In a few days’ time, Nova Batida will bring some musical brutishness to Lisbon. The first edition of the festival, organized by Soundcrash, will indeed keep the stages at LX Factory and Village Underground Lisboa busy throughout the weekend, with almost 50 local and UK-based acts dealing with every sort of beat...
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Lisbon has a new summer festival exploding onto its already happening music and creative scene, adding to the vibrant and unique energy that the city of seven hills and stunning views already has. The team from Soundcrash are bringing a multitude of global talent for a weekend of good music...
![Album Review: Sonido Gallo Negro – Mambo Cosmico [Glitterbeat Records; 6th April 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sonido-gallo-negro-mambo-cosmico-335x335.jpg)
Mexico City’s Sonido Gallo Negro returns with their third album and keeps the exploration of Amazonian psychedelic music coming. Alongside the exhilarating cumbia sounds, they experiment with different sounds and textures such as mambo, cha-cha, porro and danzón; all of which add to the growing sound and reputation the instrumental...
![Album Review: Boogát – San Cristóbal Baile Inn [Label Maisonette, October 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/boogat-335x335.jpg)
Boogát’s new album, San Cristobal Baile Inn (Label Maisonette), is a very danceable, cumbia, hip-hop, and electronic-infused journey through his dual identity as a Canadian/Mexican artist. With his blistering third album, the Juno award-winning artist reflects on his journey to explore his Mexican roots and dedicates it to San Cristobal,...
![Album Review: The Souljazz Orchestra – Under Burning Sky [Strut Records]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a2515715529_10-335x335.jpg)
The Souljazz Orchestra are back with their killer eighth studio album and have added some fearsome vintage synthesizer sounds to their trademark horn arrangements and earthy tropical sounds for maximum dancing impact. Think William Onyeabor meets Fela’s Afrika ‘70 with a splash of Creole flavours and you will have a feel for...
![Album Review: Rio Mira – Marimba del Pacifico [AYA Records]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/a2314016540_10-335x335.jpg)
Bringing together the sweet sounds of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Pacific Coasts, Marimba Del Pacifico packs a rhythmic marimba sound that evokes dreamy, sun-soaked images of this Afro-Pacific region. Based in Esmeraldas, a town on the Pacific coast in the north of Ecuador and led by the beautifully haunting vocals...
Part of the exciting new wave of Colombian bands inspired by Afro-Colombian rhythms, Bulldozer arrive in London for their debut UK show at Archspace presented by Movimientos. Fresh from the festival circuit in Europe, Bulldozer bring their dance-floor ready mix of Colombian champeta, ‘70s funk, traditional Colombian rhythms, electronic sounds...
![Album Review: Quantic & Nidia Góngora – Curao [Tru–Thoughts Records, 12th May 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/a1363138718_10-335x335.jpg)
Curao brings together the mystical music traditions of the Colombian Pacific Coast with captivating modern day production to spectacular effect. Will ‘Quantic’ Holland and Nidia Góngora, who is considered one of the foremost artists of the typical marimba music of the South Pacific region, mix those unique & rich traditional...
![Album Review: Daniel Dzidzonu – Unknownland [Zephyrus Records, 31st March 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/a1152417324_10-335x335.jpg)
Born into the sounds of gospel and West African percussion, and exposed at a young age to the magical sounds of a full brass band, Daniel Dzidzonu’s Unknownland is a smooth blend of traditional afrobeat, jazz, modern vocals and killer brass sounds. Hailing from Togo and now residing in Belgium,...
View Groovalizacion Radio bio here Tropical Beats Check out the summer slam mix from Tropical Beats with a selection of global beats tracks from their recent radio shows and DJ sets for the summer in Lisbon. Taking the global sounds of Afrobeat, MPB & Brazilian vibes as well as Latin...
