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Karawane (pronounced kara-va-neh) are Scottish-based global music DJs, producers and change-makers, focused on bringing people together through the primal bonds of rhythm and sound.

Celebrating music without borders, they have been instrumental in bringing a new sound and attitude to the scene in the Scottish Highlands via numerous residencies and parties, as well as hosting charity events for Choose Love, the Highland Migrant & Refugee Advocacy and Last Night A DJ Saved My Life.

Their dedication to positive action through music has been an inspirtion to Samedia and we are delighted to be representing their sound on Samedia Trax 002.

This release features two original tracks from Karawane alongside a remix from Brussel's based producer Rafael Aragon.

Tracks 1 & 2 written, recorded and produced by Ali Aitken.
Track 3 remixed by Rafael Aragon.
All tracks mastered by Haden @ Height Mastering

Samedia Trax 002

Karawane - Snake Oil (Rafael Aragon Remix) [Samedia Trax, 2021]

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Inside Way Out (free download)

Le rêve du Serpent

Ahead of his anticipated remix for Doctor Dru's 'Setting Of The Sun' Balam delivers a mix tape showcasing huge talent.

Buy: Doctor Dru - Setting Of The Sun (Balam Remix)
https://www.beatport.com/label/ya-hala-ya-hala-records/87901

Follow: https://soundcloud.com/balamok

Ya Hala Ya Hala Mixed By Balam (١٣)

Artlab Presenta: Club Del Ritmo - Balam (live dj set) (Multi Culti, Hard Fist, Pets, Bs As) 10/3/23

☆Embark on a cosmic musical journey w/ @balamok at Ancient Aliens☆
Recorded live at House of Yes on 4.29.23
Find out more at houseofyes.org | @houseofyesnyc

Balam @ House of Yes 4.29.23 ☆ Ancient Aliens

For Viscera 106, we welcome Balam to the series with live recording at Artlab. The recording sees Balam play alongside Pablo Harymbat & Andy Menutti at his own club night, Club del Ritmo.

"Balam is a musician, producer and DJ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, focusing on electronic music and world music, combining modular and analog synthesizers with real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track an acid and psychedelic voyage through Latin-American nature and culture."

With the above in mind, this has seen Balam's releases land on labels that include Multi Culti, Pets Records, Get Physical, Hard Fist and more, and we're delighted to have him involved for the next mix in the series.

Let Balam's recording drift you to the centre of the cosmos.

Enjoy.

@balamok

Balam | 106

My 2 hours set at Compass Party in the legendary WOMB, Tokyo, Japan

BALAM @ COMPASS WOMB TOKYO JAPAN 10FEB24

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Take a trawl through Mushrooms Projects’ ample back catalogue, and you’ll immediately be struck by their constant artistic progression. Throughout their career, Giorgio Giri and Marco Lentano have refused to stand still, with each successive release offering a subtle signs of musical evolution.

They’re at it again on Rivea Corymbosa, a sophomore set that’s markedly different – albeit similarly minded – to their 2013 debut album, Undergrass. That album bristled with psychedelic intent, offering fuzzy, thickset fusions of dub-disco grooves, gritty funk-rock guitar licks and acid-fried musical flourishes. It was in marked contrast to their early 12” singles, which offered a nu-disco-era take on the pioneering Cosmic Disco sound developed in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s by fellow Italians Daniele Baldelli and Beppe Loda.

With Rivea Corymbosa, the Parma-based production duo has moved on once more. For starters, it’s far breezier and more positive in feel than many of their previous releases. The claustrophobic atmosphere and drowsy textures, so noticeable on Undergrass, have been replaced by the kind of lazy, sun-kissed vibe that evokes thoughts of Adriatic sunsets and afternoons spent by the pool on the Italian Riviera.

Even more startling is the duo’s expanded musical repertoire. The album features a much wider array of elements, from the title track’s darting Rhodes keys, vintage synth solos and wah-wah guitar flashes, to the humid pedal steel lines of “Baiano”, and the husky spoken vocals and spooky flute solos of the sparse, bongo-laden “Pulsacao”. They’re not afraid to utilize their own field recordings, either, as the children’s chatter underpinning recent single “Dirty Bolas” perfectly proves.

