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...
Special podcast this week, entirely dedicated to capoeira music and its main instrument, the berimbau, to celebrate its 30th anniversary of capoeira group Porto de Minas from Belo Horizonte (Brazil). As it is the group I trained with for about 3 years, I dedicate this podcast to Mestre Niltinho, Negoativo...
Our “end-of-the-year” lists are not a way to rule what has been good or bad in the previous 365 music days. In fact, since we are music lovers at heart, we love to share and support the albums we like, that hold particular meanings to us or have been more...
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...
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Sociativa (Jarring Effects) is a punchy, electronic and beat-heavy rendition of older Brazilian pieces (mostly from North East Brazil) which have been remade for a modern audience. Definitely made for sub-woofers and loudspeakers, the heavy bass frequencies interact with traditional styles in an exciting fashion. Sociedade Recreativa is a collaboration between...
Preview of the album: Tracklist: 1. 47Soul – Mo Light [Cooking Vinyl] 00:00 – 04:28 2. Chinese Man – Wolf [Chinese Man Records] 04:29 – 08:38 3. Manu Delago – Mesmer Mesmerising (feat. Isa Kurz) [Tru Thoughts Records] 08:39 – 11:44 4. Hailu Mergia – Lala Belu [Awesome Tapes from...
View DJ Kobayashi bio here A DJ’s job is to always dig, search and find tunes you want to share with people on the dance floor or just to get to that moment, where you’re pointing at each other and can’t wait for that break! (see first track at 1’10”). However, all...
Area Boys propel you into an optimistic 2017 with a 1-hour mix for our friends at Rhythm Passport! Opening with a track called ‘E Bonito Se Olhar’, featuring Escurinho, a dancefloor banger remix by the FurmigaDub crew – a Brazilan DJ remix project. The mix continues into some tropical techno...