They did it again, for the sixth time in a row… Last Friday and Saturday, London Remixed Festival mixed & matched the British capitals diverse sounds, assorted beats and variegated grooves to give life to another sundry cultural event up & down Rich Mix’s four floors.

Even if the 2016’s edition of the East London event enjoyed less hype, big-names and expectations compared to its previous appointments, it poured on its audience the usual passion and even more experimental tunes. Throughout two nights, Global Local and fellow promoters like Movimientos, Arts Canteen, Wormfood, Continental Drift and Two For Joy presented a cross section of the contemporary global music scene on the three stages (plus a disco-lift) of the Shoreditch venue, by means of some of its most colourful and intriguing exponents.

London Remixed Festival indeed hosted acts which are shaped and rooted in distant traditions. At the ground floor, the main Tropicarnival Stage offered Afro-Caribbean and Latin rhythms like the ones played by Venezuelan, South African and British quintet Baldo Verdú y su Tonto Malembe with their psychedelic, tropical and funk amalgam; Ghanaian & South Yorkshire Afro-fusion project K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade; and Native Sun’s Mozambique afrosoul, Carribean upbeat and London urban rhymes. Thee floors above, Polka Club entertain its audience with Gypsy, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern grooves like “electro-mijwez, shamstep & choubi” with Anglo-Arabic aroma of 47Soul or Balkan and Southern European atmospheres of Gypsy Butter. While next door Folk Ghetto gathered together with more rooty, hearty and stomping melodies like the tradition-inspired ones played by Theo Bard or Honeymoon’s Ethio-jazz oriented…

London Remixed Festival’s crowd had the run of the cultural centre, wandering from stage to stage, congesting the silent disco dance floor, overloading the disco-lift and dancing the nights away. Because next to almost 20 bands and solo acts, Remixed Festival was also a celebration of deejaying and, as its name clearly anticipates, remixing. That’s how DJ Chris Tofu opened the doors to his Vintage Remix Club, Movimientos DJs Cal Jader and Russ Slater wined and dined with the audience with South American vibes and our very own DJ Tash_LC dropped down the curtain on the festival with her “Croydon to the Tropics” selection.

Let’s hope February 2017 will come soon, because we can’t wait to be Remixed over again!

Daily Discovery: Ríoghnach Connolly · Honeyfeet – Work It

Back in October, Manchester-based band Honeyfeet, fronted by Ríoghnach Connolly, published their third album titled It’s Been A While, Buddy, featuring a fusion of musical genres fully representing the sound of the band, from protest songs to jazz, funk to psychedelic folk and pop to African rhythms. “Work It” is…

Artists: Honeyfeet , Ríoghnach Connolly

Preview: Marimbea in London @ Soas & Hootananny (London; Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th November 2022)

We know, we know, it’s the London Jazz Festival week…still we are also sure that your ears and legs are ready to listen and dance to something completely different, but equally enriching and exciting…something as heartening and invigorating as the sound of marimba. In fact, on Saturday and Sunday, you…

Artists: Bonita House Band , Cal Jader , Juan “Cankita” Mindinero , Mafe , Marimbea , Montañera

LIVE: Latin-London Underground – Wara Takeover!

Join us for an evening of Wara and let’s bring back the party feelings! Between 8PM till 11PM (BST), together with our friends at Movimientos and Continental Drifts, we will go live for a new episode of the Global Local’s summer sessions. This time, it will be all about the rip-roaring energy and positive vibes radiated…

Artists: Bushbby , Cal Jader , Dj Cal Jader , Wara

Safe & Sounds: Safe & Sounds #64 – “Lockdown Lounge” by DJ Cal Jader

This Corona stuff really sucks ey! Since we might all be bound by borders for a while, we’d like to come together and share some happiness in the shape of a playlist or mix! In the next days and weeks, check out Safe & Sounds, where we will figuratively introduce you…

Artists: Cal Jader , Safe&Sounds

Gallery: 47Soul ‘Balfron Promise’ Pre-Launch Party @ Village Underground (London, 9th October 2017)

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Artists: 47soul , Cal Jader , Eva Lazarus , Mc Fedzilla

Gallery: Lakuta + Native Sun + Family Atlantica Duo + DJ Pete On the Corner @ Rich Mix (London, 28th April 2017)

It was a night to remember! Three exciting bands (Lakuta, Native Sun & Family Atlantica Duo) and a funky DJ (DJ Pete from On the Corner Records) for a unique show. Were you there? Recollect your memories and re-experience what happened at Rich Mix with our photo gallery. You missed it?…

Artists: Dj Snuff , Family Atlantica , Lakuta , Luzmira Zerpa , Native Sun , Pete On The Corner

Mixes: Rhythm Passport Vol. 27 – MUNDO FM Collective – DJ Cal Jader

View Mundo FM Collective bio here   DJ Cal Jader (Movimientos) “Here’s my take on the new folklore digital movement in Latin America. From the coast to the selva and the sierras with one foot firmly in the natural world and another in the electronic club scene it’s cumbia, bass, ambient and…

Artists: Cal Jader , Dj Cal Jader , Groovalizacion Radio