Throughout, the percussion feels loose and organic, the guitars casual but funky, the keys sumptuous and sensual, and the bass lines warm, rich and intoxicating. It’s the sound of two confident musicians, comfortable in their art, making music to soothe minds and gently tease punters towards the dancefloor.

Leng Shop

Mushrooms Project - Rivea Corymbosa (New Album Minimix Preview)

Puya

For CDX 025 we have a very special guest

To read our Q&A with Balam, go here: http://codexnaturae.com/artist/CDX025:Balam

BALAM is a musician, producer and DJ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a long time working with his indie dance band that allowed him to play in many countries and festivals around the world, he gets all into his new solo project as producer and DJ “Balam” focusing on techno, disco, shamanic beats all produced and recorded in his studio combining real analog synthesizers, like modular synths, moogs with guitars, real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track a voyage through the latin american jungle.

At the moment he has two releases, “Chaman EP” released through french label ESTHETIQUE RECORDS (FR) in March 2018, available both digital and cassette, and an “Senderos de Selva” out on April 24 through PLAYGROUND RECORDS (BCN/ARG), plus remixes and a track for the Take Away series for the prestigious label Calypso Records from Iñigo Vontier and Thomas Jackson, a track coming soon for the new Spanish label United Colors of Rhythm, plus remixes for labels like Innisfallen (MX), Control (MX), Nein (UK), Emerald & Doreen (Gr).
In June 2018 he made his first USA mini tour with 2 gigs, one in the prestigious Brooklyn, New York radio “The Lot Radio” and the other one in the well known SAMO Records Night at Jupiter Disco, Brooklyn, New York.

Now he is planning his first Mexican tour with confirmed dates in CDMX, Toluca and Puebla plus more to be confirmed.

His work had been supported by artist like Thomas Von Party, Tronik Youth, Golden Bug, Perel, JP Soul, Curses, Rodion, Freudenthal, Thomass Jackson, Veneno, Clandestino, Local Suicide, Theus Mago, Roman and Castro, Marcos in Dub, James Rod, Colossio, K-effect, Man2.0, Connor, Gabriel Ferreira, Timothy Clerkin, Shit Happens, Owls at Down, Vverses, Facets, Dany Nijensohn, Shubostar, Iñigo Vontier, among others.

Check out more from Balam here:
@balamok
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π passou, em dez anos de trajetória como DJ e produtora de festas primeiro pelo Canil da USP e em seguida pela VOODOOHOP onde ganhou visibilidade e marcou boa parte da geração da nova cena eletrônica de SP com sets hipnóticos e marcantes. Pesquisadora nata com vastas referências musicais, sempre usadas para propor viagens musicais atemporais. Se junta agora ao time de residentes da Tropical Twista. 

Pi é aquariana e manda um som representando todo desejo de liberdade, ideal e amor universal, aquário filho de Saturno senhor do tempo corrigido por Urano e sua originalidade e revolução traz a tônica dos dias de hoje em que precisamos nos conscientizar cada vez mais dessas energias para que possamos criar todos os dias algo melhor para todos.

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Kobza Vajk - Kara Libanon
12" black vinyl with Kobza Vajk's drawings
ORDER >>> budabeats.bandcamp.com/album/kara-libanon

A&R: Dj Gandharva & Von Yodi
Mastering: Anders Peterson (GS Mastering, Stockholm)

Label: Budabeats Records
Cat. number: BUBE-039
Release date: 18. 11. 2019

The title track is a live recording from 2008, perfectly setting the mood for the whole EP: psychedelic shaman music with powerful oud chords and a hypnotic Middle Eastern atmosphere.

Kobza Vajk is a Hungarian self-taught psychedelic folk musician who has been playing the oud and other obscure stringed instruments, like kithara or the lute for more than 15 years. His main influences are folk and ancient music of all kinds, what brings these together is his contemporary approach of composing and the oriental technique he plays his instruments with. This release focuses on his original work from the late 2000's with a few reinterpretations coming from established e-music producers.

