grupo Bongar and music producer DJ Maga Bo is a rootsy and catchy take on African and Brazilian rhythms, steeped in Afro-Brazilian heritage and fused with electronic music. Grupo Bongar are from the Xambá community in the coastal city of Olinda, north-east...
24/02/2017 - 25/02/2017 11:00 am - 5:00 am Love Carnival the Bussey building/CLF Art Cafe, London
09/01/2016 - 10/01/2016 10:00 pm - 5:00 am Love Carnival the Bussey building/CLF Art Cafe, London
- 12:00 am - 12:00 am Summer Love Carnival The Bussey Building Aka Clf Art Cafe, London
- 12:00 am - 12:00 am Womad Festival (fri) Charlton Park, Malmesbury