Kobza Vajk - Oud&Bass (BéTé remix)

Vinyl/Download/Stream: ghettokumbe.lnk.to/album

Ghetto Kumbé: welcome to the ritual of drums.

Raised on Colombia’s Caribbean coast and united by its capital, Bogota, Ghetto Kumbé combines the rich musical heritage of their home, to invoke the spirit of digital rumba in audiences all over the world. The secret behind their irresistible electronic ritual lies in their powerful percussion base; Caribbean house beats and traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms inherited from West Africa. The album’s co-producer, The Busy Twist, adds all the legacy of UK’s Bass scene to the Afro-futuristic sounds of the 3 Colombians.

Inspired by the different revolutionary movements emerging all over the world, Ghetto Kumbé will release their first full-length album in July 2020 on pioneering Latin American electronic label ZZK. Their self-titled debut is visceral, committed, and rebellious, denouncing through frantic rhythms the inequalities and abuses imposed by corrupt governments, while simultaneously enticing listeners to join in the fight. Dance mingles with awareness to create a global community, where family, friends, and strangers come together through our shared love of music and activate change amongst themselves.

Using musical motifs from Africa and Colombia’s Caribbean coast such as the gaita, call-and-response vocals, and an array of hand drums and rhythms, coupled with the elegant electronic production of Tech/House, Ghetto Kumbé creates an Afro-futurist soundscape with lyrics to motivate, elevate, and inspire.  Their first single to come out, ‘Vamo a Dale Duro’, is a fluorescent criticism of the unjust divide between the poor and the rich, the rising prominence of dirty politicians, and the ethics of the capitalist system while encouraging people to stand up and fight for a dignified existence. The album’s tone fluctuates fluidly between tracks that include ancestral chants, voices both deep and resounding, and anthems to uplift and inspire, as well as features by up-and-coming Réunion island artist Melanie and the Palenque-based folk/hip-hop band Kombilesa Mi.

In the Americas, Ghetto Kumbé has become one of the most important alternative groups to come out of Colombia. They’ve played Barranquilla’s world famous Carnival, Bogotá’s recent Boiler Room, and have even opened for Radiohead. The ancient yet modern sound of the three powerful musicians has made them a legitimate representative of the new Afro-House scene burgeoning all over the world.

Ghetto Kumbé

Ghetto Kumbé - Lengua Ri Suto (feat. Kombilesa Mi)

Thub - El hombre caimán (Folcore 138)
Folcore Records website: https://folcore.org
Folcore Records on Bandcamp: https://folcore-records.bandcamp.com

-en castellano más abajo-

About "El hombre caimán"

"El hombre caimán" (Folcore 138) "The alligator man" is an album that seeks to be influenced by the landscapes, traditions and legends of Colombia, interpreted from the sounds of electronic folk with cinematic and psychedelic touches very much in the vein of Thub. Among the songs on the album, "El hombre caimán", "Alborada", "Mientras duermen" and the singles, already released "Darién" and "Sensible" stand out.

About Thub

Thub was born as a proposal of music fusion between the Colombian folk sounds and the techniques of creation and production of western modern music, using synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines as tools to create a colored contour that travels between the rhythms of cumbia and the textures of modern electronic music.

In 2017 Thub released his first album "En el trópico" through Folcore Records and in 2018 he released the EP "Tierra de Nadie" in which you can feel a rhythmic change marked by experiencing other cadences and other tempos.

After a while and through the experimentation of a new performance, the third musical proposal is released in 2022 under the name of "El Hombre Caimán", a work of more than two years of creation, in which a high influence of Bass Music is heard and the asynchronous rhythms that give a unique character to each track and that seek to recreate environments and situations very typical of Colombia halfway between downtempo and midtempo.

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Acerca de "El Hombre Caimán"

"El hombre caimán" (Folcore 138) es un álbum que busca influenciarse de los paisajes, tradiciones y leyendas de Colombia, interpretados desde las sonoridades del folk electrónico con toques cinemáticos y psicodélicos muy propios de Thub. Entre los temas que componen el disco se destacan "El hombre caimán", "Alborada", "Mientras duermen" y los singles que ya se adelantaron al lanzamiento "Darién" y "Sensible".

Melodías, ritmos y atmósferas inigualables, cadenciosos y hasta nostálgicos, se presentan sobre sólidas báses electrónicas matizadas con arreglos dub y minimal.

Acerca de Thub

Thub nace como una propuesta de musica fusión entre los sonidos folclóricos colombianos y las técnicas de creación y producción de la música moderna occidental, haciendo uso de sintetizadores, samplers y cajas de ritmos como herramientas para crear un contorno coloreado que viaja entre los ritmos de la cumbia y las texturas de la música electrónica moderna.

En 2017 Thub lanza su primer álbum “En el trópico” a través del sello Folcore Records y al año siguiente hace el lanzamiento de un EP titulado “Tierra de Nadie” en el cual se aprecia un cambio rítmico marcado por experimentar otras cadencias y otros tempos.

Luego de un tiempo y a través de la experimentación de un nuevo performance, nace la tercera propuesta para 2022 llamada "El Hombre Caimán", un trabajo de más de dos años de creación, en el cual se escucha una alta influencia de la Bass Music y los ritmos asincopados que le dan un caracter único a cada track y que buscan recrear ambientes y situaciones muy propias de Colombia a medio camino entre el downtempo y el midtempo. 
credits
released May 6, 2022

Thub is Daniel Vergara.
Composed, mixed and arranged in Colombia by Daniel Vergara
Mastering: Maateria (Zaragoza, Spain) www.maateria.com
Artwork: Gonzalo Varela, The Magic Lantern Studio (Australia)
Executive production: Folcore Records (Barcelona, Spain)
Folcore Records Bandcamp: folcore-records.bandcamp.com
Folcore Records website: folcore.org

El Hombre Caimna

Darién

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Continuing to push his sound into new realms through experimentation with different influences, Joaquin Cornejo returns to Earthly Measures with his first ever vinyl release. The ‘Las Frutas’ EP contains 6 genre-bending, tempo-shifting tracks that form to create a mesmerising blend of footwork, dub, Latin & African percussion.‘Las Frutas’ explores a collaboration with both the Spanish singer Alex Serra and British DJ and trumpet player DJ Swordfish. It’s constructed by a warped and pitched down drum break that has been slowly surrounded by subby kicks, toms and dub chords that echo through tape delays, giving it a wonderfully spaced out atmosphere that provides the perfect backdrop for the soothing vocals and brass instruments.‘Spatial Request’ sees a shift in tempo as Joaquin once again blends elements of Dub but this time with the driving Dominican rhythm Merengue. The result is a track that is very much fuel for the mind and body as the vibey atmosphere and percussive focus helps to keep the track moving with bouncy momentum.Effortlessly combining music from his home country with the Dub theme that has been apparent throughout, ‘Dub en 3’ is a percussion jam from Ecuadorian percussion duo Consulado del Ritmo, where African triplet rhythms crossover with strong dub techno stabs and a Dub MC sample echoes in and out creating a effective blend of tribal and dubby elements.‘Eso’ sees the return of the percussive wizardry of Consulado del Ritmo but this time in collaboration with the Venezuelan singer Gotopo. A relentless amalgamation of 160bpm djembe grooves, solid 808 kick drums, deep and sultry vocals and synth stabs feed-backing on tape create a driving blend of African percussion and footwork with a subtle touch of dub techno.Perhaps the darkest track on the record, ‘Shadow’ is a collaboration with the English singer-songwriter Wabi Sabi aka Anna Bailey. Exploring a deep fusion of footwork, dubstep and dub techno alongside strong tape delay and Wabi Sabi’s hauntingly beautiful vocals, it glides experimentally through the shadows of the previous track.‘Las Frutas’ Vapor Mix’ is a distant dreamy take on the original where the vocals ebb and flow throughout creating an otherworldly ambience. This piece is made up of elements from the other tracks, pitched down or up on tape and layered in a tempo-independent way, producing the perfect ambient ending to the journey.

PREMIERE: Joaquín Cornejo - Dub En 3

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